Spreadsheets and Bedsheets
Fast Company, April, 2007 by Susan Karlin
Boardroom backstabbing, bonehead bosses, work-life juggling--they're not just compelling business issues, they're great television! That's what a slew of hopeful producers are betting on during the spring pilot season, when networks develop their creative ideas--the best of which (in theory) will be announced at this month's "upfronts," a series of presentations aimed at coaxing upward of $10 billion from advertisers for next fall's prime-time lineup. More than a dozen of the pilots in development are based in the workplace, no doubt inspired by the success of The Office . Here's a sampling of the offerings, with our cut-to-the-chase translations.
Cashmere Mafia ( ABC )
Lucy Liu stars as one of four female college friends turned successful New York...
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