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Running The Show

Television from the Inside

by Jeff Melvoin

Narrator Patrick Loos

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Length 9 hours 42 minutes

Language English

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Summary
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"Running the Show takes you inside building a show from the ground up and what a showrunner's life looks like in Hollywood. This unique job covers aspects from the creative to the managerial and everything in between. Seasoned showrunner Jeffrey Melvoin shares his fascinating insider's perspective on how to call the shots and make the final decisions when choosing and writing scripts, hiring staff, casting, making the budget, and juggling schedules. Along with the managerial responsibilities that keep the show afloat, they are also the visionary for the series and the characters. Melvoin describes how to confidently communicate abstract ideas so they can become the show's reality. Running the Show reveals the ethical side of show running and writing with humor, integrity, and wisdom. "

Art

Jeff Melvoin is a writer and producer who has worked on more than a dozen series, contributing to over 375 hours of one-hour drama as a showrunner. He’s worked in every platform on Emmy award-winning shows. He has taught at USC, UCLA, and Harvard and led workshops at the Sundance Institute, the American Film Institute, and Northwestern. For the past twenty years, he has chaired the Writers Guild of America’s Showrunner Training Program, a six-week master class for emerging writer-producers.

Patrick Loos studied theater and voice at Wayne State University. A professional actor and audiobook narrator, he currently resides in Detroit, Michigan.