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herlifewithbooks's review
4.0
A completely engaging, narrative nonfiction look at the lives of TV script writers. Makes me want to run out to Hollywood... or maybe run far, far away.
bellebelly's review
3.0
Billion Dollar Kiss is Stepakoff's account of his career as a TV writer, starting from 1988, when he went to Hollywood, up through a couple of years ago. The subtitle has caused some dumbasses on Amazon to give it bad reviews because they bought it thinking it's a book all about Dawson's Creek. There's some material about Dawson's Creek because Stepakoff worked on the show for several years, but he also discusses his time on the writing staffs of Major Dad, Sisters, The Wonder Years and a couple of other shows that got canceled pretty fast. This book was an enlightening look at the economics behind the TV industry, especially in light of the recent WGA strike.
lindage's review
4.0
I thought I was gonna read an insider's account of the making of Dawson's Creek and ended up mostly with a history lesson on the business of being a TV writer. An unexpected yet so timely lesson that was fascinating, engrossing and entertaining. I do wish there was just a little bit more about that billion-dollar kiss as promised in the title and I gotta take off a star for the rather tone-deaf declaration that TV's lack of diversity isn't about racism, but purely about money. Other than that, highly recommend this book, especially for my fellow rather clueless and naive baby writers.
sdbecque's review
4.0
fascinating and funny tale of what it's like to work in the tv screenwriting business.
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