Ben Jacobson (United Talent Agency) discusses representing drama and comedy television writers, directors and producers and the nature of today’s industry
We Talk About:
- Staffing season and the selling cycle
- Developing and branding for a network vs. cable
- Different kinds of working writers today
- Breaking in with a new voice
- What a pitch meeting is really like
- Current trends in comedy and drama
- Navigating and structuring deals
- Curating digital content and its future
Quotes from the Show:
“It really comes from an idea, a book or a format or an original idea, and it’s about where can it live in the purest form for that idea instead of trying to jam everything into one box or the other.”
“Young people grow up and they want to create something… those creative juices are now naturally gravitating towards television.”
“Word of mouth has become so much more important and the ability for people to watch all the episodes of a show in one day, and say, ‘I watched this thing. It was great,’ and if enough people say that in your Facebook newsfeed, you think to yourself, ‘Okay maybe there’s something to it.'”