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About Marrissa O`Leary
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Happy to help with your questions about the business of television. I`ve been a TV Business Affairs, Talent and Comedy executive for over 10 years after starting out as a child actress. I`ve been a VP at two studios, and consulted for others. You may find the answers to your reality show questions in the "Previously Answered Questions", so please take a look!

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MBA, Pepperdine University / BA, Theatre Arts, Occidental College / AA Mass-Telecommunications Technology, Unites States International University

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Topic: TV Industry

Expert: Marrissa O`Leary
Date: 8/7/2008
Subject: Reality show production budget

Question
I have a couple reality shows that I'm looking to shop around. I am great at
coming up with ideas but the business side of TV is not strong. Every
meeting I have I hear the same question, "how much will each episode cost?"
Each show is based in one location area (single city, single work place, etc). Is
there a ballpark amount for a reality show following people in a workplace?

Thanks,
Ted

Answer
Hi, Ted.

Thanks for the question. Unfortunately, there really is no set answer to what things cost in this business.

All I can do is suggest you try to hire someone to do a rough budget for you so you have something to work with. A great place to try and find someone might be realitystaff.com, since they list lots of jobs there.

I wish you lots of luck!

Best,
Marrissa

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