Patricia F. Phalen is the Assistant Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on media organizations; the connections between Hollywood and politics; audience research; and the interdependence of media, democracy and culture.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Entertainment Media in the U.S. From Live Entertainment to FilmRadio and Television BroadcastingTelevision via Cable and InternetEconomic Demands and Audience ResearchFrom Scenarists To Writers To Executive ProducersChapter 2: Writing for TVGetting ThereBeing ThereChapter 3: Showrunners — Where the Buck StopsWho Runs the Show? Managing Writers and ScriptsManaging ProductionCharacteristics Writers Value in ShowrunnersChapter 4: The Writers’ RoomCreating the Writers’ RoomWorking in the RoomDrama vs. ComedyChapter 5: Occupational CultureThe Experience of Writing for TelevisionWho Succeeds, Who Fails? Just Part of the JobChapter 6: Managed Creativity: It’s a weird way to createWorking With ExecutivesNotes From Studio and NetworkStructural LimitationsChapter 7: Political Spaces: There aren’t any rules, but you have to follow every onePolitics of Structure and HierarchyWriters’ Room PoliticsPolitics of Professional RelationshipsParty Politics"Hello, he lied" Dealing With ActorsPolitics of PrestigeEPILOGUEBIBLIOGRAPHY

"This book offers value for students in courses on television writing, television production, and media industries, as well as those simply looking to break into the television industry. [...] Through its accumulation of voices, Writing Hollywood shakes off many of the romantic ideas about television writing and replaces them with some invaluable insights into the lived reality of television writing as a career." --Kate Fortmueller in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Patricia F. Phalen is the Assistant Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on media organizations; the connections between Hollywood and politics; audience research; and the interdependence of media, democracy and culture.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Entertainment Media in the U.S. From Live Entertainment to FilmRadio and Television BroadcastingTelevision via Cable and InternetEconomic Demands and Audience ResearchFrom Scenarists To Writers To Executive ProducersChapter 2: Writing for TVGetting ThereBeing ThereChapter 3: Showrunners — Where the Buck StopsWho Runs the Show? Managing Writers and ScriptsManaging ProductionCharacteristics Writers Value in ShowrunnersChapter 4: The Writers’ RoomCreating the Writers’ RoomWorking in the RoomDrama vs. ComedyChapter 5: Occupational CultureThe Experience of Writing for TelevisionWho Succeeds, Who Fails? Just Part of the JobChapter 6: Managed Creativity: It’s a weird way to createWorking With ExecutivesNotes From Studio and NetworkStructural LimitationsChapter 7: Political Spaces: There aren’t any rules, but you have to follow every onePolitics of Structure and HierarchyWriters’ Room PoliticsPolitics of Professional RelationshipsParty Politics"Hello, he lied" Dealing With ActorsPolitics of PrestigeEPILOGUEBIBLIOGRAPHY

"This book offers value for students in courses on television writing, television production, and media industries, as well as those simply looking to break into the television industry. [...] Through its accumulation of voices, Writing Hollywood shakes off many of the romantic ideas about television writing and replaces them with some invaluable insights into the lived reality of television writing as a career." --Kate Fortmueller in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Patricia F. Phalen is the Assistant Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on media organizations; the connections between Hollywood and politics; audience research; and the interdependence of media, democracy and culture.

• AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Entertainment Media in the U.S. From Live Entertainment to FilmRadio and Television BroadcastingTelevision via Cable and InternetEconomic Demands and Audience ResearchFrom Scenarists To Writers To Executive ProducersChapter 2: Writing for TVGetting ThereBeing ThereChapter 3: Showrunners — Where the Buck StopsWho Runs the Show? Managing Writers and ScriptsManaging ProductionCharacteristics Writers Value in ShowrunnersChapter 4: The Writers’ RoomCreating the Writers’ RoomWorking in the RoomDrama vs. ComedyChapter 5: Occupational CultureThe Experience of Writing for TelevisionWho Succeeds, Who Fails? Just Part of the JobChapter 6: Managed Creativity: It’s a weird way to createWorking With ExecutivesNotes From Studio and NetworkStructural LimitationsChapter 7: Political Spaces: There aren’t any rules, but you have to follow every onePolitics of Structure and HierarchyWriters’ Room PoliticsPolitics of Professional RelationshipsParty Politics"Hello, he lied" Dealing With ActorsPolitics of PrestigeEPILOGUEBIBLIOGRAPHY

"This book offers value for students in courses on television writing, television production, and media industries, as well as those simply looking to break into the television industry. [...] Through its accumulation of voices, Writing Hollywood shakes off many of the romantic ideas about television writing and replaces them with some invaluable insights into the lived reality of television writing as a career." --Kate Fortmueller in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly