EdwardZwick-related stories
Posted Oct 30th 2009 4:04PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on DVD, Reality-Free
I know I'm dating myself, but I'm really looking forward to watching the second season of
thirtsysomething on DVD.
The first season was released back in August, and I had a blast catching up with great characters like Michael and Melissa Steadman, Elliot Weston and Gary Shepherd. Season two
hits DVD in January, thanks to the good folks at Shout! Factory, known for putting out great sets like the packed
Freaks and Geeks collection and the recent
Transformers "G1" collector's set.
Some people might only think of
thirtysomething as "that '80s show about whiny yuppies," and that's fine. But the Emmy-award winning drama brings back a lot of great memories for me. As I
mentioned before, I used to watch it with my mom, who I'm pretty sure related to Patricia Wettig's frustrated homemaker Nancy Weston and free spirit Melissa Steadman, played by Melanie Mayron. (As for my dad, I'm not ashamed to say that he's more of a Timothy Busfield type!)
Continue reading Thirtysomething season two hits DVD in January
Posted May 29th 2009 2:27PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on DVD, Reality-Free
I wasn't even a twentysomething when
thirtysomething originally aired on ABC, but I remember the show fondly. I used to watch episodes with my mom, who actually was thritysomething at the time. We never missed it.
I won't pretend that I understood the show's linking plots, hashed out by the awesome producing team of Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick (
My So-Called Life,
Once and Again), but I still loved watching it. To me,
thirtysomething was about a funny dude with a red beard creating commercials with his friend, and a bunch of sad ladies who were visited by a goofy cyclist with long hair. (I was nine. The other most sophisticated show I was watching at the time was
ALF).
Continue reading Thirtysomething is finally coming to DVD
Posted Feb 3rd 2009 6:03PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Reality-Free
Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the producing team behind
My So-Called Life,
thirtysomething and
Quarterlife, are
prepping a new drama pilot for CBS. The project, called
A Marriage, will be an examination of a working modern-day marriage.
I'm looking forward to this.
Quarterlife had its problems, but Herskovitz and Zwick are masters of nuanced character-centric drama. I was a teenager in the '90s; so believe me when I say that they helped paint an absorbing and realistic portrait of adolescence with
My So-Called Life. For me, that show really captured the raw emotion, pointless anxiety and simple joy of being an American teenager at that time. (It also encouraged me to buy my first albums by The Lemonheads and Juliana Hatfield. Thanks TV!)
Continue reading Thirtysomething creators start A Marriage with CBS
Posted Nov 16th 2007 3:01PM by Jen Creer
Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEd, Celebrities
"
This life has been a test. If this had been an actual life, you would have received instructions on where to go and what to do."-- Angela Chase
Say what you will about
My So-Called Life: It was a pivotal show in American TV History. Although it was canceled after only two years and 19 episodes, when MTV picked it up and began showing it round the clock, it acquired a cult following that keeps it resonant even today.
Continue reading My So-Called Life, Complete Series - DVD review
Posted Sep 13th 2007 3:00PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming
Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, who count
Thirtysomething and
My So Called Life among their credits, are getting ready to premiere their newest project,
Quarterlife. This one is a little bit different though, as it's not another conventional TV show. Instead,
Quarterlife is a web based, advertising supported, series that will air on Myspace. The episodes will be about eight minutes long and follow the lives of a group of college friends that have just recently graduated.
Continue reading Quarterlife, from the creators of My So Called Life
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