Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek, and Other Adventures in TV Writing

Now in paperback, the riveting behind-the-scenes look at how television shows are really created, from a successful writer-producer When Jeffrey Stepakoff was graduating with an MFA in playwriting, he imagined a life in theater. Writing for TV didnÂ’t even cross his mind. But he ended up in L.A. in the late eighties, when television writers were experiencing a gold rush. After the billion-dollar syndication of Seinfeld , the mania for scripted entertainment made the TV writer a hot commodity. Weaving his personal narrative with a history of television, Stepakoff shows what itÂ’s like to have a story idea one week and then have it seen by millions a week later. He also takes us inside the industry to explore the problems of media consolidation, interference by executives, lack of diversity, and what reality television is doing to quality scripted television.