This interview was originally conducted on March 25, 2007.

Now a co-executive producer on House and an Emmy award winner for directing the episode “House’s Head”, three years ago Greg Yaitanes was an executive producer on the short-lived FOX series Drive.  Here he discusses his role in the show.

Pasha: There are three executive producers on Drive, two of whom are writers.  As the non-writer one, what do your duties consist of as an executive producer?

Greg Yaitanes: My role as a Non-Writing EP?   Teacher.
Drive’s late pick up meant that …

This interview was conducted on July 30, 2007.

Tim Minear worked on Angel for four out of its five seasons, penning such seminal episodes as “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been”, “Reprise” and “Lullaby”.  Here he reflects on his time on the show.
Pasha: In the past you’ve mentioned that you initially refused the job to write for Angel several times. What was the reason for this and what made you eventually change your mind?
Tim Minear: When Angel came along, I’d started to make a bit of a name …

This interview was originally conducted on March 14th, 2009.

After the Dollhouse episode “True Believer” aired, the writer and consulting producer Tim Minear was kind enough to chat with me a bit about this episode, his contributions to the show and what he’s got coming up in development. Enjoy.

Pasha: “True Believer” was conceived as one of the “seven pilots”, as Joss has called them. With this in mind, what was the process of breaking the episode like?
Tim Minear: Well, Joss wanted to do a cult episode. The only real edict …

This interview was originally conducted on February 2nd, 2009.

Dichen Lachman first became well known for starring in the Australian soap opera as Katya Kinski. After spending a few years on Neighbours she left and moved to LA, where she now stars on Dollhouse as Sierra, an active in the Dollhouse who can be imprinted with any personality or skills. Dichen was recently kind enough to answer a few questions with us.

Pasha: Having worked on the Australian soap Neighbours, what has the transition to Los Angeles and working on …

This interview was originally conducted on September 11th, 2007.
Marti Noxon was recently kind enough to take time out from running Private Practice to do an interview with me. During it we talked about Buffy, Grey’s Anatomy and Point Pleasant as well as what it’s like to be a showrunner.

Pasha: How’s Private Practice going?

Marti Noxon: It’s been good. It’s been very busy. The first year of any show is a lot of work. A lot of late nights. But it’s good people, really good people.

P: And …

This interview was originally conducted on July 1st, 2006.
Tim Minear began his career working on syndicated shows before being hired on The X Files and Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. He is most recognized for his work on Angel and after departing that show went on to showrun, and in some cases create, several shows for FOX: Firefly, Wonderfalls and The Inside.
Here Tim discusses the inception and evolution of his latest show, Drive, and shares his observations on what makes a good franchise.
Pasha: Who or what …

This interview was originally conducted on October 23rd, 2006.
At the 2006 Screenwriting Expo, after finishing his class on breaking an episode of television, I had the opportunity to interview Tim Minear. Less than an hour prior to this interview I found out that his new television show Drive had not been picked up by FOX. Later, whilst transcribing the discussion, I was informed that Drive may not be dead after all.
In the interview that follows we discusses the status of Drive as well as his previous projects from Angel …