In "The Producers," Luke Ford profiles major players in entertainment including Edgar J. Scherick, creator of "ABC's Wide World of Sports," Stephen J. Cannell, whose television programs have grossed over $1 billion, and Jay Bernstein, former manager of Farrah Fawcett and Linda Evans. The life of a typical Hollywood producer is a "profile in frustration." What drives these middlemen to subjugate their own egos for more than a decade, at times, to make a movie or TV show?