Alan Ball on the premise of, storylines, and writing for Six Feet Under
22:00
Alan Ball on writing for and the characters of Six Feet Under
22:09
Alan Ball on the writing, characters, and storylines of True Blood
24:34
Bonnie Bartlett on guest-starring on The Waltons
00:41
Bonnie Bartlett on playing "Grace Snider Edwards" on Little House on the Prairie, and on working with Michael Landon
09:29
Bonnie Bartlett on playing "Ellen Craig" on St. Elsewhere
06:44
Bonnie Bartlett on guest-starring on Midnight Caller, Wiseguy, Home Improvement, and ER
04:52
Bonnie Bartlett on appearing in The Deliberate Stranger, Once and Again, Tuesdays with Morrie, and Better Call Saul
09:39
Donald Bellisario on the creation of Magnum, P.I.
12:27
Donald Bellisario on specific episodes of Magnum, P.I.
15:05
Donald Belisario on creating Quantum Leap
04:44
Donald Belisario on creating JAG
05:41
Sharon Bialy on meeting David E. Kelley and casting Picket Fences
05:55
Sharon Bialy on casting The Unit and bringing in a diverse group of actors
10:50
Sharon Bialy on how she got involved with casting Breaking Bad and on casting the major and supporting roles on the show; on casting a lot of local New Mexico actors on Breaking Bad, on how the show's producers would weigh in from location on actors cast in LA, on network approvals for the show, and on not being pressured to cast celebrities
26:48
Sharon Bialy on casting Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
25:03
Sharon Bialy on casting Sarah Lancashire on the 2022 HBO series Julia
00:18
Sharon Bialy on casting Halt and Catch Fire and the pilot of Gotham
06:16
Sharon Bialy on casting the Amazon Prime series The Last Tycoon
02:26
Sharon Bialy on casting The Handmaid's Tale
07:58
Sharon Bialy on casting the 2020 version of Perry Mason
01:51
Sharon Bialy on how she came to cast Sarah Lancashire on Julia
02:46
Haskell Boggs on acting as director of photography for Little House on the Prairie
04:44
Haskell Boggs on acting as director of photography for Father Murphy and Highway to Heaven
04:46
Haskell Boggs on acting as director of photography for Highway to Heaven
01:36
Haskell Boggs on acting as director of photography for Bonanza and on working with Michael Landon on Highway to Heaven
12:16
Joshua Brand on writing for The White Shadow
14:46
Joshua Brand on summing up The White Shadow
06:54
Joshua Brand on creating and writing A Year in the Life starring Richard Kiley
10:48
Joshua Brand on developing and writing Northern Exposure
22:37
Joshua Brand on casting Northern Exposure
07:19
Joshua Brand on creating and writing I'll Fly Away, Going to Extremes, and Northern Exposure
40:16
Joshua Brand on his overall feelings on The Americans
03:42
Glenn Gordon Caronon creating Moonlighting and casting the leads
09:21
Glenn Gordon Caron on the premise, pilot, and music of Moonlighting
28:32
Glenn Gordon Caron on recurring gags, the writers' room and production problems on Moonlighting
29:40
Glenn Gordon Caron on memorable episodes of Moonlighting, leaving day-to-day operations, and the legacy of Moonlighting
15:13
Glenn Gordon Caron on casting Medium; on style choices on the show and a typical work week
27:08
David Chase on creating The Sopranos, coming to HBO, casting James Gandolfini, and the character of "Tony Soprano"
28:25
David Chase on the female characters on The Sopranos
24:20
David Chase on "Uncle Junior" and "Tony's" crew on The Sopranos
05:54
David Chase on the writing, directing, and editing on The Sopranos
26:38
David Chase on arguing with HBO over having "Tony Soprano" murder someone on The Sopranos
David Chase on how the Journey song "Don't Stop Believin'" came to be used on the last episode of The Sopranos; on the reaction to the finale
Ane Crabtree on her first union job as a costume designer in television -- Swift Justice
02:08
Ane Crabtree on her work as the costume designer for the pilot of The Sopranos;
41:38
Ane Crabtree on her work as costume designer of season one of Justified
20:44
Ane Crabtree on her work as costume designer on seasons one and two of The Handmaid's Tale
46:28
Ane Crabtree on additional secrets that she built into the costumes on The Handmaid's Tale, her designs for season two of the show, how Gilead in The Handmaid's Tale is similar to present day, and how costumes similar to those she designed began to be worn at political protests
01:10:29
Ane Crabtree on costume design for Pan Am, which was set in 1963
14:12
Ane Crabtree on her work as costume designer on the first season of Rectify, and on her parents visiting the set
10:26
Ane Crabtree on costume design for Masters of Sex; on often working on the first or first and second seasons of shows and why she left Masters of Sex
16:48
Thomas Del Ruth on how he became involved with Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing
02:37
Thomas Del Ruth on acting as director of photography on The West Wing
27:56
Thomas Del Ruth on acting as director of photography on The West Wing
02:06
Thomas Del Ruth on acting as director of photography for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
06:57
Ramin Djawadi on composing for Prison Break
07:08
Ramin Djawadi on composing for Person of Interest
05:45
Ramin Djawadi on additional details about his cameo on Westworld
01:24
Ramin Djawadi on scoring Game of Thrones
39:56
Ramin Djawadi on scoring Game of Thrones, contd., the Game of Thrones concert tour, and his Emmy wins for the show
28:24
Ramin Djawadi on scoring the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, using the same main title theme as Game of Thrones, and new and familiar themes
03:17
Ramin Djawadi on scoring Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and expanding the main title sequence in later seasons
02:10
Charles S. Dubin on directing The New People, Room 222, Of Men and Women, Sanford and Son, and The 10th Level
03:25
Charles S. Dubin on directing Lou Grant with Ed Asner and Nancy Marchand
01:19
Charles S. Dubin on directing various series including Charlie's Angles, Trapper John, MD, and Supertrain
04:12
Charles S. Dubin on directing Jennifer Slept Here, Amanda's, The Four Seasons, Murder, She Wrote, and Hotel
02:47
Charles S. Dubin on directing Matlock, Starman, Square One, and Father Dowling Mysteries
03:22
Lesli Linka Glatter on directing Twin Peaks
12:13
Lesli Linka Glatter on directing Freaks and Geeks
07:39
Lesli Linka Glatter on directing Gilmore Girls
10:02
Lesli Linka Glatter on directing Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing
19:24
Lesli Linka Glatter on directing Mad Men
21:01
Lesli Linka Glatter on directing and executive producing Homeland
01:07:29
Jerry Goldsmith on composing for various made-for-television movies in the '70s including The Homecoming, the pilot for The Waltons
04:08
Jerry Goldsmith on composing for Jericho and being nominated for Emmy Awards for composing for Thriller and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
01:38
Jerry Goldsmith on composing the theme for The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, Police Story, and Hawkins
03:36
Jon Hamm on his first experience on the set of a serialized drama - on Providence
00:45
Jon Hamm on shooting The Unit after shooting the pilot for Mad Men
02:00
Jon Hamm on getting cast on Mad Men, production on the series, working with Matthew Weiner, and the series finale
37:47
Jon Hamm on directing two episodes of Mad Men, working with the cast, and what he'll miss about the show
34:57
Earl Hamner on writing for the show The Kate Smith Hour
01:27
Earl Hamner on writing for the show It's a Man's World
03:15
Earl Hamner on writing the pilot for The Long, Hot Summer
01:45
Earl Hamner on the genesis of The Waltons
12:39
Earl Hamner on the casting process for The Waltons and the cast of the show
17:06
Earl Hamner on the children cast on The Waltons and how cast changes were handled on the show
11:41
Earl Hamner on producing The Waltons
19:05
Earl Hamner on his favorite episodes of The Waltons
01:09
Earl Hamner on creating the show Apple's Way
01:14
Earl Hamner on writing for the TV show Boone
02:40
Earl Hamner on working with Oprah Winfrey on the TV show Brewster Place
02:39
Earl Hamner on producing Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
03:43
Earl Hamner on producing an episode of Masterpiece Theater for PBS
03:35
Earl Hamner on working with Sylvia Sidney on the TV drama Morningstar/Eveningstar
02:07
Allison Janney on auditioning for The West Wing and playing "C.J. Cregg"
14:44
Allison Janney on working with The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and director Thomas Schlamme
03:20
Allison Janney on her co-stars and memorable episodes of The West Wing
28:32
Allison Janney on the final season of The West Wing and her Emmy wins for the show
07:30
Elodie Keene on editing various Aaron Spelling shows, including Fantasy Island
06:14
Elodie Keene on directing My So-Called Life
13:37
Elodie Keene on directing ABC Family series like Pretty Little Liars
08:24
Elodie Keene on directing scenes on Switched at Birth in sign language
02:31
Elodie Keene on directing The Fosters, and on doing socially conscious work
04:18
David E. Kelley on creating and producing Picket Fences
17:35
David E. Kelley on co-creating Doogie Howser, M.D.
05:48
David E. Kelley on meeting Steven Bochco and writing and showrunning L.A. Law
21:15
David E. Kelley on Picket Fences' Emmy wins; on the show's legacy
03:44
David E. Kelley on creating and exiting Chicago Hope; on his writing process; on the end of Chicago Hope
09:11
David E. Kelley on creating The Practice, getting it picked up at ABC, and changing the storytelling of the show because of its time slot; on spinning off Boston Legal from The Practice
16:54
David E. Kelley on having a strong point of view on issues on Boston Legal; on why the show ended
06:31
David E. Kelley on creating Ally McBeal; on the dialogue, visual fantasies, the dancing baby, and the music on the show; on being the only producer in history to win Emmys for drama and comedy series in one year (The Practice and Ally McBeal); on Ally McBeal's Time magazine cover
15:59
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on how they came to create Sisters
09:35
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on creating Sisters
51:18
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on creating Queer as Folk
01:10:33
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on Queer as Folk
44:40
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on how they came to create Sisters
09:35
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on creating Sisters
51:18
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on creating Queer as Folk
01:10:33
Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman on Queer as Folk
44:40
Eryn Krueger Mekash on makeup on Nip/Tuck
17:36
Eryn Krueger Mekash on how she started working on Nip/Tuck, on the prosthetic work she did on the show, and on working with Ryan Murphy on the show
06:20
Eryn Krueger Mekash on the creative and challenging work on American Horror Story and Ryan Murphy's innovations for the show
03:56
Eryn Krueger Mekash on creating looks for various seasons of American Horror Story
01:03:36
Eryn Krueger Mekash on makeup looks for American Crime Story, Feud, Hollywood, and Ratched
13:18
Lori Openden on casting The White Shadow
03:56
Lori Openden on casting Hill Street Blues
09:10
Lori Openden on her involvement in casting Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
00:45
Lori Openden on her involvement in casting Freaks and Geeks
02:10
Lori Openden on her involvement in casting The West Wing
03:11
Lori Openden on her involvement in casting Kristen Bell on Veronica Mars
02:19
Lori Openden on her involvement in casting Gossip Girl
01:22
Lori Openden on her involvement in casting The Vampire Diaries
01:32
Lori Openden on casting Stephen Amell on Arrow
00:39
Lori Openden on casting Grant Gustin on The Flash
00:26
Lori Openden on casting Ruby Rose on Batwoman
00:42
Lori Openden on Supergirl moving from CBS to the CW
00:28
Lori Openden on casting Black Lightning
00:47
Lori Openden on casting Riverdale
03:04
Lori Openden on casting Jane the Virgin
03:06
Lori Openden on casting the CW reboot of Dynasty
00:41
Lori Openden on casting the CW reboot of Charmed
01:42
Lori Openden on casting the CW show All American
02:43
Lori Openden on casting the CW show Nancy Drew
00:42
Lori Openden on casting the CW show In the Dark
00:35
Lyn Paolo on designing costumes for Homefront
07:01
Lyn Paolo on being the costume designer for The West Wing
24:37
Lyn Paolo on being the costume designer for Scandal
38:36
Lyn Paolo on being the costume designer for How to Get Away with Murder
12:39
Tim Reid on developing and pitching Frank's Place with Hugh Wilson, memorable episodes, and the cancellation and legacy of the show
21:05
Tim Reid on developing and starring in Snoops, fights with the network, and cancellation of the show
07:57
Del Reisman on working on Bracken's World
02:55
Del Reisman on working with Anthony Quinn on the series The Man in the City
05:40
Del Reisman on doing freelance writing in the 1970s for shows like The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Banacek, Little House on the Prairie, Lou Grant, and Cagney & Lacey
13:18
Thomas Schlamme on directing "Ambush", a live episode of ER
03:16
Thomas Schlamme on the genesis of The West Wing
04:30
Thomas Schlamme on casting The West Wing
05:06
Thomas Schlamme on The West Wing and the Clinton White House
01:51
Thomas Schlamme on shooting The West Wing in Washington, DC
03:19
Thomas Schlamme on the cast of The West Wing
03:32
Thomas Schlamme on Aaron Sorkin's writing process on The West Wing
03:00
Thomas Schlamme on the legacy of The West Wing
01:36
Thomas Schlamme on creating Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
02:28
NIna Shaw on Ava DuVernay hiring female directors, exclusively, on her series Queen Sugar; on the deal for Queen Sugar
05:58
NIna Shaw on observing, from the outside, the pay discrepancies between Claire Foy and Matt Smith for their work on The Crown
06:03
Cybill Shepherd on production on Moonlighting, her chemistry with Bruce Willis, and memorable episodes
24:02
Cybill Shepherd on singing in the Moonlighting episode, "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
02:16
Cybill Shepherd on playing "Phyllis Kroll" on The L Word and on her daughter, Clementine, being on the show
01:47
Cybill Shepherd on enjoying her time as "Phyllis Kroll" on The L Word
00:53
Cybill Shepherd on her work in the original TV movie and subsequent series The Client List and on having a good rapport with the director of photography
02:19
Doris Singleton on working on dramas and comedies
00:26
Doris Singleton on working on NBC Matinee Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Perry Mason
06:05
Doris Singleton on working on The Loretta Young Show
01:30
Doris Singleton on working on The Fugitive
00:52
Doris Singleton on working on The F.B.I. with Charles Bronson
00:43
Darren Star on how Beverly Hills, 90210 was developed
10:40
Darren Star on why the school was called "West Beverly High" instead of "Beverly Hills High School" on Beverly Hills, 90210
00:40
Darren Star on developing the pilot of Beverly Hills, 90210 with Aaron Spelling
00:47
Darren Star on wanting Beverly Hills, 90210 to be a more modern, honest take on being a teenager or "thirtysomething for teenagers"
02:32
Darren Star on casting Beverly Hills, 90210
08:53
Darren Star on why and how Beverly Hills, 90210 tackled social issues, particularly at the start of the series
02:00
Darren Star on controversial storylines on Beverly Hills, 90210, including "Brenda Walsh" sleeping with "Dylan McKay" in the first season's "Spring Dance" episode
04:17
Darren Star on Beverly Hills, 90210's rise to popularity
02:16
Darren Star on working with the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210
01:21
Darren Star on why Shannen Doherty left Beverly Hills, 90210
00:42
Darren Star on creating Melrose Place and its relationship to Beverly Hills, 90210
04:48
Darren Star on the censorship issues that arose on Melrose Place, particularly involving the character "Matt Fielding," who was gay
03:16
Darren Star on a memorable moment on Melrose Place: "Kimberly Shaw" taking off her wig
02:34
Darren Star on his favorite relationships and characters to write on Melrose Place
00:52
Darren Star on the legacy of Beverly Hills, 90210
02:15
Darren Star on the impact of Melrose Place and its thematic connection to two of his other shows, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sex and the City
01:24
Darren Star on creating Central Park West
02:47
Richard Thomas on playing "John-Boy Walton" on The Waltons
19:15
Richard Thomas on playing "John-Boy Walton" on The Waltons
01:19:08
Richard Thomas on starring on The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
02:46
Richard Thomas on playing "Frank Gaad" on The Americans
10:38
Timothy Van Patten on the MTM drama The White Shadow
20:48
Timothy Van Patten on directing The Sopranos
14:43
Timothy Van Patten on his work on The Sopranos
24:04
Timothy Van Patten on his work on The Wire
07:02
Timothy Van Patten on his work on Deadwood
04:48
Timothy Van Patten on working on the HBO drama Boardwalk Empire
10:03
W.G. Snuffy Walden on his first composition for TV - for thirtysomething; on composing the theme for thirtysomething
14:08
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for thirtysomething
06:58
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for The Wonder Years
07:16
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for Sisters
04:29
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for I'll Fly Away
11:34
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for The West Wing
09:09
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for My So-Called Life
01:52
W.G. Snuffy Walden on a demonstration of The West Win g theme
01:14
W.G. Snuffy Walden on his Emmy win for The West Win g
02:20
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
04:02
W.G. Snuffy Walden on composing for Friday Night Lights
01:35
Matthew Weiner on his parents' influence on his show Mad Men; "there's a lot of Betty Draper" in his mother, who pursued a law school degree later in life; on his parents' take on the show
04:43
Matthew Weiner on how many details on Mad Men are derived from memories of his childhood
00:42
Matthew Weiner on his first film script "Horseshoe" that was the genesis of Mad Men; on how he got the film finished on a very limited budget
03:41
Matthew Weiner on the genesis of Mad Men - which he started scripting while a writer at Becker
01:57
Matthew Weiner on his process for writing the pilot of Mad Men
01:04
Matthew Weiner on the title of his show Mad Men
01:22
Matthew Weiner on the impact The Sopranos had on him and his writing for Mad Men
04:03
Matthew Weiner on The Sopranos
45:50
Matthew Weiner on Mad Men
10:52
Matthew Weiner on identifying with the characters "Peggy Olson" and "Pete Campbell" on Mad Men
04:51
Matthew Weiner on the character "Betty Draper" on Mad Men
02:16
Matthew Weiner on the character "Sally Draper" on Mad Men
03:56
Matthew Weiner on molding the character "Don Draper" alongside the actor Jon Hamm; on who he wanted "Don" to be
01:25
Matthew Weiner on shooting the second script (after the pilot) of Mad Men and the controversy over editing that episode
06:31
Matthew Weiner on the popularity of Mad Men and its audience
04:33
Matthew Weiner on the style and realism of Mad Men, including the costuming
12:58
Matthew Weiner on the Mad Men episode, "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency," which includes the infamous lawnmower scene
02:28
Matthew Weiner on the Mad Men episode, "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency"; on the cardinal sin of television (married woman having an affair); on the ending of season four
11:49
Matthew Weiner on how much of Mad Men has been pre-conceived
04:04
Matthew Weiner on how JFK's assassination played into Mad Men's plotlines
02:04
Matthew Weiner on literary influences on Mad Men, including John Cheever
01:13
Matthew Weiner on the reason Mad Men's "Don Draper" could not remain a bachelor
06:39
Matthew Weiner on the "business model" for Mad Men; on differences with the network over sponsors
02:46
Matthew Weiner on how Hilton was integrated into Mad Men although they were never a formal sponsor
00:40
Matthew Weiner on the then-future of Mad Men
00:26
Matthew Weiner on the then-future of Mad Men and how he wants it to end; on not being done with the show yet
10:20
Matthew Weiner on seasons five and six of Mad Men
01:01:40
Matthew Weiner on seasons six and seven of Mad Men
59:48
Matthew Weiner on season 7b of Mad Men
36:07
Terence Winter on getting hired to write for season two of The Sopranos
08:34
Terence Winter on the early writing staff of The Sopranos on season two, the buzz surrounding the show, and working with David Chase
05:02
Terence Winter on the success of The Sopranos; on rules for writing The Sopranos and the writers' room on the show; on Steve Buscemi's work on The Sopranos
11:13
Terence Winter on writing the characters and relationships on The Sopranos
15:04
Terence Winter on memorable episodes of the show; on the impact of 9/11 on The Sopranos
22:01
Terence Winter on working with David Chase, creator of The Sopranos
05:53
Terence Winter on working with the other writers on The Sopranos; on planning the end of The Sopranos; on the series finale
12:05
Terence Winter on his development deal with HBO that led to the creation of Boardwalk Empire; on the budget for and development of the characters for the pilot of Boardwalk Empire; on Martin Scorsese directing the pilot
21:02
Terence Winter on casting and plotting out Boardwalk Empire
09:52
Terence Winter on the characters on Boardwalk Empire
16:40
Terence Winter on the characters on Boardwalk Empire contd.; on a typical production week and working with HBO
08:19
Terence Winter on the opening sequence and music of the show; on his favorite episodes of Boardwalk Empire; on teasers for season four
13:32
Jeff Zucker on his affinity for ER as a viewer and an executive
02:17
Jeff Zucker on his admiration for The West Wing and its success
00:47
Jeff Zucker on how Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip suffered because it premiered at the same time as 30 Rock, another NBC show that took place behind the scenes of a late night sketch comedy show
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