Why are there seasons, shows, stories, and shoots — and how do they relate?
PTL is structured around the way that magazine-format shows are produced. Within the context of a television series, everything can be broken down into seasons, within each season there are separate shows. Within each show — and here is where a magazine series diverges from a dramatic series — there will be several stories (or segments). Each story (or segment) will require one or more shoots. Ideally, when entering data on any of these levels, several elements on the next level will relate to it; and by entering data in a top/down order, much data entry time can be eliminated, or simplified.
