How do I pitch a TV show for the Travel Channel?
From my personal experience (working in cable television & major production companies that produce those shows for cable television) any unsolicited mail remains unopened and shredded or returned. Unless of course it came with a heads up from someone we knew. No exceptions. But perhaps Travel channel is different. As far as a verbal pitch- unless you know someone personally there, most likely you would not get seen unless referred by an agent or a friend within the company. Your best bet would be to become familiar with that network’s heirarchy, know exactly what department you want to speak with, and be SO SO SO SO polite and KIND to whomever answers the phone- even if they are rude. Ask for an email address for someone to whom you could send your pitch. From there out it’s luck. If the assistant who reads it thinks it is any good they will pass it on- even if they don’t seem like they would. Trust me when I tell you this- the email they give you will probably be to someone’s assistan
