| | Situation: Comedy (2005)"Situation: Comedy" will allow viewers to go behind the scenes of network television as writers will earn the opportunity to produce and sell a sitcom -- but the audience will give the final "thumbs-up" by choosing the winning entry that will be broadcast on Bravo. After producers and experienced "show-runners" Stan Zimmerman ("Gilmore Girls") and Maxine Lapiduss ("Roseanne") narrowed the field of over 10,000 scripts to ten semi-finalists, the lucky ten writers were flown to Los Angeles, where they were thrown into the deep end of the creative pitching pool. They then submitted their ideas to NBC network executives who green-lighted two of the scripts to go into production as 15-minute presentations -- shot by two very recognizable directors, Fred Savage ("The Wonder Years") and Amanda Bearse ("Married with Children"). Audiences will watch the entire process through casting, set design, rewrites, rehearsals, taping and post-production. In the end, they will see each completed presentation and can vote online for the sitcom they believe should get a shot for broadcast on television. The winner will receive a cash prize of $25,000 and exclusive representation for one year with a major Hollywood talent agency to further help launch a successful writing career in film or television.
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