Summary: Alex and Nick invite Becca Burgess, casting associate on ABC's Last Man Standing, NBC's Undateable, and TBS' Cougar Town, to discuss how casting works in television.<br> <br> What is the casting process for TV shows, pilots and regular episodes? What can TV writers learn from casting? How much interaction does casting have with writers and producers? What are differences between casting comedy and drama? How does casting approach writers' character descriptions? <br> <br> The Paper Team gives a read...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Becoming a casting associate, casting TV pilots and episodes, finding series regulars, interactions with writers and producers, approaching diversity, using character descriptions, casting discovery, reading process, advice for writers (00:55)<br> Resources and Next Week On (34:52)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/becca_burgess">Becca Burgess on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)">Annie (Musical)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Earl_and_the_Dying_Girl_(film)">Me and Earl and the Dying Girl</a><br> <a href="https://www.breakdownservices.com/">Breakdown Services</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbad_(film)">Superbad</a><br> <a href="https://www.sagaftra.org/">SAG-AFTRA</a><br> <a href="http://www.sagaftra.org/what-taft-hartley-report">Taft-Hartley report</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Reasons_Why">13 Reasons Why</a><br> <br> <br> This episode brought to you by Tracking Board's Launch Pad Writing Competitions<br> <a href="https://www.tblaunchpad.com/#competitions" target="_blank"></a><br> Use code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF when you enter a <a href="https://www.tblaunchpad.com/#competitions" target="_blank">Launch Pad Competition</a><br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>
