SHOW STARTER™—About Us

about us

about SHOW STARTER™ Our team of top industry talent has worked in non-fiction programming since well before the reality boom created more content than seasoned show runners to oversee it! We are a service provided by Los Angeles-based reality TV production company Tidal Wave TV.

SHOW STARTER™ was founded to fill the urgent need for experienced producers to set up the many pilots, series, and entire programming slates for both existing and new networks (broadcast, cable and new media). We know that you might have literally dozens of shows on your slate or you may have broken into non-fiction with a great show concept and no idea how to effectively execute it. We also know that broad- and podcast deadlines don't wait for you to track down managing producers, learn how a show is run or fully staff up. So we take care of your pre-pro...and you and your show team can surge ahead within the structure of a sound production process.

Our team includes an executive producer, line producers, supervising producers, field and story talent, a post supervisor, a production attorney, a production accountant and a former network executive, whose combined credits span virtually all broadcast and cable outlets and the many genres of non-fiction TV. In order to continue retaining top talent in the SHOW STARTER™ system, we can't tell your their names, but you'll recognize and appreciate the top quality of their work.

We are happy to share that SHOW STARTER™ is helmed by reality show runner DMA, whose years producing, creating and "rescuing" non-fiction shows have earned her the nickname "Systems Queen."

about DMA For more than a decade, DMA has worked as a writer, producer and show runner of dozens of highly rated non-fiction television programs for such networks as CBS, UPN, Fox, AMC, Travel Channel, Bravo, History Channel, A&E, Lifetime, Disney Channel, TLC and more. She was on the ground floor of the reality boom and has years of experience (and stories!) in the field, studios, sets and bays of non-fiction. She is a member of both the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.

DMA also is an expert on story, as the founder and director of the popular Movie in a Box one-day screenwriting seminars, based on her "1-3-5 System" of story structure, which she has taught at the UCLA Extension Writing Program, Robert Townsend Tech and community colleges and schools across America.

Show Running and "Rescue" Highlights

Cast, produced, shot, edited and delivered thirteen half-hour episodes and aired ten in twelve weeks.
Screened, logged, paper cut and fed editor over 100 hours of footage to deliver a one-hour doc episode in five days (with a commendation note from the network president when it aired).
Developed computer program to convert extensive field transcripts into paper cuts in one day.
Lost ten weeks, nearly 50%, from a tight 13-order schedule and modified production process to come in on time and under budget.
Built and managed database and form system that output full delivery documentation on over three dozen interstitials in less than one minute.
Predicted the 1906 San Francisco earthquake within 1.5 minutes of its occurrence. Okay, not that one.


· home · about u · service · seminar · book · faq · case studies · contact u · Tidal Wave TV · visit Planet DMA	about us about SHOW STARTER™ Our team of top industry talent has worked in non-fiction programming since well before the reality boom created more content than seasoned show runners to oversee it! We are a service provided by Los Angeles-based reality TV production company Tidal Wave TV. SHOW STARTER™ was founded to fill the urgent need for experienced producers to set up the many pilots, series, and entire programming slates for both existing and new networks (broadcast, cable and new media). We know that you might have literally dozens of shows on your slate or you may have broken into non-fiction with a great show concept and no idea how to effectively execute it. We also know that broad- and podcast deadlines don't wait for you to track down managing producers, learn how a show is run or fully staff up. So we take care of your pre-pro...and you and your show team can surge ahead within the structure of a sound production process. Our team includes an executive producer, line producers, supervising producers, field and story talent, a post supervisor, a production attorney, a production accountant and a former network executive, whose combined credits span virtually all broadcast and cable outlets and the many genres of non-fiction TV. In order to continue retaining top talent in the SHOW STARTER™ system, we can't tell your their names, but you'll recognize and appreciate the top quality of their work. We are happy to share that SHOW STARTER™ is helmed by reality show runner DMA, whose years producing, creating and "rescuing" non-fiction shows have earned her the nickname "Systems Queen." about DMA For more than a decade, DMA has worked as a writer, producer and show runner of dozens of highly rated non-fiction television programs for such networks as CBS, UPN, Fox, AMC, Travel Channel, Bravo, History Channel, A&E, Lifetime, Disney Channel, TLC and more. She was on the ground floor of the reality boom and has years of experience (and stories!) in the field, studios, sets and bays of non-fiction. She is a member of both the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Producers Guild of America. DMA also is an expert on story, as the founder and director of the popular Movie in a Box one-day screenwriting seminars, based on her "1-3-5 System" of story structure, which she has taught at the UCLA Extension Writing Program, Robert Townsend Tech and community colleges and schools across America. Show Running and "Rescue" Highlights Cast, produced, shot, edited and delivered thirteen half-hour episodes and aired ten in twelve weeks. Screened, logged, paper cut and fed editor over 100 hours of footage to deliver a one-hour doc episode in five days (with a commendation note from the network president when it aired). Developed computer program to convert extensive field transcripts into paper cuts in one day. Lost ten weeks, nearly 50%, from a tight 13-order schedule and modified production process to come in on time and under budget. Built and managed database and form system that output full delivery documentation on over three dozen interstitials in less than one minute. Predicted the 1906 San Francisco earthquake within 1.5 minutes of its occurrence. Okay, not that one.
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