Producing the Television Newscast

Producing is an exceptionally diffi cult art. The time constraints are brutal; a 30-minute newscast contains eight minutes of commercials, leaving only 22 minutes for news. Subtract three minutes for your weather report (19 minutes remain), another four for sports (now 15 minutes are left for news), and then another minute for bumps, opens, and closes. Your half-hour of news lasts a mere 14 minutes.