Post by George WK Newman on Aug 6, 2009 7:52:43 GMT -5
Hi everyone I'm your admin.
I control the following characters to take the grunt work out of it for you.
George WK Newman - The CEO of PLS Media.
That means he oversees not only the network but any other division we may add (affiliate sation group, studio, cable channels, etc). Each area though will have a seperate President as will the network. Overall George is an idealist, good natured, and supportive boss. Other then the board, this is the head honcho. When needed he/she will mediate between the board and the network executives, between the various network departments like entertainment & news, accounting & production etc. A major part of the CEO's job will be affiliate relations. The CEO intends to give the President of Entertainment as much leeway as possible to shape the direction of the network (i.e enough rope to hang oneself).
Yes the name is lifted from Weird Al's character in UHF
Skip Canada - Your gregarious, opinionated, often chauvinistic Executive Vice-President of Sales and Advertising.
Skip has been around the TV industry since he was born, the son of actors. However, he has worked behind the camera as both a station owner and with the William Morris Agency. He most recently ran his own ad agency which he sold in order to take this position.
Skip is in charge of selling advertising for all the network's shows. He will give his advice on issues such as how much can be sold at upfronts and for how much, based on what he thinks and the street thinks the ratings and demos will be for a show. It is then up to network executives or even the showrunners to override him if they wish. For instance a showrunner may put his career on the line and bet that ratings will be much better for his show then what the street expects, and urge Canada not to sell as many spots at the upfront at discounted prices. Most showrunners however do not care about this, they know that ratings means future ad dollars and don't care to interfere with the process.
Skip has a real good ability in determining what range of ratings a show will get before it airs, and generally has the ears of the executive suite on these matters.
Bernard (Bernie) Cheatum, Executive Vice-President & General Counsel.
Oversees in-house as well as outsourced legal matters for the corporation. Areas that mostly pertain to the network itself are two fold. Firstly, is contracts. The entertainment world is filled with contracts and unions, whether it be a license and costing contract with a studio to produce a show, or a contract to tie a support cast member down to a show for 5 years. The second big area is copyright and content. Lawyers review all scripts while being shot or beforehand if possible, and watch the finished product. They do background searches and interviews to make sure no copyright problems occur after the airing of a show. Many of the departments have in-house lawyers. That is strictly for convienience sake, as all legal staff report directly to Cheatum.
If you are unlucky or unprepared you may get an e-mail from Cheatum or one of his associates, out of the blue, suggesting that your show is illegal in content or copyright.
Jim Bean, Executive Vice-President Finance & Accounting.
Jim's department is responsible for crunching the complex numbers of the entertainment business. The job is made simpler by the fact the network does not currently run a studio, but its still a complex mess. To make matters worse accounting is often under the gun, as all the shows have a similar production run, and depend also on their own singular production accountant to be on time. Mr. Bean knows better then to ever actually step foot on a sound stage, as he would probably have to leave via ambulance, so he prefers to hide behind e-mail for bad news.
This department also runs entertainment audits of the studios, executive perks, runs payroll and human resources, and has tax specialists. You do not want this job ~ ever.
I control the following characters to take the grunt work out of it for you.
George WK Newman - The CEO of PLS Media.
That means he oversees not only the network but any other division we may add (affiliate sation group, studio, cable channels, etc). Each area though will have a seperate President as will the network. Overall George is an idealist, good natured, and supportive boss. Other then the board, this is the head honcho. When needed he/she will mediate between the board and the network executives, between the various network departments like entertainment & news, accounting & production etc. A major part of the CEO's job will be affiliate relations. The CEO intends to give the President of Entertainment as much leeway as possible to shape the direction of the network (i.e enough rope to hang oneself).
Yes the name is lifted from Weird Al's character in UHF
Skip Canada - Your gregarious, opinionated, often chauvinistic Executive Vice-President of Sales and Advertising.
Skip has been around the TV industry since he was born, the son of actors. However, he has worked behind the camera as both a station owner and with the William Morris Agency. He most recently ran his own ad agency which he sold in order to take this position.
Skip is in charge of selling advertising for all the network's shows. He will give his advice on issues such as how much can be sold at upfronts and for how much, based on what he thinks and the street thinks the ratings and demos will be for a show. It is then up to network executives or even the showrunners to override him if they wish. For instance a showrunner may put his career on the line and bet that ratings will be much better for his show then what the street expects, and urge Canada not to sell as many spots at the upfront at discounted prices. Most showrunners however do not care about this, they know that ratings means future ad dollars and don't care to interfere with the process.
Skip has a real good ability in determining what range of ratings a show will get before it airs, and generally has the ears of the executive suite on these matters.
Bernard (Bernie) Cheatum, Executive Vice-President & General Counsel.
Oversees in-house as well as outsourced legal matters for the corporation. Areas that mostly pertain to the network itself are two fold. Firstly, is contracts. The entertainment world is filled with contracts and unions, whether it be a license and costing contract with a studio to produce a show, or a contract to tie a support cast member down to a show for 5 years. The second big area is copyright and content. Lawyers review all scripts while being shot or beforehand if possible, and watch the finished product. They do background searches and interviews to make sure no copyright problems occur after the airing of a show. Many of the departments have in-house lawyers. That is strictly for convienience sake, as all legal staff report directly to Cheatum.
If you are unlucky or unprepared you may get an e-mail from Cheatum or one of his associates, out of the blue, suggesting that your show is illegal in content or copyright.
Jim Bean, Executive Vice-President Finance & Accounting.
Jim's department is responsible for crunching the complex numbers of the entertainment business. The job is made simpler by the fact the network does not currently run a studio, but its still a complex mess. To make matters worse accounting is often under the gun, as all the shows have a similar production run, and depend also on their own singular production accountant to be on time. Mr. Bean knows better then to ever actually step foot on a sound stage, as he would probably have to leave via ambulance, so he prefers to hide behind e-mail for bad news.
This department also runs entertainment audits of the studios, executive perks, runs payroll and human resources, and has tax specialists. You do not want this job ~ ever.