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Sell the House
A new rule for keeping a TV audience engaged in a show: you just kill all of the good guys.
By Rob Long • • 3m ListenAn old Hollywood writer once gave me some good advice. When you're working on a television show and you're stuck for a story, he said, there's one trick that works every time. "Sell the house," was his advice. "But don't actually sell it."