The Most Successful TV Producer-Salesmen of 2013-14

Meet the producers – some of them writers even – who “own” the broadcast and cable networks for the upcoming season:

Travailler plus...In alphabetical order (cuz we don’t want to alienate any of these mega-potentates).

  • Aaron Kaplan
  • Bill Lawrence
  • Chuck Lorre
  • David Semel
  • David Zabel
  • Howard Gordon
  • J.J. Abrams
  • John Davis
  • Julie Plec
  • Ryan Murphy
  • Seth MacFarlane
  • Shonda Rhimes

And now that you know their names, how do you put this knowledge to good use? Simple:

  • Cultivate them.
  • Hang with them.
  • Date them.
  • Become their bitches.
  • Get rich.

What? You want details about what shows they’ve got so you can figure out the best way to worm your way into their undoubtedly exclusive circles? Do your own damn Googling. We’re busy setting up our own selves.

Ingrates. Sheesh!

Author: LB

A legendary figure in the television writing and production world with a career going back to the late ’60s, Larry Brody has written and produced hundreds of hours of American and worldwide television and is a consultant to production companies and networks in the U.S. and abroad . Shows written or produced by Brody have won several awards including - yes, it's true - Emmys, Writers Guild Awards, and the Humanitas Award.

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