How to use this book -- An audience-eye view of TV -- The machinery -- Working with-and against-time -- Writing for the Director -- The elements -- Motive and mood -- The use of dialogue -- A tool for the beginner -- The general forms -- The series -- The serial -- Murder and mystery -- The full-length play -- The art of comedy -- The fact program -- The half-written program -- Writing locally -- Writing juveniles -- The professional writer -- Presenting the program -- The commercial
