Sold A 'Hybrid' 1/2-Hour Comedy - Now What??
Hey writers! I just sold (and closing on) a half-hour comedy that's part scripted, part unscripted. We had to sit down and pitch to both heads of the networks (scripted and unscripted teams). While most of the scripted execs passed, the unscripted execs were salivating and made multiple attempts to buy it for their departments. At the end of the day we sold to a major network that took a long time for them to consolidate both their departments in order to send over a deal. Has anyone else dealt with this? If so, was the budget 50/50? Or was one department outweighing the other? ALSO - how was it developing/getting notes from two totally different departments with different mandates/goals? Thanks in advance for your insights!
Posted Jul 1, 2025, 4:27 PM UTC