Introduction: So You Want to Write for Television.

Chapter 1. Basic Preparation.

Chapter 2. What is a TV Series.

Chapter 3. The Four Act Structure.

Chapter 4. Telling a TV Story.

Chapter 5. The Spec Script.

Chapter 6. What to Spec?

Chapter 7. The Name is Morris, William Morris.

Chapter 8. The Pitch.

Chapter 9. How to Read the Producer's Mind.

Chapter 10. What to Pitch.

Chapter 11. You've Got the Assignment, Now What?

Chapter 12. Your First Assignment.

Chapter 13. We've Got a Few Notes.

Chapter 14. Am I There Yet?

Chapter 15. Becoming Rob Petrie.

Chapter 16. Rewrites.

Chapter 17. Your Really Great Idea For a Show.

Chapter 18. I'm a Professional Writer, and I've Got the Card to Prove It.

Afterword.

Appendices.

A.  Plotting a Mystery: How We Wrote Diagnosis Murder.

B.  Diagnosis Murder Writers' Guidelines.

C.  Martial Law Writers' Guidelines.

D.  Martial La Pitch/Leave-Behind.

E.  Martial Law Beat Sheet.

F.  seaQuest 2032 Pitch/Leave-Behind.

G.  seaQuest 2032 Beat Sheet.

H.  Diagnosis Murder Beat Sheet.

I.  Diagnosis Murder Beat Sheet.