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The Cliffhanger Trap: Why Season Finales Keep Audiences Guessing and Networks Sweating
Season finales love to end on a cliffhanger. Here is where the trick came from, why it hooks viewers so reliably, and why it makes networks nervous.

Season finales love to end on a cliffhanger. Here is where the trick came from, why it hooks viewers so reliably, and why it makes networks nervous.

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From the first pitch document to the final color pass, the pipeline that turns a script into a series is longer and stranger than the credits suggest.

Between submission and offer sits a pipeline of tapes, callbacks, chemistry reads and network sign-offs that most viewers never see.

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