WASHINGTON WATCH: What Does It Take To Green Light A Quality TV Series In Hollywood?

347 views · Published 11 February 2013 · 9:02 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Roland S. Martin · 2013 · News & Politics

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Of all the people who have ideas for movies or television series there is a very small portion of them who are actually able to get it done.  

What does it take to get the green light to produce quality television series and films in Hollywood?  Roland Martin talks with some of the people who have been able to crack the code. Actor, comedian, director, writer, Robert Townsend;  the producer behind "Think Like a Man," Will Packer.  Television writer and producer of the new TV One series "Belles," Ed Weinberger and Devon Franklin, senior vice president for Sony Pictures and author of Produced by Faith.

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