{"id":10375,"date":"2015-02-01T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T17:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=10375"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:06:49","slug":"tv-producers-will-share-pitching-tips-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/tv-radio\/tv-producers-will-share-pitching-tips-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitching tips Thursday on how to get on Rachael Ray, Live with Kelly, Wendy Williams Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tv-talk-show600-e1402241823968.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/tv-talk-show600-e1402241823968.jpg\" alt=\"tv talk show host on the set giving guest free publicity \" class=\"wp-image-12567\" title=\"on set of tv talk show\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Here&#8217;s a short list of <strong>unsolicited junk<\/strong> that publicity-seekers send to TV shows where they want to appear as guests:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bulky media kits\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Books they&#8217;ve written (sometimes multiple copies for everyone on the staff)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Envelopes stuffed with marketing materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press photos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press clippings\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long letters explaining why they want to appear on the show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Videos that show them speaking to the local Rotary Club<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even gag gifts accompanied by pitches that \u00a0they think are clever, but fall flat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guess where most of this stuff ends up?<\/strong> <strong>In the trash bin.<br><\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Producers Don&#8217;t Want This Junk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Producers are too busy to wade through <strong>mountains of materials.<\/strong> So the publicity seekers have nothing to show for it except <strong>crippling postage costs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If producers and guest bookers don&#8217;t want THAT, what do they want?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, they need to be pretty sure you&#8217;re going to be a compelling guest. That means not withering under the lights. Or upstaging the show&#8217;s host. Or telling long-winded stories that <strong>viewers don&#8217;t care about.<\/strong> Most importantly, they need to know that <strong>your story is interesting.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free Call Thursday on How to Pitch&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Four producers and guest bookers for major TV shows will tell you EXACTLY how to pitch them, when to pitch them and what&#8212;and what not&#8212;to send when they&#8217;re the guests on a teleseminar hosted by my friend, Steve Harrison, on <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015,&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>at either <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2 or 7 p.m. Eastern Time.<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/go\/how-to-get-on-big-tv-shows\">Register here.<\/a>&nbsp;Even though the call is free, I promote it as a compensated affiliate because I think the very best way to know exactly what producers want is to <strong>hear them explain it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn lots of insider tips from those who book guests for&nbsp;<strong>ABC, NBC<\/strong> and <strong>CBS.<\/strong> They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mariann Sabol,<strong> &#8220;Live with Kelly&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tommy Crudup, <strong>&#8220;Rachael Ray&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dan Fitzpatrick,<strong> &#8220;The Wendy Williams Show&#8221;<\/strong>Stacy Rollins, Telepictures Productions\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Others to be announced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>If You Can&#8217;t Attend<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the time is inconvenient for you, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/go\/how-to-get-on-big-tv-shows\">register anyway,<\/a> and Steve will notify you when he hosts similar programs. Or recruit a friend or assistant to listen for you and take notes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important:<\/strong> Steve seldom offers replays after these calls. So listen live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Here&#8217;s a short list of unsolicited junk that publicity-seekers send to TV shows where they want to appear as guests:&nbsp;&nbsp; Guess where most of this stuff ends up? In the trash bin.&nbsp; &nbsp; Why Producers Don&#8217;t Want This Junk Producers are too busy to wade through mountains of materials. So the publicity seekers\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/tv-radio\/tv-producers-will-share-pitching-tips-thursday\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[609],"tags":[206,176,29,205,712],"class_list":{"0":"post-10375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tv-radio","7":"tag-author-marketing","8":"tag-book-publicity","9":"tag-media-relations","10":"tag-pitching","11":"tag-tv-radio","12":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42937,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375\/revisions\/42937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}