Friday, May 8, 2015

64 - Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show

    A documentary about what showrunners do.
    A modestly pleasant documentary, but one without any real meat to it.  There is no conflict, very little exploration.  I think a “day in the life” approach might have served the material more effectively.  Instead, you learn everything you need to in the first ten minutes, and the rest just grinds the same information over and over.
    Mostly, being a showrunner is an exhausting job.  It’s satisfying, but it’s demanding.
    The one interesting bit is when they relate a few of the silly notes they get from the studio.  “Does Santa have to be old?”

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