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America's Next Producer: Episode 7
Daniel, Daniel, Daniel. What happened!? This was supposed to be his shining moment and boom! There goes the ball crashing to the floor. I could tell the minute I saw these last four producers walk into the Fox News room at 3am that this challenge was going to be hectic. Working under such tight time constraints is one thing, doing it on barely any sleep is quite another.
When I saw myself on the show standing there with Lisa Kridos to deliver this challenge, I went, “Dang, girl! You look like the tired train has run your behind over!” I was irritable and exhausted right along with them, but I didn’t have to then throw together a live news story in two hours. That’s why I call it producer boot camp.
Nevertheless, some basic things were absolutely overlooked by both teams, and neither story ended up being that great. But I do have to admit that the crying-in-the-workplace story was sooooo me when I was back at MTV, especially during my brief stint hosting a talk show. You cry more when you are miserable, and though I loved MTV, living in NYC took its toll on my spirit. I was actually miserable working the talk show, so I cried even more then.
Anyway, that's another book for another time.... Let's get back to a show I do love, ANP.
Lisa Kridos (the morning-news goddess) was right on point with her assessments of these pieces. Whether you're tired or not, it better not reflect in your work and it seemed like these four just weren’t thinking straight at all. Lots of necessary resources went unused and simple additions like B-roll from the stock Good Day L.A. could’ve made all the difference on both teams. The new, great American gathering spot that is Starbucks was relied on too heavily by both teams, as well. Have you noticed that everyone who works with Zo feels pushed around by him, or at least, irritated? I think he has a bigger personality than even he realizes. He should be grateful that this is not a popularity contest, because he made it to the final three! So Gwen, Jessica, Zo… see you next week.
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Aug 29, 2007 8:54 PM
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