on the set-related stories
Posted Apr 7th 2009 3:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Web, Game Show, Reality-Free

There are a lot of TV show set designs that I love, but I've never really given any thought to how put them together exactly. I used to assume they just drew up plans and/or blueprints with the measurements and all that and then the set designers and the rest of the crew would build the sets. I never once thought they were done this way.
On The Set has pictures of the original dioramas (those little models you might have built for a class back in school, though I never did) made for various shows over the years. These things are great! Check out the
Price is Right set above. The site even has more dioramas from the show, from different angles.
Continue reading The most awesome thing you'll see on the web today: TV show dioramas!
Posted Sep 15th 2006 10:12AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, OpEd, NYTVF

Joel had been checking out the
New York Television Festival this week, and he sent along 5 pilots from the Reality category for me to take a look at. Apparently that's what you get for being the guy that reviews
Dancing with the Stars...
Seriously though, I've watched a lot of reality TV, so I was looking forward to this collection. If you would like to play along at home, you can watch all of these
pilots at MSN. Be warned though, it will require Windows, Internet Explorer, Media Player 10, and your left pinky toe to view them. That said, on with the show.
Continue reading NYTVF: Reality pilots