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TV: Sex, Lies & Promos; Ca$hing In On TV's Best Kept Secret

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Wow, how complete! I've been in TV for over 30 years and I have never seen as informative a piece of work about the industry. The book covers all aspects of the TV World from a extremely knowledgeable position. The authors did themselves proud and preformed a service for anyone who wants the "inside skinny" about our truly American Industry. Good read for the insider and the causual viewer alike.

I'm a student studying TV advertising and marketing and this book provided what my college texts and professors didn't: a real behind the scenes look at the inner workings of TV Promotion. It's funny, hip, cynical, smart and contemporary. I feel I have a better take on what this end of the business is about from people who've been there. I'd recommend it to anyone starting out who is considering a career in television. Well done!

These ladies hit the industry right between the proverbial "rabbit ears". Witty, crazy, ballsy and bold! They tell it like it is and take no prisoners. It certainly motivates you to want to get into promo and be creative to break the old rules and make up some new ones... "Must See TV" move over - this is "Must Read TV"!

This book is both informative and entertaining! I am in the television industry and I found the book to be an accurate description of the ups & downs of the business. Best of all, it made me laugh out loud.

TV: Sex, Lies & Promos is a self-study guide to all the various aspects of pursuing a successful television career, from creating, pitching, and scheduling a TV show, to the ratings system and affiliate promotion. Written by knowledgeable authors Deirdre Hanssen and Jodi Gottlieb who have previously worked for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, UPN, WB, and various cable channels, TV: Sex, Lies & Promos contains hard-to-find inside information as to what a day job in TV is truly like and what it really takes. Not only is TV: Sex, Lies & Promos enthusiastically recommended for anyone with an interest in a TV or media-related career, it also makes for fascinating armchair reading if you are happy with your current day job but curious about the complex machinations that take place on the other side of the silver screen!

I write and produce promos for a living, and a friend gave me this book as a joke. I ended up reading it cover to cover. (Who knew anyone had written a book about this end of the business?)

I gotta tell you, it's about as real a depiction of the TV business as anything I've ever read: the fun, the frustration, the big paydays, the stars' bigger egos, the politics, etc. it's also very funny and surprisingly entertaining. If you can't get a job after reading this book, MOVE BACK TO IOWA. :-)

What a great read!

This is a fly-on-the-wall book that gives you a real inside and unvarnished view of the realities of the TV business. It's not all fun and glamour, but the excitement and rewards sure seem to outweigh the negatives. I'm moving to LA this summer to pursue a career in promo.

Got hold of an advance copy through a friend and had a ball - great read and it really puts a human face on what goes on the behind the Wizard of Oz curtain of television.

This book was like going to college...but much more fun. A great read. Now I want to take the class.

Though an interesting topic...there is a reason why good promotion is short and sweet - perhaps they should have remembered this while writing this trivial book.