| Discover exactly what network execs are looking for—and what scripts are getting tossed. Stay ahead of the curve with this essential guide.Shows Amazon WANT: big, sci-fi, supernatural AVOID: N/A CBS WANT: animation, character driven, grounded sci-fi (not mentioned if other types of sci-fi are OK) AVOID: politics FX WANT: animation, comedy forward (progressive politics), ensembles, tonally similar to “Archer”, taboo topics, stories not seen before AVOID: N/A Hulu WANT: animation, action adventure, very high bar (wasn’t specified on what this meant) AVOID: multi-cam Paramount WANT: anti-heroes, LGBTQ+ (I’m not against making some of my characters fill this role) AVOID: N/AS Starz WANT: female narratives AVOID: N/AFeatures Columbia WANT: high concept, female centric. AVOID: N/A Indie Market WANT: female centric, inspirational, true AVOID: N/A Apple WANT: cheaper films (under 15 mil) like “Coda” and “Fingernails”, humanity but commercial, why now, hopeful, any genre, female forward AVOID: bloody horror Netflix WANT: big romances AVOID: N/A Universal WANT: romantic comedies (but potentially bigger budget) AVOID: stories for young kids Film Nation WANT: 7-20 mil features that are left of center (assuming they mean politically??) AVOID: YA, kids, family, horror |