What are the chances of selling a reality show on a pitch?

What are the chances of selling a reality show on a pitch?

Mark Cronin (Founder & Producer) gives expert video advice on: What are the chances of selling a reality show on a pitch? and more...

Your chances of selling a reality show on a pitch are depend on whether everything's right: if you're a production company that's got the wherewithal to do it, and a trusted reputation, and the pitch is a decent and the idea is not a complete joke. If you've done you're homework and you get in front of the right person who can buy it, that person can probably only buy 20 ideas in a season. Of those 20 ideas, only a third of them is going to become a pilot. Of that third that's a pilot, of those 7 pilots, only one of those is going to get on television. That's often what you're up against, being one of their 20 purchases. To become one of their 20 purchases, they will probably listen to 200 pitches to probably buy 10 percent of the pitches that they hear.