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Mitt Romney Gets New TV Show! (Original Post) Britethorn Nov 2012 OP
Thank you for sharing the new TV show MyOpinion-2 Nov 2012 #1
LOVED IT!!! johnny156 Nov 2012 #2
ROTFL! Window Nov 2012 #3
K&R Carolina Nov 2012 #4
Wow. A primetime SitCom pilot that cost ~ $750 million is canceled! DreamGypsy Nov 2012 #5
Wasting money is what Mitt does bet. Britethorn Nov 2012 #6

DreamGypsy

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5. Wow. A primetime SitCom pilot that cost ~ $750 million is canceled!
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:17 PM
Nov 2012

Seems like the Republican party and its SuperPacs spent way too much on a bunch of no talent actors:

How much does it cost to produce a single professional television sitcom pilot?

Jon Lawrence, TV business refugee. Provided Exec i... (more)

The primary goal of all of these things is to make the production and post production take as little time as possible; because the longer a production takes to deliver, the more it costs. All of the professional equipment needed for a studio production is billed daily or weekly, so the longer it takes you to finish a show, the higher those rental bills are going be.

(Oh, and a primetime 30 minute studio sitcom pilot these days typically costs between $1.3 and $3m - depending on talent deals. Rumors have it that some hour-long scripted pilots are now closing in on $10m to produce, which is nuts.)
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