How a TV Show Gets Made

Television production is different than feature film production because most programs run over multiple episodes, and you need to plan out the story behind the entire show, and then break it down further to a paradigm for each separate episode. Since it's not as efficient to use a film script, television crews rely on a white schedule that prioritizes each scene with a location, time of day, and actors needed. In addition, television productions have table reads for every episode, which is when the whole cast gets together to read the script from beginning to end. I found it interesting that each episode goes through over four stages of editing from the editor's cut to the network cut, and it's passed to the director and producer for improvements. I also thought it was fascinating that some television shows are finished only hours before they air on television, because I figured they all would  be done months in advance.