What a whirlwind week. So our week in Toronto pitching our show to broadcasters was a great success. We met with Global (Shaw) on Monday (aiming for a show on Showcase, which they own). On Wednesday we met with CTV (Bell) in the morning, (aiming for a show probably on CTV itself, but possibly Bravo or Comedy, which they own). And we rounded out the trip with a pitch to CityTV (Rogers) Wednesday afternoon. All the executives we met were very nice and had lots of good feedback, comments, and questions. As surreal as it was (it was like living an episode of Seinfeld) we felt pretty comfortable in the room, and felt good after each meeting that we had presented the ideas how we wanted to. Can’t ask for much more than that.
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(A fun added bonus of the CTV pitch was getting to tour through the Much Music building on our way to the boardroom. Our inner Electric Circus dancers were beaming).
Then, when we got home, we set to work crossing all the Ts and dotting all the Is of the pilot script we wrote, as well as the written pitch materials (that are there to remind them exactly what we discussed in the meetings). And we sent those off today. Now the ball is in the court of the broadcasters. There are a million factors outside our control that will affect whether the pilot gets greenlit or not. But we feel like we’ve done everything we can, and we’re really happy with our concept, our pitch, and our script.
So, a reminder of how it all works from here: if a broadcaster does like our premise and script, then they would greenlight a pilot (a sample episode), which we would film to give them an idea of what an episode would look like. Then if they like THAT, they would order a season, which, in Canada, is typically 13 episodes. And that’s the point the public would get to see it. So that’s quite a ways away still, but at least now we’re one step closer!
No idea how long the waiting game will take, but we most likely won’t hear anything until January. We’ll be shocked if any of us have any fingernails left after Christmas. Keep your fingers and toes crossed and we’ll let you know as soon as we hear anything.