What is the timeline of making a TV drama?

What is the timeline of making a TV drama?

Pamela Douglas (Screenwriter) gives expert video advice on: Where do I start working in a TV drama?; Is a drama shot on location or in a studio? and more...

Most dramas go from the initial concept and outline all the way through the final shooting within two months. The time it takes to deliver that first draft script is only two weeks. You might spend a week or two on the outline, two weeks on that first script, one week on fixing it, and you are off to production. One week after that you are producing, and there might be another week of post. TV drama is fast.