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9 ludicrous notes from network execs to television writers

“These jokes are too witty, too funny.”

Nov 13th 2013, 4:38 PM 4,629 Views 1 Comment

TV NETWORKS LIKE to have their fair share of input into the shows they commission and broadcast, from initial concept, through production and up to the finished product.

The writers get the brunt of it.

Twitter account TVNetworkNotes contains– often hilarious, vague and contradicting– snippets of comments made by studio executives to writers before they gave their projects the green light.

Here are nine highlights:

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9 ludicrous notes from network execs to television writers

“These jokes are too witty, too funny.”

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