What to Expect When Trying to Sell a TV Show

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Last night, Pat Younge, former head of The Travel Channel, former Chief Creative Officer at The BBC dropped by for dinner.

Since we had him as a kind of captive, we got him to answer a few basic questions on what he looked for when he was buying or commissioning programming.

These days, he is also running his own production company, the London based Sugar Films — so he has been on ‘both sides’ of the table.

I think you will find his remarks most useful:

Originally posted on TheVJ.com.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.