Usually, scripts for drama series are around 60 pages, though a fast-talking show like The West Wing sometimes went to 70 pages. On networks that break shows (for example Lost) into five acts plus a teaser, writers are stuck with reduced screen time, and find themselves with eight page acts and scripts coming in around 48 pages. Each script is. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE By David Self Revisions by Michael Tolkin Based on the Novel by Shirley Jackson 11/10/98 Initial Shooting Script NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS SOFT COPY.

1. Here we present sixty-five produced pilot scripts that you can use as roadmaps to creating your own series opener.Click on each image to read the pilot!. Alex Inc. Alex, who is in his mid-30s with a wife and two kids, makes the crazy decision to quit his good job and dive into the brave new world of starting a business.
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1 NEWSBROADCAST - VARIOUS SCREENS, VARIOUSPLACES 1

ANCHOR:

A “race war” has erupted at one of

the nation’s oldest and most

prestigious institutions.

Glued to this are our story’s subjects, who we meet in...

2 A SERIESOFSHOTS 2

TROY FAIRBANKS, 21, Black. He drags a brushthroughhisfingerwaves anxiously. The look of guilt is the only markofimperfection in his privileged and chiseled demeanor.

ANCHOR (O.S.)

Outrage over an “African American

Themed” partyorganized by

predominately whitestudentsofManchesterUniversity has resultedinrioting and property damages.

2A KURT FLETCHER, 21, white. No sympathy in his jadedblueeyes as he watches on an iPad in a lavishparlor room.

2A

ANCHOR (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Guests were invited to “liberate

their inner Negro, fry up chicken,

enjoy a sugarwaterconcoctionknown as Purpledrank and wearoversizedBarackObama T-shirts.”

2B COLANDREACONNERS (COCO), 20, Black with blue contactsadjusts the straightbangs of her weave to better see thesmallTV in her dorm. A smirk on her glossy pink lips.

2B

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ANCHOR (CONT’D)

Officials claim an investigationisunderway to find thoseresponsiblefor the event and subsequent riot.

2C SAMANTHAWHITE (SAM) 21, records the broadcast in an 2C

edit bay. Despite her light skin, the Afro pick in her fropompadourleaveslittledoubt she identifies as Black.

ANCHOR (CONT’D)

In an effort to address diversityissues, the schoolappointedAfricanAmericanscholar Dr. Walter

Fairbanks as Dean of Students.

2D LIONEL HIGGINS, 20, Black, watchesthrough dark rimmed 2D

glasses in a bustlingindifferentDining Hall. A guiltpainshisotherwiseboyish face.

2.

ANCHOR (CONT’D)

Last year the Dean’s office

celebrated slightgains in diverse

applicants but with many now

calling for Fairbanks' resignation,

that may have been pre-mature.

2E

DEAN WALTER FAIRBANKS, a well adornedBlack man in his 2E

50’s fights a panic as he watches in a stately office.

ANCHOR (CONT’D)

Up next, a cat that loves to water

ski? That and more after the break.

DEAN FAIRBANKS:

How could this happen?

TITLE CARD:
FIVEWEEKS AGO

3

EXT. MANCHESTERUNIVERSITY - DAY 3

This sprawlingimpressive mix of Colonial, Gothic and Modern

architecture is presented like a living brochure.

SUPERIMPOSE:
MANCHESTERUNIVERSITY - “NOSCE TE IPSUM”

As we cut through the living brochure, we’re presented with

groups and programs. TheirCRESTS and titles SUPERIMPOSED.

SERIES OFSHOTS - TOPACADEMIC PROGRAMS

3A

White kids with “Trump” blazers and glares - DESMOND 3A

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

3B

Kids with dark eye circles and unkempt hair standbefore 3B

the BINGSCHOOLOF HISTORY.

3C

A cluster of skinnyjeans and expressivehandsbefore the 3C

GOODMAN MEDIA SCHOOL. ONEBLACKKIDstands in the back.

SAM (V.O.)

Dear White People. The minimum

requirement of Blackfriends needed

to not seem racist has just been

raised to two.

4

INT. STUDIOBOOTH - DAY 4

Samantha White (Sam) watches the campusthrough a one way

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window with the cool but knowing gaze of someone much older.

Weeds Pilot Script Pdf File

She gets off on sensing and pushingbuttons - with a

subversive deliverystyle that boarders on deadpan.

SUPERIMPOSE:
SAMANTHA WHITE, SENIOR, VISUALANDNEW MEDIA

3.

Weeds Pilot Script Pdf File

SAM (CONT’D)

Sorry, but your weed man Tyrone

does not count.

She fades in JAZZ on her controlboard and leans back to

address a box of pamphletsizedbooksbearing the title

“EBONY AND IVY: A SURVIVAL GUIDE.” One by one she scribbles

her autograph on the books.

5

EXT. ELLINGTONLIBRARY - DAY 5

SERIES OFSHOTS - NATIONALLYRENOWNEDSTUDENT GROUPS

In recent years, the lines between comedy and drama have become increasingly blurred, at least in the television world. It’s not uncommon to see hourlong series that more closely resemble comedies and half-hour shows that are for all intents and purposes dramas. This current trend was kickstarted almost fifteen years ago with shows like Weeds and Desperate Housewives that, while being ostensibly comedies, often leaned more heavily toward the drama side of the coin. Demand for this type of series has only increased, and dramedy has become a surprising enduring and successful genre for female-led series. Just look at last year’s Emmy nominations — Fleabag, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Russian Doll each straddles that line and all were met with critical acclaim.

Also add Dead to Me to that list. The series, created by Liz Feldman, is a (dark) comedy about grief. Two women meet in a therapy group for grieving spouses. Jen (Christina Applegate) lost her husband after a hit-and-run while Judy (Linda Cardellini) is mourning her fiancé who died of a heart attack. However, a dark twist towards the end of the pilot reveals a deeper connection between the two women and propels the story from a dramedy into something resembling a psychological thriller at times.

But the show’s main draw is its lead actresses. Applegate and Cardellini imbue their characters with such an emotional realness that it’s impossible not to root for them, even when they’re making terrible choices. The show, at its heart, is about female friendship, and there isn’t quite another relationship like it on television. Friendships can be messy, and Feldman and the writing staff uses that to their advantage.

As a character study, Dead to Me is a great show to watch, and it’s one of the few shows out there to effectively mine grief for humor. And season two just premiered on Netflix, so if you’re looking for your next binge, you could do much worse.