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Lynn Nottage is joined by Soo Hugh for a conversation about approaches to adaptation for the screen, improving work-life balance by recentering collaboration, building the writers room for a show that spans several languages, countries, and times, and much more.  Soo Hugh is a writer, showrunner and producer who cut her screenwriting teeth as a staff writer on shows like the AMC crime drama The Killing, the CBS sci-fi series Under the Dome. She then went on to serve as creator and showrunner for ABC's 2015 sci-fi series The Whispers and as the co-showrunner for the first season of the AMC supernatural anthology The Terror. She is currently the showrunner, writer, executive producer, and visionary behind the drama series Pachinko, based on the international bestselling novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee. Told in three languages – Korean, Japanese, and English – Pachinko follows the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.  Season 1 received the Peabody Entertainment Award, a Critics Choice Television Award for best foreign language series, an Independent Spirit Award for best ensemble cast in a scripted series, a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series, and was notably elected as one of AFI's TV programs of the year. The series debuted on Apple TV+ in March 2022, and the highly anticipated season two premiered globally last summer. This episode is moderated by Lynn Nottage. Lynn is a screenwriter, playwright and installation artist. She is the first, and remains the only, woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice – for her plays Sweat and Ruined. As a screenwriter she was a writer and producer on the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It and a consulting producer on the third season of the Apple TV+ series Dickinson. --- Read shownotes, transcripts, and other member interviews: www.onwriting.org/ Follow the Guild on social media: Twitter: @OnWritingWGAE | @WGAEast Facebook: /WGAEast Instagram: @WGAEast  

"Hoarders," the Emmy-nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series, tackles some of the most extreme and most challenging hoards. Each episode focuses on someone struggling with hoarding tendencies as they work with experts, friends and family in a race against the clock to help them clean up their homes and reclaim balance in their lives. New episodes starting Monday, October 7 at 8pm ET/PT. Check out the promo: Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NConMEJ_BMU Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.

Hoarders, the Emmy-nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series, tackles some of the most extreme and most challenging hoards. Each episode focuses on someone struggling with hoarding tendencies as they work with experts, friends and family in a race against the clock to help them clean up their homes and reclaim balance in their lives.

Hoarders, the Emmy-nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series, tackles some of the most extreme and most challenging hoards. Each episode focuses on someone struggling with hoarding tendencies as they work with experts, friends and family in a race against the clock to help them clean up their homes and reclaim balance in their lives.

Hoarders, the Emmy-nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series, tackles some of the most extreme and most challenging hoards in North America. Each two-hour episode focuses on someone struggling with hoarding tendencies as they work with experts, friends and family in a race against the clock to help them clean up their homes and reclaim balance in their lives.

Hoarders, the Emmy-nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series, tackles some of the most extreme and most challenging hoards in North America. Each two-hour episode focuses on someone struggling with hoarding tendencies as they work with experts, friends and family in a race against the clock to help them clean up their homes and reclaim balance in their lives.

According to the American Psychological Association, about 2.5% of the population meets the diagnostic criteria for Hoarding Disorder. The three most common characteristics are difficulty letting go of material possessions, excessive or compulsive acquisition of new items, and the inability to prevent clutter. In this episode, Naeemah chats with Carolina Harvey, the Lead Organizer on the show Hoarders. They chat about her experience on the show and working with clients who have hoarding disorder. Carolina Harvey is the founder and owner of Cure the Clutter. As a professional organizer and productivity expert, she has led clients in reaching their organizing and decluttering goals for nearly 14 years. From her time merchandising clothing in New York City to managing a premier interior decorating store in Massachusetts, Carolina has always desired to use the space that she is entrusted with as efficiently as possible. Her years of experience with hoarders and the chronically disorganized along with her compassionate and caring nature have given her the ability to serve, coach, and encourage her clients into having spaces and lives they can thrive in and enjoy. Carolina has worked on the Emmy Nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series Hoarders on A & E for 3 seasons and is the newest addition to the show as a Lead Organizing Expert. To learn more about Carolina, visit her website https://www.curetheclutter.net/ For more information about Naeemah, visit her website https://naeemahfordgoldson.com/ Follow Naeemah on social Media! https://www.youtube.com/user/RestoreOrderNow https://www.facebook.com/RestoreOrderNow https://www.pinterest.com/restoreordernow/pins https://twitter.com/RestoreOrder https://www.instagram.com/restore_order_now --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/naeemah-ford-goldson/message

Επιστροφή στο κανονικό μας πρόγραμμα με App Store, Κίνα, επεκτάσεις Safari και μια θεά. Επικοινωνία με την εκπομπή: Email | Facebook Group | Twitter Λεωνίδας Μαστέλλος: Facebook | Twitter | Spotify Μάνος Βέζος: The Vez | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Apple Music «Το Χαμόγελο του Παιδιού» δίπλα σε κάθε παιδί με πρόβλημα Υγείας 24ωρος Gaming Μαραθώνιος 2021 (9ος χρόνος)- powered by Teleperformance Microsoft Releases Preview of Native OneDrive Client for Apple Silicon Macs Razer Phone Cooler Chroma Apple orders multi-Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón's thriller series “Disclaimer,” starring Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline Apple TV+ picks up award-winning anthology drama series “Truth Be Told” for third season Apple TV+ honored with nine 2021 Critics Choice Television Award nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Foreign Language Series and Best Movie Made for Television Apple TV+ comes to Panasonic OLED & LCD TVs Apple Fitness+ will feature Prince William on Time to Walk starting December 6 Dandara: Trials Of Fear+ Oddmar+ Apple Fined $11 Million in Italy for Employing 'Aggressive Methods' in Commercial Use of Private Data Department of Justice Exploring Apple's Treatment of 'Roblox' Game in Antitrust Investigation Apple strikes back, taking Russia's market regulator to court Apple Quietly Buying Ads Via Google For High-Value Subscription Apps To Capture App Publisher Revenue Apple Defends Its Ads for Third-Party Apps, Says It Regularly Communicates With Developers and Has Been Running Them for Five Years App Store Awards honor the best apps and games of 2021 Apple announces third annual Apple Music Award winners Inside Tim Cook's Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook engineered a secret $275 billion deal with China Mapper Vinegar

Επιστροφή στο κανονικό μας πρόγραμμα με App Store, Κίνα, επεκτάσεις Safari και μια θεά. Επικοινωνία με την εκπομπή: Email | Facebook Group | Twitter Λεωνίδας Μαστέλλος: Facebook | Twitter | Spotify Μάνος Βέζος: The Vez | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Apple Music «Το Χαμόγελο του Παιδιού» δίπλα σε κάθε παιδί με πρόβλημα Υγείας 24ωρος Gaming Μαραθώνιος 2021 (9ος χρόνος)- powered by Teleperformance Microsoft Releases Preview of Native OneDrive Client for Apple Silicon Macs Razer Phone Cooler Chroma Apple orders multi-Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón's thriller series “Disclaimer,” starring Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline Apple TV+ picks up award-winning anthology drama series “Truth Be Told” for third season Apple TV+ honored with nine 2021 Critics Choice Television Award nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Foreign Language Series and Best Movie Made for Television Apple TV+ comes to Panasonic OLED & LCD TVs Apple Fitness+ will feature Prince William on Time to Walk starting December 6 Dandara: Trials Of Fear+ Oddmar+ Apple Fined $11 Million in Italy for Employing 'Aggressive Methods' in Commercial Use of Private Data Department of Justice Exploring Apple's Treatment of 'Roblox' Game in Antitrust Investigation Apple strikes back, taking Russia's market regulator to court Apple Quietly Buying Ads Via Google For High-Value Subscription Apps To Capture App Publisher Revenue Apple Defends Its Ads for Third-Party Apps, Says It Regularly Communicates With Developers and Has Been Running Them for Five Years App Store Awards honor the best apps and games of 2021 Apple announces third annual Apple Music Award winners Inside Tim Cook's Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook engineered a secret $275 billion deal with China Mapper Vinegar

My guest today is actress, neuroscientist and author, Mayim Bialik. Mayim is best known as the star of the sitcom Blossom and The Big Bang Theory. She won the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015 and 2017. More recently, she's the host of the Mayim Bialik's Breakdown […]

Happy Saturday gang, we have a special surprise for you!! We're still on break but we thought we'd give you a little taste of what's going on over at our Patreon! To hear more interviews like this, as well as all of our Dexter's Conjectures and other bonus content visit our Patreon at patreon.com/TSFU!In last month's Patreon exclusive bonus episode Ash and Cam had the opportunity to Zoom it up with Cory Chalmers, extreme cleaning expert on the Emmy-nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series Hoarders, and owner of multi-award winning company, Steri-Clean, Inc. Cory established Steri-Clean, Inc. in 1995 to help reduce the trauma that people encounter when tasked with something difficult as cleaning crime and trauma scenes of a loved one, infectious diseases from both humans and animals, hoarding homes, and other extreme cleaning needs. His goal has always been to provide these services professionally, with a kind and caring staff, and at affordable prices.You can visit Cory's website at steri-clean.com, and you can find him on Instagram @cory.chalmers and on Twitter @CoryChalmers! If you or someone you know is in need of services you can also call his 24-hour helpline at 1-888-577-7206.Come hang out with us in our Discord! https://discord.gg/j5aPUgtFollow us @tsfuthepodcast on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and Facebook, where you can also join our private Facebook group!Audio engineering by Evette Darensbourg.

This episode is dedicated to Ashley's housemate Dylan Ochoa, who passed away from suicide on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, and to anyone else who has lost a loved one to suicide.We'd like to make it clear that while Dylan may have taken that final physical action, it was mental illness and depression that killed him. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States and 75% of those deaths are male. If you are suffering or feeling alone or like no one cares, speak up. Don't struggle alone. It's ok to be vulnerable, it's ok to hurt. I (Ash) have struggled with mental health issues for most of my life, so if you feel comfortable, you can absolutely reach out to me. DM me, email me, whatever... you are not alone.You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741).Love,Ash and CamAsh and Cam talk about wealthy recluses the Edie Bouvier Beales of Grey Gardens and extreme hoarders the Collyer brothers! Jeepers Creepers!⁠Ash covers Big and Little Edith Bouvier Beale, the stars of one of the most famous documentaries of all time Grey Gardens. The mother and daughter duo, aunt and cousin of Jackie Kennedy, lived together shamelessly in absolute squalor for 25 years. Both never finding true and lasting love, or realizing their dreams of making it in show business, they spent over two decades together in abject poverty, in a decaying mansion that they refused to leave, putting on concerts and dance performances for one another while bickering endlessly and lamenting about what could have been. Despite never making it on the big stage, these women were absolute stars.And Cam covers the first known hoarders, the Collyer brothers. In the spring of 1947, both were found dead in their New York City mansion surrounded by over 140 tons of trash and collected items that they had amassed over three decades. After one brother, Homer, lost his eye sight, he and his other brother Langley became totally reclusive. Langley was convinced that burglars were a constant threat and set booby traps throughout the cluttered corridors and doorways to crush any potential intruders. It would unfortunately be Langley who'd be crushed to death after one of them was accidentally set off. In this month's bonus episode the gals had the opportunity to Zoom it up with Cory Chalmers, extreme cleaning expert on the Emmy-nominated and Critics Choice Television Award-winning series Hoarders, and owner of multi-award winning company, Steri-Clean, Inc. To hear our interview with Cory, join us on Patreon at patreon.com/tsfu! And all of July's Patreon proceeds will go towards helping Cam fund her upcoming indie horror film!Cam's Kickstarter is running for 19 more days! If you'd like to support her exciting movie head over to:therecipehorror.com!To play the new and improved version of "Fucked Up Bingo" with us, and for our sources, the link to our Discord, the link to our merch store, and more, head over to tsfuthepodcast.com.Follow us @tsfuthepodcast on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!Audio engineering by Evette Darensbourg.

JOE MANTELLO most recently received Emmy and Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for his performance in HBO’s The Normal Heart (dir. Ryan Murphy). This two-time Tony Award-winning director’s credits include: The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Dogfight, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Blackbird, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, Bash, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination), Proposals, The Mineola Twins, and Corpus Christi. Acting credits: The Normal Heart (Tony nomination), Angels in America (Tony nomination), and The Baltimore Waltz. He has received Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company.    

JOE MANTELLO most recently received Emmy and Critics’ Choice Television Award nominations for his performance in HBO’s The Normal Heart (dir. Ryan Murphy). This two-time Tony Award-winning director’s credits include: The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Dogfight, Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Blackbird, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, Bash, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination), Proposals, The Mineola Twins, and Corpus Christi. Acting credits: The Normal Heart (Tony nomination), Angels in America (Tony nomination), and The Baltimore Waltz. He has received Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company.    

Did you ever wonder what the relationship between the stars and the writers of a hit sitcom is like? Go behind the scenes with Modern Family’s Ty Burrell and writer/exec producer Bill Wrubel  With a range of performances across television, film, and theater, award winner Ty Burrell continues to proves himself as one of the finest and most versatile actors today.    Burrell starred on ABC’s critically acclaimed hit, Modern Family. The actor garnered countless awards for his fan-favorite role of ‘Phil Dunphy’ including the 2014 and 2011 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series; the 2014 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series; the 2012 Critics Choice Television Award for the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series; as well as the 2012 Comedy Award in the category of Performance by An Actor – TV.  In 2012, Burrell shared the TCA Award with Nick Offerman for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Additionally, he has received notable nominations from the Teen Choice Awards, the Television Critics Association Awards, the People's Choice Awards, the American Comedy Awards and the Kids' Choice Awards, all for his role on the series.  In July 2020, Burrell launched his production company, Desert Whale Productions, and signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind the acclaimed comedy series, Modern Family. Desert Whale’s first sale under the deal is for the comedy show, Yours, Mine & Paul. The show centers on a woman named Lauren who agrees to be a surrogate for her best friend, Paul, and his husband Xander despite her and Xander hating each other. The show has been put into development at ABC and it was recently announced Sarah Hyland is set to star in the series.   On stage, Burrell starred to incredible reviews in the world premiere of Caryl Churchill's two-hander play, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You, at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Burrell's extensive Broadway and Off-Broadway theater credits include the highly acclaimed Signature Theater Off-Broadway production of Burn This opposite Edward Norton, Catherine Keener and Dallas Roberts; starring as Lord Buckingham in the Public Theater's production of Richard III opposite Peter Dinklage and directed by Peter DuBois; and starring opposite Debra Monk and Judy Greer in Paul Weitz's Show People, directed by Peter Askin at Second Stage Theater.  Burrell has been a longtime supporter of KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT (KITS) which trains youth in foster programs and other under-served youth to create, write, cast and star in their own 10-minute short films. This training culminates in an annual film festival where they present “Movies by Kids, for Kids.” During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Burrell created the program, “Tip Your Server,” to raise money for restaurant employees in Salt Lake City, Utah who lost their jobs due to restaurant closures. Burrell and his wife, Holly, donated $100,000 of their own funds to help ease the burden for the vulnerable members of the Salt Lake community.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the final episode of Half Hour's first season, Cliff Chamberlain sits down with his long time pal and Steppenwolf ensemble member Carrie Coon to talk about her preparation in the moments before a performance, whether on stage or on screen. Coon shares backstage stories from her enviable career, and chats about how she thinks an ensemble of actors isn't all that different from a soccer team.Interview begins at 5:10. This episode of Half Hour is exclusively sponsored by Helen Zell.Carrie Coon joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble in 2019. Steppenwolf: Mary Page Marlowe, Tracy Letts’s adaptation of Three Sisters, The March, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Broadway: Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony nomination – Best Featured Actress in a Play; Theatre World Award). Off Broadway: Mary Jane (2018 Lucille Lortel Award, Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination); Placebo (Playwrights Horizons). Film: Gone Girl, The Post, Widows, Avengers: Infinity War. Upcoming: The Nest, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Summer 2020). Television: The Sinner (Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination), HBO’s The Leftovers, FX’s Fargo. She won a Critics’ Choice Television Award for her performance in HBO’s The Leftovers and a TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama for her performances in The Leftovers and Fargo.Learn more at steppenwolf.org. Want to get in touch? Email halfhour@steppenwolf.orgTranscript of this episode can be found here: https://www.steppenwolf.org/globalassets/half-hour-podcast/half-hour-ep12-transcript.pdf

She is currently the voice of Pam Poovey in the hit FX/FXX animated adult series Archer. Her character is the former head of an international spy agency and has become a fan-favorite on the show. The series has been honored with two Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Animated Program and a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series as well as a Gold Derby TV Award to name just a few. Nash's character has garnered a lot of buzz and is referred to as "real hero of Archer" by BuzzFeed. The highly-anticipated 11th season will follow the crazy adventures of Sterling Archer after he awakens from a three-year coma. It is set to premiere September 16th Nash also co-created and hosted the Facebook Live show Archer After Hours alongside co-star Lucky Yates. The three episode series debuted following the Season 10 premiere on Archer's Facebook page and featured special guest interviews, behind-the-scenes commentary, cosplay spotlights, and more. She is also making her foray into the world of film with her lead role in the upcoming adult indie comedy How to Ruin the Holidays alongside Colin Mochrie. Written by Nash's husband, Kevin Gillese, the movie offers a hilarious take on love, disability, and those family gatherings that test your patience. In addition to her voiceover and film work, Nash has also explored a new medium with a role in the highly-acclaimed web series Hart of America, a performance which earned her an Indie Series Award nomination for Best Actress in Comedy. Nash's fan base continues to grow as she expands her repertoire with new and exciting projects.

She is currently the voice of Pam Poovey in the hit FX/FXX animated adult series Archer. Her character is the former head of an international spy agency and has become a fan-favorite on the show. The series has been honored with two Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Animated Program and a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series as well as a Gold Derby TV Award to name just a few. Nash's character has garnered a lot of buzz and is referred to as "real hero of Archer" by BuzzFeed. The highly-anticipated 11th season will follow the crazy adventures of Sterling Archer after he awakens from a three-year coma. It is set to premiere September 16th Nash also co-created and hosted the Facebook Live show Archer After Hours alongside co-star Lucky Yates. The three episode series debuted following the Season 10 premiere on Archer's Facebook page and featured special guest interviews, behind-the-scenes commentary, cosplay spotlights, and more. She is also making her foray into the world of film with her lead role in the upcoming adult indie comedy How to Ruin the Holidays alongside Colin Mochrie. Written by Nash's husband, Kevin Gillese, the movie offers a hilarious take on love, disability, and those family gatherings that test your patience. In addition to her voiceover and film work, Nash has also explored a new medium with a role in the highly-acclaimed web series Hart of America, a performance which earned her an Indie Series Award nomination for Best Actress in Comedy. Nash's fan base continues to grow as she expands her repertoire with new and exciting projects.

Actor William Jackson Harper went from his native Dallas to Santa Fe to the stages of New York City, following his passion for playing fascinating, sometimes oddball, characters. Just before catching his big break in TV, he was reevaluating his career, weighing its many rejections against that passion. Then he joined NBC’s inventive Michael Schur comedy about the afterlife, “The Good Place,” as the neurotic Chidi Anagonye, a performance that has earned him a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination and Emmy buzz. -- For over 50 years, Backstage has been the most trusted place for actors to find jobs and career advice, and for casting professionals to find the right performers for their projects. “In the Envelope: An Awards Podcast” features interviews with some of the most exciting actors and storytellers working today. Check out more here: https://bit.ly/2OMryWQ SUBSCRIBE and listen to In the Envelope on: - iTunes: https://apple.co/2rs0llz - Google Play: https://bit.ly/2DHkPwt - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QNmu6C - Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2DJv6bD - Overcast: https://bit.ly/2OJvWGk - SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/2jUpnnw Follow Backstage and In the Envelope on social media: - https://www.facebook.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/intheenvelope - https://www.instagram.com/backstagecast Special thanks to... - Host: Jack Smart - Producer: Jamie Muffett - Social Media: Francis Ramos and Lauren Routt - Design: Mark Stinson and Caitlin Watkins - Additional Support: Kasey Howe and Samantha Sherlock

This week on “The Richard Crouse Show”: You know Randall Park as Eddie Huang’s father, American restaurateur Louis Huang, in “Fresh Off the Boat,” for which he was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He was Danny Chung on “Veep,” Kim Jong-un in the 2014 film “The Interview” and you’ve seen him on “The Office,” in “Trainwreck” plus the superhero movies “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and “Aquaman” among many others. He co-wrote and co-stars with Ali Wong in his latest Netflix movie “Always Be My Maybe.” In the romantic comedy they play childhood friends who have a falling out and don’t speak for 15 years. They reconnect as adults when Sasha runs into Marcus in San Francisco. Although the old sparks are still there, the couple live in different worlds.

Academy award-winning producer Mark Johnson (Rain Man, Breaking Bad, Downsizing) joins me in studio to talk about working with Academy award-winning director Alexander Payne (Nebraska, Sideways, Downsizing) on Downsizing. We also talk about his transition from feature films into TV, and how he got his start working on films in Spain. About Mark Johnson Producer Mark Johnson won the Best Picture Academy Award® for the 1988 drama Rain Man and two Emmys® for Outstanding Drama Series (2013 and 2014) for Breaking Bad. His career as a producer of more than 40 feature films includes Diner; The Natural; Good Morning, Vietnam; Best Picture nominee Bugsy, which earned a total of 10 Oscar® nominations; Clint Eastwood’s A Perfect World; Alfonso Cuaron’s A Little Princess; Mike Newell’s gangster drama Donnie Brasco starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp; the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest starring Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver; The Notebook, adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel; and the Chronicles of Narnia franchise. He is currently in post-production on the Alexander Payne film Downsizing starring Matt Damon; Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky starring Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig; and the Australian indie film Breath, based on the novel of the same name by lauded Australian author Tim Winton. In the television space, Johnson was an executive producer of the Peabody®, Golden Globe®, and Emmy® award–winning drama Breaking Bad from the beginning of the series. The first season of Breaking Bad’s acclaimed spinoff series Better Call Saul was widely praised by fans and critics alike, garnering seven Primetime Emmy® Award nominations, two Critics Choice Television Awards, and named Outstanding New Program as awarded by the Television Critics Association. In 2016, the second season of Better Call Saul won an AFI Award for TV Program of the year and garnered six Emmy® Award nominations, a Producers Guild nomination, and a Golden Globe® nomination. Mark Johnson‘s television achievements also include the Sundance Channel’s first scripted series Rectify, which won the coveted Peabody® Award and garnered three Critics Choice Television Award nominations in 2016, including Best Drama Series. Along with Better Call Saul, he is currently also executive producing AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, which begins production on its fourth season this year, and Hulu’s Shut Eye. Johnson currently serves on the Board of Governors for the Motion Picture Academy representing the Producers’ Branch and is the Chair of the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Selection Committee.

Alex Gansa, creator of "Homeland," takes us on a behind the scenes journey of his career as an award winning writer in Hollywood. He and Co-creator Howard Gordon, began their professional lives in out west as Test Prep instructors for the children of Hollywood elite. From there they went on to write for television. Hear how these two young upstarts  went from wide eyed hopefuls to being two of the most successful writers and show runners working today. Gansa shares deep personal stories of his struggles and successes and if you love "Homeland" you will learn about how the show came together, casting stories and never before heard anecdotes from the set of the Showtime award winning series. Alex Gansa is the showrunner, co-creator and executive producer of Showtime’s thriller HOMELAND, starring Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin. HOMELAND premiered in October 2011 to critical acclaim and the highest debut ratings for a freshman drama on the network. HOMELAND won the 2012 and 2013 Golden Globe for Best Television Series, and a 2012 Emmy in six different categories including Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series and Best Drama Series. Additional honors include two 2012 WGA awards in the categories of Best New Series and Episodic Drama, 2013 Producers Guild Award, the Peabody Award, Television Critics’ Association Award, Critics’ Choice Television Award and was named one of AFI’s Top Ten Programs of the Year in both 2011 and 2012. Gansa previously served as an Executive Producer on the long-running 24, the CBS series NUMB3RS, and DAWSON'S CREEK, and as a Consulting Producer on ENTOURAGE. His other work includes the hit series THE X FILES for Fox, SISTERS for NBC, and the critically acclaimed series MAXIMUM BOB that he created for ABC. Gansa lives in Los Angeles.

TV (The Book) Two Experts Pick The Greatest American Shows of All Time (Grand Central Publishing) Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld?What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible?  For twenty years-since they shared a TV column at Tony Soprano's hometown newspaper-critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz have been debating these questions and many more, but it all ultimately boils down to this:  What's the greatest TV show ever?  That debate reaches an epic conclusion in TV (THE BOOK). Sepinwall and Seitz have identified and ranked the 100 greatest scripted shows in American TV history. Using a complex, obsessively all- encompassing scoring system, they've created a Pantheon of top TV shows, each accompanied by essays delving into what made these shows great. From vintage classics like The Twilight Zone and I Love Lucy to modern masterpieces like Mad Men and Friday Night Lights, from huge hits like All in the Family and ER to short-lived favorites like Firefly and Freaks and Geeks, TV (THE BOOK) will bring the triumphs of the small screen together in one amazing compendium.  Praise for TV (The Book) “TV (The Book) is going to start fights and I mean that as the highest compliment. In fact, the book is more fun if you disagree with its authors, informed and thoughtful as they are. But bring your best game because they sure did."—Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling novelist "What fun to dive into a book that not only inspires but invites debate over your favorite TV shows.  Which ones truly deserve to be in the Pantheon? Which ones did or didn’t make the cut? Any book that celebrates everything from The Sopranos to Rocky and Bullwinkle gets my attention…and deserves yours."—Leonard Maltin, film critic/historian/lifelong TV junkie “I hate Top Ten lists and am existentially opposed to numerically rating television shows, so this book is my worst nightmare! You should buy it anyway, because Alan and Matt are shrewd, witty and insightful critics, even if they are wrong about Cheers being better than 30 Rock.”—Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker “It’s the Golden Age of TV,  yes, but  TV: The Book shows we are also in the Golden Age of  TV criticism. In the same way so many of us made Leonard  Maltin’s Movie Guide or Pauline Kael’s or David Thomson’s  review collections our film bibles, readers will be poring over this magnificent volume for years to come. An essential, provocative and irresistible tome from two of our greatest critics.”—Megan Abbott, best-selling author of The Fever and You Will Know Me Alan Sepinwall has been writing about television for close to twenty years. Formerly a TV critic for Newark’s Star-Ledger (Tony Soprano’s hometown paper), he currently writes the popular blog What's Alan Watching? on HitFix.com. he is the author of The Revolution was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever (Touchstones, 2012) which the New York Times’ Michiko Kakutani named one of her 10 Favorite Books of 2012.  Jon Hamm is an American actor, director, and television producer best known for his nuanced portrayal of the high-powered, philandering advertising executive Don Draper on the AMC's dramatic series Mad Men. His work has earned him numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, Television Critics Association Award and a Critics’ Choice Television Award, as well as multiple Emmy and Screen Actors Guild nominations.