How hard is it to ink a deal for a series?

[Grinner Hester]

It’s extreamly hard w/o an agent or entertainment atty.
I have been pitching pilots to networks for over a decade and have not made a sell yet.
Yes, you have to have a season in the can before they’ll listen to ya. They do this because they have said yes before and then the production company could not come through. Beavis and Butthead are a great example. Mike Judge submitted a 5 minute pilot unsolicited. They loved it and to his surprise they puchased 6 episodes. He celebrated then scratched his head wondering how he was gonna animate 6 half hour shows in a season. This is how and why the talking to music videos off camera came to be. He was able to animate some genraic reactions from the couch and reuse em over and over. Each episode ended up having about 6 minutes of new animation in em.
My suggestion is to get those episodes in the can to prime yourself better for nibbles but do it on sponsorship dollars. Networks sell sponsorships and when something comes down the pipe already well funded, they tend to listen more. Plus, dream chasing is expensive enough without pouttin your own dollars in a project that statisticly is not going to sell.
that said, the only thing more expensive than chasing dreams is not chasing them. Bitter old men aint bitter about stuff they did in life. Thay are mad about what they didn’t do.
keep chasin’, brother.

[Marcus Frakes]

“My suggestion is to get those episodes in the can to prime yourself better for nibbles but do it on sponsorship dollars. Networks sell sponsorships and when something comes down the pipe already well funded, they tend to listen more.”

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Thanks for the answers and encouragement! Where is the best place to find info on these Sponsorship Dollars? How do I apply??