Episode Board Planning
A board is the first artefact of any episode and usually the one that decides whether the release lands. Our team builds every board in a fixed shape: hook, context, main movement, reply window and close. Each of those beats receives an estimated running time and a short note about what the viewer should feel at that moment. Boards that cannot justify a beat in one sentence are sent back for another pass rather than carried forward on momentum.
Planning happens against the last four uploads rather than in isolation. We review pacing, repeated jokes and the mix of long and short formats so that a new board does not accidentally duplicate the structure of the week before. Producers also mark which segments can survive a schedule cut, which protects the episode when a guest cancels or a recording runs long.
- Eight to twelve beat boards with running time estimates
- A written reply window for each episode
- A cut list that keeps the best segment safe