Interview Chris Carter In his nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Chris Carter talks about his early years, and working for Jeffrey Katzenberg at Disney. He describes pitching The X-Files to Fox, casting David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in the pilot, and getting the show on the air. He discusses the early seasons of...
Interview Sid Sheinberg In his three-hour interview, Sid Sheinberg (1935-2019) talks about his early life and his years in law school. He describes going to work for Revue Productions, the then-television production arm of MCA, where he shepherded shows like Wagon Train and The Virginian . He chronicles Revue Productions...
Interview Joan Ganz Cooney In her four-and-a-half-hour interview, Joan Ganz Cooney talks about her early involvement in public television in New York, where she worked as a producer for local station WNET. She discusses the creation of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), and the academic hurdles she overcame in 1969 to...
Interview Bill Conti In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Bill Conti discusses his family's talent for music and his early start playing piano gigs. He talks of studying music at Louisiana State University on a bassoon scholarship and then attending Juilliard to further his studies. He recalls his time in Rome, ghost-...
Interview Matthew Weiner In his eight-hour interview, Matthew Weiner talks about writing on TV shows including Becker and The Sopranos , and his creation of the series Mad Men . He details the writers' room on The Sopranos and working with David Chase, as well as pivotal episodes from the series including The Sopranos '...
