Start Here: 7 Steps to Pitch Reality TV to Joke and Biagio

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It’s episode 30, and we’re giving you the ultimate cheat sheet. Not sure how to start the process of pitching? Want to impress us with your professionalism? Have your pitch stand out above the piles of submissions we get? Here’s how.Start Here: 7 Steps to Pitch Reality TV to Us

7 Steps to Make Us Notice Your Pitch

Whether you’re brand new to the podcast, or have been listening since episode one, we know getting your head around what it takes to sell a show is not easy. We’ve been at it for years and still learn every day.

The good news? Over the course of the last 29 episodes we’ve given you all the tools you need to impress.

But…

They’re spread out over 29 episodes!

So we’re working hard to make things easier for you.

With this single episode, we’re giving you a road map — a cheat sheet, if you will — to make sure when you pitch to us, you’re giving yourself and your reality TV or documentary series pitch the absolute best possible chance at success.

So be like Joey and Natalie, pay attention, and let’s sell some TV together!

Step 1 — The Great 8

Know our first 8 episodes.

In 110 minutes (55 if you play it at twice the speed on your podcast player) you will learn what makes a great pitch, avoid pitching the wrong kinds of shows, understand the code words of our business, and you won’t look like a total newbie to us or anyone else you meet in the business.

You might even call these eps the “keys to the kingdom.” Seriously.

But wait…there’s more. We’ve converted the first 8 episodes to YouTube slideshows with clickable table of contents.

Here they are, all 110 minutes, 9 videos total (a little intro kicks it off):

To see the clickable table of contents, watch them on YouTube.

UPDATE
Just keep in mind the submission steps have been made easier since those first 8 episodes. Everything else is the same. But follow the steps in this post for actually submitting concepts.

Step 2 — Access the Portal

Sign up for the newsletter and access the members only portal.

Follow the directions carefully.

YES — this is a test. Hundreds of you have passed. A few have failed. You can do it. We believe in you.

Step 3 — Good Shows to Pitch

Log in to the members only portal you accessed in Step 2 and check out the list of shows we’re looking for right now.

Sure, you can pitch us other shows — we love that!

This list is meant to get your wheels turning if you’re not sure where to start, or alert you to the fact that a fantastic reality tv show or documentary series might be hanging out in your own back yard.

Step 4 — Gather Your Best Materials…

…without spending tons of money.

Photos and inexpensive interviews of your talent. Items put together to convince us you have a great show on your hands.

Yes, we’d love to see a pitch tape. No, you should NOT spend a lot of money on it.

Step 5 — Write your paper pitch.

Good news, we tell you how right here:

Paper Pitches: 5 Steps to Awesome

Step 6 — Upload Your Submission

Log into the members only portal you signed up for in Step 2 and follow the directions.

Yes — this is another test. Hundreds of you have passed. A few have failed. You can do it. We believe in you.

Step 7 — Don’t Stop…Keep Developing!

*Because of the sheer number of pitches we receive, as of January 2020, we can no longer respond to every project pitched to us.

If you haven’t heard back from us after 4 to 6 weeks, it means we didn’t feel we could be helpful on this particular project. Keep pitching – it’s a numbers game, and some people have pitched us multiple shows before we found one we could team up on. We hope you’ll eventually become one of our success stories.

Bonus Step 8

Check out our new, in-depth guide: How to Pitch a Reality Show.

That’s It?

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Well, if you’ve just sped read this list, you’re missing ALOT.

Click the giant PLAY button above to get all the juicy details we didn’t list here — like whether or not you should pay to make a pitch tape, whether you have a better shot pitching format, follow docs, or hybrids, and what crazy organism is growing inside of Joke (come on, how are you not ALREADY hitting that play button?)

Transcript coming soon!

Helpful and Related Links

Subscribe to Joke and Biagio on Youtube.

Seriously, subscribe. Biagio has talked Joke into going on camera. It took a lot of cajoling.

Come on, you know you want to click this sexy subscribe button:
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Come Make a Show With Us!

Okay, you’ve got the cheat sheet on how to pitch to us. We think you know what’s next!


How to Pitch to Us

Read our in-depth page about how to pitch us a show . It also talks about what it’s really like to work in our business, the unscripted TV and film industry.