TV Producer and Writer Tom Fontana on Telling Long Form Stories
Executive producer and writer, Tom Fontana. He was writer and producer for the TV show, "St. Elsewhere." He's currently executive producer, along with filmmaker Barry Levinson, of "Homicide: Life on the Street," a new cop drama on NBC. Reviewers say it goes beyond formula to offer a "more complex psychological portrait" of crime fighters and criminals.
Other segments from the episode on March 9, 1993
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 9, 1993: Interview with Tom Fontana; Interview with Justin Kaplan; Review of James Miller's book "The Passion of Michel Foucault."
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