show bible

plural show bibles

1. Synonym of pitch bible.

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   “The Wire” was more systematic in its portrayal of societal breakdown. Its show bible — the detailed proposal and outline written before production — promised it “will be, in the strictest sense, a police procedural,” but one that addresses “larger universal themes that have more to do with the human condition, the nature of the American city and, indeed, the national culture.”

   2026 September 26, Stephen Marche, “The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: pitch bible