Now hear this
Here's audio from a fistful of interviews I conducted over the last couple of weeks. I think most of these have passed their freshness dates. You'll be hearing more clips from TCA in the next couple of months as the subjects' showdates approach.
1. Q-and-A with Margaret Drain, the executive producer of "American Experience," telling me how the rights issues were cleared for the storied documentary "Eyes on the Prize" and why this is going to be such a pain in the future.
Download MargaretDrain_01142006.mp3
2. "Shield" creator Shawn Ryan, explaining why it takes as long to crank out 13 episodes of his show as it takes network producers to do 22 episodes:
Download ShawnRyan_01182006.mp3
3. Mary-Lynn Rajskub, who plays Chloe on "24," not showing much enthusiasm for this week's release of the "Mr. Show" DVD collection:
