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** This article applies to sitcoms and dramas on American network television. Stay tuned for How Reality Shows Work.

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您是不是想过，如果一部喜剧讲的是一位患有幽闭恐怖症的糕点师在晚上兼职做脱衣舞娘，那一定很有意思。您的妹妹觉得描述有透视能力的图书管理员用她的超能力干坏事的电视肯定很受欢迎。您觉得自己的想法还不错——最近播出的电视剧使尽了浑身解数，您看了也觉得不过如此。您在浏览最近一期的《电视指南》时，不禁感慨“这样的电视剧我也编得出来”。在剧情转折时，您的朋友总是大喊大叫求您告诉他下面会发生什么。您总是知道什么时候剧情要急转直下——也许您就有创作电视剧的天赋，不过怎么把想法变成现实呢？阅读>>

So, you think it would be great to see a TV comedy about a claustrophobic cupcake baker who moonlights as an exotic dancer. And your sister has an idea about a clairvoyant librarian who uses her powers for evil. You don't think your ideas are half bad -- the new TV season has hit full swing, and you're simply not impressed. As you skim the latest issue of TV Guide, you think, "I could do this." After all, your friends are always yelling at you for revealing plot twists. And you've never been wrong about when a show takes a turn for the worse -- but how do you make an idea into reality? Read English Version>>

 在仔细阅读了如何编写剧本后，下一步该怎么做呢？现在我们要谈的就是怎么能 让广播电视网选中您的作品。

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So, you've followed our instructions in How Writing a TV Show Works, and now you're ready to take the next step. You got the concept out of your head, onto paper and into treatment form with a catchy title and logline. Now we'll talk about how to get it to the networks.

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谁不爱看情景喜剧？幽默诙谐的剧情总让我们开怀，朗朗上口的主题歌总让我们情不自禁地跟着哼唱,熟悉的旋律总在心头萦绕：“Here's the story of a lovely lady, ……Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale……Where everybody knows your name.”（美国20世纪70年代情景喜剧《布雷迪家庭》（The Brady Bunch）的主题曲）。不仅如此，有些经典台词也成为了流行的时尚用语（比如“Yadda, yadda, yadda”，该词来自意第绪语，20世纪90年代电视剧《宋飞正传》（Seinfeld）热播后流行起来，意为“等等”，“没完没了”），而剧中人物的喜好也影响了我们的品味（比如Cosmopolitan，一种鸡尾酒，美国电视剧《欲望都市》（Sex and the City）中四个女主角的最爱）。毋庸置疑，情景喜剧是美国电视产业的支柱。但您有没有想过：情景喜剧从何而来？情景喜剧究竟是什么？又是谁开创了情景喜剧？

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We've all seen sitcoms, laughed with them and probably even sung along to their theme songs. We occasionally find their jingles running through our heads: "Here's the story of a lovely lady," click, "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale," click, "Where everybody knows your name." Their catchphrases pepper our vernacular: "Yadda, yadda, yadda." And their characters' tastes even influence what we drink -- cosmopolitans anyone? Who wouldn't agree that the backbone of American television is the sitcom? But did you ever wonder where sitcoms come from, what makes a sitcom a sitcom and who actually comes up with this stuff?

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