A few simple rules, please:

1. Please follow the instructions each company gives for sending them material.
This means, if they say to email it, please don't call, fax, mail, or show up as a pizza delivery guy with a script under that large pepperoni. (Don't laugh, it's been tried before.) The main rule of all of this is, to make them your friends -- that is, make them like you enough to read your query -- give them the respect they deserve. If these folks are flooded with inappropriate or unwanted calls, it'll just shut the door in everyone's faces and they'll stop taking queries. And none of us want that.

2. Don't contact us looking for more information -- we don't have any.
We don't have a secret handshake that will get your query read faster, or get a "send script" automatically, get your animated sea anemone one-hour legal drama pilot a put deal, or anything else. We're glad to help people get in the door, but if half of you 45,000 readers send us emails (or, God forbid, decide to drop by the office with your questions), we won't have time to put out any more CS Weeklys -- and that means no more listing of prodcos accepting unsolicited queries.

3. If you are a legitimate production company and would like to be listed?
?then please send all appropriate information - including your telephone number -- to letters@csdaily.net with "Prodco - Unsolicited Queries" in the Subject line. (If you click on the email link there, it's already included.) Please note that we will verify all listings before publicizing them, we reserve the right publish (or not) any and all submitted listings, and there are no implied warranties or guarantees involved. (Nor are there any fees -- we're doing this as a public service for our readers, plain and simple.)

4. Caveat emptor
We've done the best we can to verify all these companies are legit, but as always, it falls upon you, the reader, to protect yourself at all times. Again, we offer no guarantees on any of this, and are not responsible for the actions of the companies listed below (or the readers who contact them, for that matter). If you have questions about a company's behavior, contact your attorney, agent or manager (if you have one), or the Writers Guild of America for assistance. And finally:

5. If you have a negative experience with one of the companies we list
Please contact us via letters@csdaily.net with "Prodco - Negative Experience" in the Subject line. (Again, if you click on the email link there, it's already included.) Send us a note listing which prodco and a brief overview of what happened. (Note: "My check wasn't big enough" is not a valid reason for emailing us.) Depending on circumstances and number of complaints, it is possible we may de-list that production company from our database. Again, all decisions are at our discretion, we ain't responsible for nothing, we are acting in good faith on listing these companies and we expect both the companies and our readers to act in such faith, too.

Okay, kids, play nice and we'll see you next week. Happy querying!