Copyblogger Articles You Need to Read Before You Write Your TV Proposal: Part II

Copyblogger named by The Guardian as one of the World’s 50 Most Powerful Blogs is a site all about marketing online content, but you can adapt the principles to help you write your TV proposal. In the second of this three-part series on turbocharging your development skills we look at some article that will help your proposal grab a buyer’s attention – making your idea stand out; starting your proposal with a bang, and using bullet points (click through to read more).

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Disloyalty Card

World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies has come up with an disloyalty card that encourages his customers to try the coffee of his rivals. He’s chosen eight quirky, quality coffee shops in east London – buy a coffee and get a stamp from each of them and Gwilym will give you a free coffee. It seems [...]

Greenlit: The Glee Project, Oxygen

The Glee Project (10 x 60′) – Competition series which pits a group of talented performers against each other to win a guest starring role on FOX’s Glee. Channel: Oxygen Producer: Ryan Murphy Television / Embassy Row TX: 12th June 2011 Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: Kate Gosselin, TLC

Kate Gosselin (untitled) – Kate Gosselin, known from her previous starring role in Jon & Kate Plus 8 on TLC will feature in an upcoming reality show that is currently in development. Details are currently unconfirmed but it’s been suggested that Kate could try out working in different professions. Channel: TLC TX: Spring/Summer 2010 Source: [...]

RateMyProfessors

mtvU’s RateMyProfessors.com has an iPhone app that lets students check up on the reviews of more than 1 million professors across the USA. I just checked up on one of my old professors and it turns out he’s slated for having ‘contrived English accent’. Hmm – he’s English! Back to school for that reviewer (or [...]

Biometric Monitor

The WIN Human Recorder is a Japanese biometric device that is designed to be worn on the skin on a day to day basis as it measures heart rate, brainwaves, skin temperature, velocity and respiration. It wirelessly transmits data to a mobile phone or computer where the data can be managed. Read the full article [...]

Greenlit: Fight Science, National Geographic Channel

Fight Science ( x60′) – Docu series that explores the physiology of professional fighters’ bodies. Channel: National Geographic Producer: Base Productions, Inc. TX: 1st February, 2010 Source: Cynopsis

Greenlit: Seducing Cindy, Fox Reality Channel

Seducing Cindy (8×60′) – Former Playboy pinup and single  mom of three Cindy Margolis is looking for true love in this series that sees her dating men from 18-71 years old. Channel: Fox Reality Producer: Glassman Media TX: 30th January, 2010 Source: Cynopsis

Missing in Haiti

Haiti Earthquake Support Center was set up the day after the disaster by The Extraordinaries, a group that  “allows people to complete micro-tasks for organizations, causes or people they’re passionate about, using a mobile phone or web browser, in a few minutes of spare time”. When they sat down to think about what they could [...]

Greenlit: Southern Fried Stings, TruTV

Southern Fried Stings – Docuseries centered on crime-fighting Jay Russell, an ex-state trooper and addiction expert, who is cleaning up the deep South. Channel: TruTV Producer: Studio Lambert / Zoo Productions Source: C21