bookers

When I called bookers, they would ask for “dupes” of my tape.

Sleepwalk With Me Mike Birbiglia 2010

But at the end of the day, it is the television newsroom producers and "bookers" - and the executives who hire them -- who decide who gets on TV and who doesn't.

Josh Silver: House Votes to Ban Pentagon Propaganda: Networks Still Silent 2008

"I think viewers need to understand ... how many phone calls our bookers make every day trying to get Democratic lawmakers to come on our program ... it is not without effort.

Bill Hemmer: Democrats Won't Come On 'America's Newsroom' But 'Our Door Is Wide Open' 2010

"I think viewers need to understand ... how many phone calls our bookers make every day trying to get Democratic lawmakers to come on our program ... it is not without effort.

Bill Hemmer: Democrats Won't Come On 'America's Newsroom' But 'Our Door Is Wide Open' 2010

But Young said the show was so popular with celebrities many called the bookers, volunteering to come on.

Anthea Raymond: TV's Tonight Show for Kids Was Loved By Adults, Too 2010

But Young said the show was so popular with celebrities many called the bookers, volunteering to come on.

TV's Tonight Show for Kids Was Loved By Adults, Too Anthea Raymond 2010

But he was honest, and honesty was a quality that was hard to come by when I was cold-calling bookers.

Sleepwalk With Me Mike Birbiglia 2010

Every time he goes on a show as a liberal, we should be calling the bookers, e-mailing them, saying he's not.

THE NEWS BLOG 2005

They had called my bookers and said, "We have Patti LuPone for this evening, and we'd like to know if we could get you too?"

NYT > Home Page By DAVE ITZKOFF 2011

Sending all these copies made of course a great deal of work for scribes or "bookers," as we may render the old "bóceras," the copyists who had to write out all their books by hand.

Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey