Desperate Networks : Starring Katie Couric Les Moonves Simon Cowell Dan Rather Jeff Zucker Teri Hatcher Conan OBrien Donald Trump and a Host of Other Movers and Shakers Who
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Desperate Networks : Starring Katie Couric Les Moonves Simon Cowell Dan Rather Jeff Zucker Teri Hatcher Conan OBrien Donald Trump and a Host of Other Movers and Shakers Who
by Authors:
Bill Carter
Released: 02 May, 2006
ISBN: 0385514409
Hardcover
Sales Rank: 15370
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Desperate Networks : Starring Katie Couric Les Moonves Simon Cowell Dan Rather Jeff Zucker Teri Hatcher Conan OBrien Donald Trump and a Host of Other Movers and Shakers Who >
Customer Review #1:
 Politics and luck
This was a really fascinating book. It started off slowly (the first pages were tedious) and the writing is disjointed. The author jumps from time period to time period and network to network almost convulsively. Youll be reading about NBC in 2004 and then next thing you know its ABC in 2000 and then back to CBS in 2005.
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lt;br /gt;That said, the story is compelling: networks passing on shows like Desperate Housewives, Simon Cowell doing American Idol in the hope of discovering talent for his record company. Careers depend on the ability to predict what the public will watch, and what they will and wont watch isnt as obvious as one might think, even to people in the business with years of experience.
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lt;br /gt;If you have any interest in television, personal politics, or the fallibilities of corporate execs, this is an interesting read.
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Customer Review #2:
 Trash Book and the trash networks it covers.
If you can read something that looks like it was written by a five year old child, as well as not get sick to your stomach on all the trash it covers, this only confirms that the networks are only interested in money, not program content.
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Customer Review #3:
Really good look at behind the scenes happenings :-)
If you are like me and love almost all things television, this is an interesting look at what it takes to get shows on the screen and how networks battle for a particular show. Once you can get behind the long title, youll learn so much that you probably didnt know before.
lt;br /gt;Apparently, Desperate Housewives was passed by NBC, CBS etc until finally someone at ABC gave it a go and look at what happend. Nobody at NBC or CBS would give Mark Cherry a go because he didnt have a reputation anymore.
lt;br /gt;He talks about how the people who green light Lost, Greys Anatomy were on their way out the door and almost fired when they stumbled across these now hits. How Friends producers never wanted the show to be set around a coffee shop. They wanted them to be around a diner. How Jeff Zucker founded a shows supersizing.
lt;br /gt;This is a great eye-opening look at the behind the scenes moves that go on all the time that we are mostly unaware of. I really loved it and though its a bit heavy at times, its mostly really enjoyable and fun.
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