Interviews

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.   The premise of New Girl is simple: after a bad breakup with her boyfriend, naïve and ever-optimistic Jess (Zooey Deschanel) needs a new place to stay. She finds an apartment online and moves in with three …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.   With distinguished careers producing hit sitcoms—David Crane was a co-creator of Friends and Jeffrey Klarik a writer on Mad About You—both men have countless stories about producing for U.S. networks. They took those experiences and used …

  Armed with a killer smile and roguish charm, Dennis Quaid broke out in Hollywood in the ’80s with the films The Right Stuff, in which he played the real-life astronaut Gordon Cooper, and The Big Easy, where he was cast as a fictional Louisiana detective. After playing a wide …

This interview appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   Howard Gordon worked on a number of innovative series, including Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but he grabbed the TV industry’s attention as executive producer of the award-winning series The X-Files. He was the showrunner on 24, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   CBS Television Studios produces the most-watched drama on American television, NCIS, its hit spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles, the popular CSI franchise and the critically acclaimed The Good Wife, as well as Elementary and Vegas, two of the …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   Over the course of the last few years, the pay service Showtime has been boosting its production of original series with envelope-pushing dramas and comedies like Dexter, Weeds, Californication, House of Lies and, most recently, Homeland. For …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of World Screen.   USA Network was one of the very first cable channels to venture into original productions. The strategy of using cost-effective production models, developing shows that offer an optimistic take on life and marketing them under the now …

Gene George, the executive VP of Starz Worldwide Distribution, talks about new high-profile productions. For some years now, top Hollywood feature film talent have been embracing episodic television. In fact, Michael Bay, who has produced numerous films, including Transformers, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor, is now serving as executive producer for …

Kevin Beggs, the chairman of Lionsgate’s television group, talks to World Screen about working with talent, digital platforms and new ways of producing television. WS: Lionsgate has announced a number of joint ventures and producer deals. How have you been casting the net wider when looking for projects? BEGGS: The …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of World Screen. From its TV networks in the U.S. and in 60 countries around the world, to radio and digital assets, websites, magazines and organized events like the X Games, ESPN is dedicated to providing fans with coverage of live …