FOLLOW UP - A Look at 2010 TV Pilot Writer Diversity
by ryan on Thursday, February 25, 2010 in Newsletter Archive • (1) Comments • Permalink
FOLLOW UP - Check out this great blog post from Baseline Research on the demographics of 2010 TV pilot scripters. Author Neely Swanson is the former Senior Vice President of Development for David E. Kelley Productions and presently an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in the writing division.
"Most of the Overall Deals go to writers who have created shows in the past, in hopes that lightning will strike twice, as it sometimes does. Again, of the 141 deals mentioned, 73 went to writers who had previously created series; and of those 73, 13 or 18% were women. I judged (and keep in mind, “hit show” is subjective) 33 of the remaining Overalls were given to writers to keep them working on shows that were important to the network or studio, of which women accounted for 8 or 24%."
