Show Runner: Producing Variety & Talk Shows For Television

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Summary: SHOW RUNNER Shows How to Succeed in TV!
Review: Steve Clements' SHOW RUNNER is two books in one--part primer about how to produce variety and talk shows for television, and it's also a tell-all memoir. The voice of years of experience in Hollywood came through loud and clear in his conversational style. Clements dishes the dirt while giving solid lessons, sometimes even with charts, about television production.

They say, "Those who can--do. And those who can't--teach." From what I read, Steve Clements does both very well. His book tells about years of experience as a top television producer, and his background as a professor comes through in a well written text that's never boring.

I learned the answer to what Clements referred to as the eternal question: What does a producer do? I found out there are many kinds of producers with varying duties -line producers, segment producers, field producers and more.

I would recommend SHOW RUNNER to anyone who is considering a career in television production or to people who want to find out the inside stories about television in Hollywood. It's a fun and informative read!