The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production

Video production

Video production is videography, the process of capturing moving images on electronic media even streaming media. The term includes methods of production and post-production...

, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. It is often the Producer who is responsible for the television show's overall quality and survivability, though the roles depend on the particular show or organization.

Some Producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television network

Television network

A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...

s, but upon acceptance they focus on business matters, such as budgets and contracts.