Primetime Princess, Lindy DeKoven
Primetime Princess, Lindy DeKoven
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Primetime Princess

Author: Lindy DeKoven

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/21/2013


Synopsis

High heels, hijinks, and head honchos in HollywoodAlexa Ross has risen to the top of the Hollywood boys’ club. As the vice president of comedy development at Hawkeye Broadcasting System, Alexa has put her early years working as an assistant to Jerry Kellner, her sex-crazed former boss, behind her.However, nepotism lands Jerry a plum spot at HBS…reporting to Alexa! Soon Jerry’s malicious behavior is destroying everything good in Alexa’s life, from the young student she tutors to the romance she thought she’d never find. Can Alexa win the battle for ratings and break through the glass ceiling, even if it destroys her—and everything she loves?Sharp, witty, and heartwarming, Primetime Princess is an unforgettable sneak peek into the exclusive behind-the-scenes drama that occurs over the course of one TV development season.

About Lindy DeKoven

Lindy DeKoven worked her way from secretary/receptionist for the CBS Sports remote crew to executive vice president of NBC. One of the most talented and successful entertainment executives in the field, she oversaw numerous productions including the Emmy Award–winning Gulliver’s Travels, and worked with great talents such as Barbra Streisand, Glenn Close, Sally Field, Morgan Freeman, and Christian Bale. Her movies and miniseries helped launch the careers of such young stars as Hilary Swank, Michelle Williams, Keri Russell, and Jerry O’Connell. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed her to the California Commission on the Status of Women and the California Film Commission. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David Israel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tara on July 26, 2013

I absolutely love this book. It's an incredible mixture of real life, drama, sexual harassment in the work place, the plight of women today, romance, and a woman torn between career and love. Having recently watched a documentary that talked about how despite the fact the population of the U.S. is OV......more

Goodreads review by Jennie on April 13, 2013

Primetime Princess is a witty look at Network TV from a young female executive's point of view. You will be rooting for Alexa Ross from page one, wincing and laughing as she navigates her way up a very slippery corporate ladder. It's an upside-down, sexist world and she has to balance her rise towar......more

Goodreads review by Ixby on July 05, 2020

High heels, hijinks, and head honchos in Hollywood Chauvinism. Cutthroat competition. It’s all in a day’s work for Alexa Ross, vice president of comedy development at Hawkeye Broadcasting System. After years of fighting her way through the Hollywood boys’ club, Alexa thinks she’s finally free of Jer......more

Goodreads review by Amelia on April 29, 2023

I really enjoyed the book. It gave an insight to how Hollywood is and how the “Me Too” culture started. Of course the chick lit part helped to lighten the mood. There are humanised parts as well that makes the reading bearable, cos all the testosterone wasn’t very palatable to me.......more

Goodreads review by Erica on August 16, 2013

Along with my recently reviewed book by Alison Sweeney I was also asked if I wanted to review a book from Amazon Publishing called Prime Time Princess. The author of this book Lindy DeKoven was a real life TV producer for major companies her in the United States. Her book is a take on the industry a......more


Quotes

“Captures the shark-infested waters of cut-throat primetime broadcasting with glee.” —Daily Beast“…A page-flipping, witty beach reach [that] also contributes to the ongoing discussion about whether or not women can really have it all and what the somewhat mystical ‘all’ actually entails.” —Pop Matters“The stakes are high and ambitions are huge among the people who decide what America watches on television every night. Insider Lindy DeKoven gives us an insightful, witty and entertaining peek into a male-dominated, hidden world. Be prepared to laugh out loud, shake your head in disbelief but, mostly, cheer as heroine Alexa Ross navigates her way through. I should have been writing my own book, but I couldn’t stop reading Primetime Princess!” —Mary Jane Clark, New York Times bestselling author“This examination of what one wants, and what lengths one is willing to go to get it, touched my funny bone and my heart! Now, if only television on screen could be as compelling, we’d have something!” —Samuel L. Jackson“Both hilarious and thought-provoking, Primetime Princess reveals the male chauvinist world of network TV and creates the perfect heroine who’s determined to climb to the top of the rowdy heap. You’ll be cheering from page one!” —Jennie Fields, author of The Age of Desire“Lindy DeKoven hits a prime-time nerve with, oh, every woman who’s ever had a job anywhere outside a convent! You will sympathize, empathize, agonize but ultimately rejoice with her finely drawn heroine…Primetime Princess is a completely engaging, thoroughly entertaining read—with a vitally important message deftly woven in its pages.” —Jill Conner Browne, The Sweet Potato Queen“Lindy DeKoven’s brilliant debut manages to be a rollicking insider’s tour behind the scenes of the Hollywood game, a searing indictment of the entrenched Boys’ Club that dominates the industry, and a really great story about heroine Alexa Ross and her journey into the heart of that darkness—not just up the corporate ladder at the possible cost of all she holds dear, but toward a better understanding of who she is and what she wants out the life she’s worked so hard to build. This is one of my favorite books this year!” —Megan Crane, author of I Love the 80s and Once More With Feeling“Impossible to put down! Alexa Ross is the smartest ‘guy’ in the room in the men’s world of Network TV.” —Daphne Zuniga, Actress, Melrose Place and One Tree Hill“I thoroughly enjoyed Primetime Princess. A real page turner, I couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen next.” —Coach Bob Knight, co-author of The Power of Negative Thinking“Love this book! So this is what goes on behind the scenes at a TV network. Found myself smiling and laughing from the first page to the last.” —Bo Derek“Lindy DeKoven pulls back the curtain on the wacky, nutty, egomaniacal world of bigtime network television. Settle back and enjoy. This book is a hoot.” —Al Michaels, Sunday Night Football, NBC Sports