MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO'S 12TH ANNUAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES, THE: CHICAGO HOPE {LONG VERSION}
Summary
One in a series of evenings and special screenings presented as part of The Museum of Television & Radio's 12th Annual Television Festival in Los Angeles. Held this year at the Directors Guild of America Theatre Complex, the festival celebrates the excellence and diversity of American television, and is dedicated to television's creative community.
This evening honors the critically lauded medical drama "Chicago Hope" and is hosted by the Museum's president, Robert M. Batscha. Batscha introduces the following members of the cast and creative team: co-producer Dennis Cooper; producer Jim Hart; executive consultant Michael Pressman; co-executive producer John Tinker; cast members Adam Arkin, Jayne Brook, Hector Elizondo, Thomas Gibson, Roxanne Hart, Peter MacNicol, and Mandy Patinkin; and creator/executive producer David E. Kelley. Next, David E. Kelley introduces an episode of "Chicago Hope," entitled "Quarantine," which is then screened in its entirety. After the screening, the panel takes questions from the seminar audience, leading to comments on the following topics, among others: whether E.G. Marshall will appear again on the show; the various ways in which the program is made to look authentic, including actor research, and medical consultants who pore over scripts and are present on the set; walking the line between presenting a sense of medical reality and being overly graphic; whether Mandy Patinkin will sing again in future episodes; the authenticity of Roxanne Hart's performance; the intersocial elements of the hospital pecking-order presesnted in the program; how Kelley balances his personal life with his intense workload as executive producer/creator of "Chicago Hope" and "Picket Fences"; how Peter MacNicol's character has bloomed since the addition of an adopted daughter; why Roma Maffia has not been seen recently; the learning process of the first season; the producers' desire initially to present the doctors and nurses as superhuman and then slowly reveal their vulnerabilities; the wish to avoid a set formula or path in developing each episode; the difficulties, for the actor, of performing in dramatic television, without the instant monitor of the live audience; television as an isolating medium for actors and creative team members; the basis in reality of some of the program's more shocking scenes; the writing of the show, which to date has been done exclusively in-house; Kelley's desire to create a very real hospital in Chicago Hope, and then deviate from the norm; and whether more characters from "Picket Fences" will appear on "Chicago Hope." (The episode screened, "Chicago Hope: Quarantine" is part of the Museum's collection and can be viewed separately.)
Details
- NETWORK: Paley
- DATE: March 3, 1995 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:46:20
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:37738
- GENRE: Seminars
- SUBJECT HEADING: N/A
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Robert M. Batscha … Moderator
- Adam Arkin … Panelist
- Jayne Brook … Panelist
- Dennis Cooper … Panelist
- Hector Elizondo … Panelist
- Thomas Gibson … Panelist
- Jim Hart … Panelist
- Roxanne Hart … Panelist
- David E. Kelley … Panelist
- Peter MacNicol … Panelist
- Mandy Patinkin … Panelist
- Michael Pressman … Panelist
- John Tinker … Panelist