Michael Sinclair has 30 years of experience in the TV industry as a writer, producer, and director, creating programming for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms. He has worked on many long‑running series such as Wicked Attraction, Ice Cold Killers, FBI Criminal Pursuit, Happily Never After, Pretty Bad Girls, American Occult, and Death by Gossip for Investigation Discovery. He also produced documentary series such as American Gangs and The New Detectives for the Discovery Channel. His work includes Monsters and Mysteries in America, True Supernatural, I Dated A Psycho, I Got Away for OWN, Change My Space for HGTV, and more. He currently serves as the Associate Dean of the School of Communication and the Arts at Regent University, where he is also an assistant professor of film and television.

• PrefaceSo, You Want to Be a Producer? The Current State of Television or How Did We Get Here?Essential Skills for Producing TelevisionHow to Create a ProgramBudgeting, Financing, and Legal ConsiderationsProducing TV in the StudioRemote Producing TechniquesHow to Produce News ContentProducing for SportsProducing Formats From Drama to Reality TelevisionProducing with Cutting Edge TechnologyYouTube, Streaming to the World: Distributing New MediaFinding Your Audience: Marketing Your ContentAppendicesGlossary of Television Production TermsRecommended Additional Reading and Resources for StudentsIndex