The TV Writers Studio (TVWS) is a one-of-a-kind program that gives its students a real-world TV writing experience they could get nowhere else. Created by Emmy-Award Winner and veteran screenwriter Norman Steinberg, the goal of the TVWS is to develop highly-skilled, experienced professionals with strong portfolios who will be prepared to begin careers in the television industry as writers, creators, and leaders. Like a real TV writers room, students come together at the Steiner Studios in Brooklyn to create a new TV show. They break stories, write scripts, and in year two turn to producing a sample of the show they have created. During the two-year program, they also write their own original pilots, a web series, and will graduate with a portfolio that launches their careers as TV writers. Veteran writer and producer Ken LaZebnik oversees and teaches, along with highly experienced TV, film and new media industry veterans as well as members of LIU’s Media Arts Department, such as Professors Larry Banks and William Rabkin. An impressive lineup of guest lecturers – showrunners, directors, producers, actors, network and cable executives, and agents, etc.– share their expertise and experience, either in the classroom or from Los Angeles via video conferencing, providing the TV Writers Studio cohorts with an intimate view of day-to-day “life” in the TV, film and new media industries.