Creating and Running a Children’s TV Show ft. Mike Alber (Kirby Buckets) (PT96)

Alex and Nick invite Mike Alber, co-creator of Disney XD's Kirby Buckets, to discuss everything about running a kids show, from producing a pilot and staffing a writers' room, to generating new material and staying creative. What is the process of selling a show? What is the journey of getting a pilot produced? How is a writing staff assembled? How do you transition from writer to showrunner? How is a kids television show made? What was it like working on Death Valley and Supah Ninjas? What was the experience of getting a freelance script on The Flash? The Paper Team gets warped... SHOWNOTES Content Getting a first writing assignment, moving to LA, working on Death Valley and Supah Ninjas, selling a show to Disney, getting the pilot of Kirby Bucket produced, interaction with other producers and showrunner, staffing and running a writers' room, breaking stories, production on a live-action children's show, freelancing on The Flash, transitioning between formats and genre (00:27) Resources and Next Week On (1:02:48) Links Mike Alber on Twitter (@MAlber) Mike Alber on Twitter (@MAlber2000) Kirby Buckets Gabe Snyder Death Valley Supah Ninjas Kristofor Brown "Subject 9" (4x14 - The Flash) Resources "Small Screen, Big Picture" - Chad Gervich "The TV Writer's Workbook" - Ellen Sandler This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers Use code ROADMAP to get $15 OFF your first Roadmap Writers Program Special thanks to Alex Switzky for helping us edit this episode. If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :) You can find Paper Team on Twitter: Alex - @TVCalling Nick - @_njwatson If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]