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Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show Paperback – Illustrated, September 2, 2014

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Collected from a truly expansive exploration of television’s most creative minds, Showrunners is an insider’s guide to creating and maintaining a hit show in today’s golden age of television. The official companion to the documentary Showrunners, this highly informative book features exclusive interviews with such acclaimed and popular showrunners as Joss Whedon, Damon Lindelof, Ronald D.Moore, Terence Winter, Bill Prady, Shawn Ryan, David Shore, and Jane Espenson.

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"This book really does have something for everyone. Whether you’re a huge fan, an aspiring writer, or just a casual viewer, you will learn way more than you ever thought you could." - Fanbolt

"A documentary in book form" - Cinema Sentries

"As fun and entertaining as your favorite television show." - Entertainment Buddha

"I recommend it to anyone who’s a fan of TV and wants to know more about the behind the scenes world." - Movie Waffler

"An invaluable tool for the aspiring TV writer." - The Slanted

"By turns informative and entertaining" - Next Projection

"The wealth of experience in the book is worth it for anyone who is even remotely thinking of a career in the industry." - Indiewire

"Tara Bennet does a great job of capturing both the delights and dramas in the life of a Showrunner." - Fangirl Nation

"The companion book to the documentary, Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show, features even more fascinating questions and answers from the top showrunners in the industry." - Suvudu

"This is fantastic, honest, and intriguing book – and coming from someone who has a read a lot of industry books, this one backs it all up" - City of Films

"A great book full of great facts on your favorite television shows straight from the individuals who ran them!" - BGG

"I was engulfed by the stories of Joss Whedon and J.H. Wyman to the point of reading nearly a hundred pages in one night. If you are at all interested in becoming a writer for TV or for film, this book is for you." - Nerdology

"I would highly recommend this read to anyone who enjoys watching television shows." - MuggleNet

About the Author

TaraBennett is a New York Times Bestselling author and entertainment journalist. As an author, or co-author, she's written more than 20 official movieand TV companion books including Sons of Anarchy: The Official Collector's Edition, Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show, The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China, Fringe: September's Notebook (an Amazon best book of 2014), Lost Encyclopedia, The Art of Ice Age, and many more. Tara is also a contributing writer for SCI FI Magazine, Total Film, Blastr.com and is a U.S. editor for SFX Magazine. She is an adjunct TV writing professor at Rowan University.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Titan Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 2, 2014
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1783293578
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1783293575
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

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Tara Bennett is a New York Times bestselling author and entertainment journalist. As an author, or co-author, she's written more than 30 official movie and TV companion books including The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Art of Avatar: The Way of Water. Sons of Anarchy: The Official Collector's Edition, Outlander: The Official TV Series Companions, The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China, Fringe: September's Notebook (an Amazon Best Book of 2013) and many more. Tara is also the U.S. Editor for SFX Magazine, and a contributing writer for SYFY WIRE, IGN, Paste Magazine and others. She is a TCA member and an adjunct professor of Radio, Television & Film at Rowan University.

With Paul Terry, Bennett co-wrote several bestsellers including 2021's 'The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Amazon Best Book of 2013: 'Fringe: September's Notebook,' as well as 'The Official Making of Big Trouble in Little China,' 'The Art of Big Trouble in Little China,' 'The Blacklist: Elizabeth Keen's Dossier,' 'Sleepy Hollow: Creating Heroes, Demons and Monsters,' and the official 'Lost Encyclopedia' for the seminal Bad Robot TV show.

A member of the Television Critic's Association, she covers TV as a U.S. Editor for the world's premiere sci-fi/fantasy publication, SFX Magazine. She has written over a thousand interviews and features for print and online publications, including the official magazines for 'The Walking Dead,' 'Sleepy Hollow,' 'Once Upon a Time,' 'Grimm,' 'Lost,' '24,' 'Alias,' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' plus 'SCI FI Magazine,' Today.com, Playboy.com, SYFY WIRE, Fandango/Movies.com, Fancast/Xfinity, Snakkle, TV Geek Army, WSJ Speakeasy, Newsarama, and VFXWorld.com.

As a Sr. Editor & Producer for NBC/Universal's SYFY WIRE, Ms. Bennett covers TV and film, conducts on camera interviews and hosted and produced the official podcast for USA Network's sci-fi drama, 'Colony,' History's 'Project Blue Book,' and the retrospective of the impact of 'Lost' with Mo Ryan.

As an adjunct professor, Bennett teaches writing for television and film studies classes for Rowan University. She developed a showrunners writing class which has featured guest speakers such as 'Fringe's' Jeff Pinkner and 'Scrubs' Bill Lawrence.

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Customers appreciate the narrative quality of the book, with one review noting it provides real stories behind favorite TV shows, while another mentions it offers plenty of insight into show runners and serves as a perfect companion to the Showrunners documentary.

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Joseph Genera
The Real Story behind your favorite shows - Must Read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2015
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After watching the documentary on Netflix, I Had to read the book! As an actor on the front side of the camera, I always marvel when I'm on set how everything seems to run like a well-oiled machine - 25-150 people running around like their butts are on fire, making sure everything and everyone is where they're supposed to be at the exact right moment. The technical side always fascinates me, especially when viewing the final cut.

Tara Bennett has 'caught' this world at its best - and the not-so-best parts Hart Hanson said it best "...running an American show is like sex...no matter how much you ask around or how many courses you attend there's no real preparation for the real thing."

Kudos to Ms Bennett for such an excellent read, and to all the people who's hard work makes sure we are entertained week after week. (And for providing us 'talent' with work! - if not for them...) 5 Thumbs up!

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An excellent informative overbearing and great companion to the doc on iTunes

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... advice and behind the scenes narrative to what it's like to run a TV show
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2018
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This book gives solid advice and behind the scenes narrative to what it's like to run a TV show. I'm new to the business and this (along with many other great books) helped me to very quickly learn what I needed to know without having experienced it for myself. Also very entertaining for those that are just curious about what it's like to run a TV show.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2021
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This book reads as though the author interviewed the show runners using an audio recorder, had the interviews transcribed, and then copied and pasted sections of the transcripts under different topic headers, mixing all the show runners’ voices into a stream of consciousness text, separated into topic chapters. There is a lot of interesting information here, but it is sooooooo hard to read that it hurts. If you do not mind wading through it, have at it.

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The truth about running a show
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2014
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An excellent book that gives plenty of insight into what show runners are, what they do, the challenges they face and the influence they have. A great variety of voices gives a broad spectrum of perspectives.

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A must read for all creatives.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2014
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One of the most monumental creative tasks of our day, that of a showrunner, is explored by the best in the business in this fantastic book. This is a must for all creatives, regardless of your medium. You will be fascinated, you will learn and you will be inspired. Tara once again proves she knows television like no other.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2014
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I like this one a lot. I have a lot of interest in the subject so I don't know if there was a lot of new information but it was still a fun, quick read. I love behind the scenes looks at television and I liked the mix of comedy and drama. The best part, I hope, was the long reference sheets in the back to websites for further information and hopefully a little help in how to break into the business.

Anyway, it's more than worthy if you like the subject matter. I'm also going to check out the documentary when it airs.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2015
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Well written, interesting format ( individual input on all subjects) and presented. Not the job I want at my age and disposition....

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2016
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very helpful if you want to create tv shows as I do. it is very insightful.

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