I recently had the opportunity to speak to an executive at one of the major cable networks, and he said that their approach to hearing pitches had changed radically over the last few years. Back when he started, a writer would come in and essentially pitch the pilot. There would be some discussion about where the series would go in the broadest terms, and of course the obligatory “What’s your season five premiere?” question. But if the conflicts and characters were well established in the pilot pitch, these questions were often more of a formality. Now, however, the network was
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