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 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 …