On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:28 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 3:11 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> Spielberg may be an exec, but is that only for financing reasons? >> > > I *would* have suggested it's just a standard credit because Spielberg is > chairman and CEO of Amblin TV. However it does look like there are other > Amblin shows that don't name him as an Exec Producer. > > But then IMDB lists 30+ individuals as having some kind of production > credit in the course of this series... > The Producers Guild is a lost cause in terms of putting a cap on superfluous producer credits. A well run production requires at most two producers, one to oversee the creative aspects and another to oversee the organizational/financial aspects... sometimes one person can handle both sides of the production, but two are really what is required. But now actors get producer credits, as do their managers and lawyers, as do the relatives of the head of studio, as do the catering crew. Credits are seen as free contract negotiating ploys, but it ultimately hurts a production, tarnishes the credibility of the actual producers, and opens up a lot of people to civil litigation. You and I both know that Spielberg neither knows nor cares what’s going on at a crummy little CBS procedural, but now he’s getting dragged into it. And don’t misunderstand me, Dushku has every right to drag him into it as his name is right there in bold text, but his name is only there because CBS knows his name in the credits gives viewers a false sense of value. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
