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Diamond Farnsworth on why he thinks there are many families who all go into stunts

Diamond Farnsworth on not having men double for women when doing stunts, and on how he works with stunt performers and budgets as a stunt coordinator

Diamond Farnsworth on not having men double for women when doing stunts, and on how he works with stunt performers and budgets as a stunt coordinator

Diamond Farnsworth on working with the cinematographer as a stunt coordinator, and on the logistics of shooting a fight scene

Diamond Farnsworth on working with the cinematographer as a stunt coordinator, and on the logistics of shooting a fight scene

Diamond Farnsworth on how he would determine if an actor could perform their own stunts when he was serving as stunt coordinator

Diamond Farnsworth on how he would determine if an actor could perform their own stunts when he was serving as stunt coordinator

Diamond Farnsworth on what a "stunt bag" is and what is usually inside one

Diamond Farnsworth on what a "stunt bag" is and what is usually inside one

Diamond Farnsworth on the logistics of performing a stunt involving an explosion

Diamond Farnsworth on the logistics of performing a stunt involving an explosion

Diamond Farnsworth on how stunt work has changed since he started his career, and on how technology has impacted stunt work

Diamond Farnsworth on how stunt work has changed since he started his career, and on how technology has impacted stunt work

Diamond Farnsworth on a stunt he did on Quantum Leap, which doubled the film Earthquake, where he fell through a plate glass window, and on his preferences when doing big falls

Diamond Farnsworth on a stunt on Quantum Leap where he waterskied behind a helicopter

Diamond Farnsworth on doubling David James Elliott on JAG and some of the dramatic stunts he did in that role

Diamond Farnsworth on his daughter, Courtney, performing stunts on NCIS and how she learned to do stunts

Diamond Farnsworth on the relationship between the stunt coordinator and stunt performer on a set

Diamond Farnsworth on performing stunts in First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II

Diamond Farnsworth on the importance of recording oral history interviews

On criticism of his research methods; on how he tests television programs and predicting shares; on how The Big Bang Theory used research to greatly improve the ratings of the show

On the four essential questions of television research; on how the ratings game has changed; on why many pilots fail to  make it to air; why characters are so critical to the success of the show

On how each character is judged for ratings; on how the research questions are structured;  on how critics of research always point to Seinfeld  to show its faults because it didn't test well

On how research impacts casting of shows; on the creative process and research and how they relate; on the problem of basing all the research on a single show

On using social networking in research; on looking at trends such as reality television and social trends and utilizing new technology such as mini-tablets and ipads;  on the impact of the DVR on television networks

David Poltrack on the rising popularity of Reality TV (and game shows) and how research rates that genre

David Poltrack on the changing nature of sitcoms as reflective of societal trends and how research follows these trends

David Poltrack on how Howard Stringer said he used research at CBS "like a drunk uses a lampost- more for support than illumination"

David Poltrack on how Leslie Moonves understood the role of research in his programming decisions at CBS