It's Opposite Day here on The Showrunner Show as John and Stacy take last week's topic and flip it on its head. (Spoiler: There's actually seven potholes to avoid in this episode.)

John and Stacy cover ways to make your pitch more sellable in this installement of the pitch series.

You want to sell your show. The people you’re selling to will have some very specific questions in mind that, if you can speak to, will up your chance of a sale tremendously.

This week we’re talking about what to expect in your first pitch. The pitch process is one of the most important parts of the process of getting a TV show made. We wanted to do a kind of “pitch series” talking through all the ins and outs of the process.

Phillip Noyce is back to discuss the dynamics between the showrunner and the pilot director with John, Drew, and Stacy.

Phillip Noyce joins John, Drew, and Stacy to talk about the role of the pilot director, and how it's different from the role of an episodic director. 
Phillip Noyce is an Australian film and television director known for a whole bunch of classic movies, from Dead Calm to Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Quiet American, Salt, The Giver, and so many more. He directed the TV pilots for series like What/If, Revenge, and The Resident. He can do action, he can do political thrillers, drama, he can do suspense. He can do it all. A true director’s director.

From a studio’s perspective, what makes a great showrunning partner? This week, we got answers from returning guest Ken Segna.

Ken Segna, most recently the head of TV Development at MRC, working on shows like The Girlfriend Experience and American Gods, joins us to talk about the relaitonship between studios and showrunners.

John, Drew, and Stacy discuss the benefits of a career in TV writing and why, despite the costs, you'd want to consider the career.

In this episode, John, Drew, and Stacy discuss the realities of a career in TV writing.

An essential part of working effectively in television is learning to manage studio, network, and producer notes. Here are the best strategies we've found to manage all the notes while doing great work and beinng great partners.

Showrunning is a near-impossible job which is guaranteed to push you harder than the hours of the day can manage. Here are 5 Tips to manage the overwhelm that comes with too much work.

You've been delivered a cut of an episode that doesn't work. Here are five go-to strategies for digging out the amazing episode buried inside.

Learning to work with your editor in post-production is an essential skill for a showrunner. Master editor Rich Fox will talk us through the best practices for getting the best out of post.

Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Coming 2 America) is back to talk with John, Drew, and Stacy about the roles of Directing Producer, Director Showrunner, and how they work together.

Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Coming 2 America) talks about his experience both directing and producing on the series, Empire. He shares how the experience of being a series director is different than a movie director and what he's learned along the way.

We discuss the dos and don'ts for the onset supervising writer with Sarah Marie Masson.

Sarah Marie Masson discusses how working with joy has helped her rise through the writer's room.
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Emmy-winning Casting Director Rachel Tenner (Fargo, Severance, Joe Pickett) is back. This week, she talks about what she's learned since the start of her career and how TV and movie casting is different. She also shares how she feels about chemistry reads and table reads. Also, they play the Rapid Fire Four.
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Emmy-winning Casting Director Rachel Tenner (Fargo, Severance, Joe Pickett) drops by the show to discuss how a casting director works with a showrunner. Along the way, they talk about casting in the post-COVID age, what happens when you find the perfect actor for the role, and tips for auditioning.
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This week we talk strategies for getting it done when the script is due, and you're not feeling like writing.
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This week we talk about the citical relationship between the star of the show and the Showrunner.
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Part 2 of our series exploring the 5 different functions your pilot script will need to play at different phases of the process.
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This week we talk about your Pilot script - or more specifically, the 5 primary functions of your pilot script, and how those 5 functions might not all fit into the same 1 script at the same time.

How do you shoot a television show in fewer hours a day, let your cast and crew feel more rested, get a better final product, and save money? Inspired by working in France, John, Drew, and Stacy explain how they've pushed for shorter shooting days on their sets and how that has worked out. (Spoiler: It's gone very well.)

In this "Best Practices" Episode, we talk about the "No Sides on Set 'Rule'" that keeps scripts off set.

This week, Linda Rogers-Ambury talks us through the two types of TV budgets that you need to understand, how they're different, and why it's important to understand them.

Allocation of money and time are critical to your show running smoothly. This week, Linda Rogers-Ambury will help us solve the "money puzzles" to help us make sure the money is spent in the best places.

Nelson Greaves joins John and Stacy to talk about the pleasure and pain of rewriting episodes of television. Alone the way, they share some of their favorite rewriting tricks and workflows.

Writer and Producer Nelson Greaves joins John and Stacy for a conversation about all of the things they wish they knew in their first writers' rooms.

Andrew Gettens and Lauren Mackenzie return to the show to talk about the ups and down of being a writing duo. Also, they whole crew laughs a lot.

Lauren MacKenzie and Andrew Gettens come on the show to talk about the best ways for new writers to get into a writers' room. They are some of the best in the business and their experience as a writing/producing duo means that they have plenty to share from a variety of perspectives. You'll definitely want to take some notes.

The journey from the world of cinema to television can seem mysterious. To help shed some light on it, John, Drew and Stacy discuss their journey from making movies to making television, exploring the subtle but profound differences in the mediums. They also offer some perspective on the unique challenges and rewards each medium presents.

Almost every TV show has a showrunner, but very few people fully realize what a showrunner actually does. Even fewer people understand how to become a showrunner. In this episode, John, Drew, and Stacy define what a showrunner actually does.