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Who’s Creating the Movies and TV Programs that will Inspire the Next Generation?, by Phil Cooke, PhD

Who’s Creating the Movies and TV Programs that will Inspire the Next Generation?, by Phil Cooke, PhD

With a current television schedule filled with vampires, corrupt cops, hypocritical politicians, fathers who act like buffoons, soft-core porn, growing levels of violence, and more – who’s producing programs that will do for this generation of kids the same thing that The Lone Ranger and Adam 12 did for the last?

Jessica Rieder, Writer for Leverage (TNT) and Hawaii-Five-O (CBS): Culture Makers Who Influenced the Culture Makers of TV

Jessica Rieder, Writer for Leverage (TNT) and Hawaii-Five-O (CBS): Culture Makers Who Influenced the Culture Makers of TV

With this week’s wrap of TNT’s long running series Leverage, we thought we’d repost our interview with one of the writers who helped Leverage gain such popularity. Jessica Rieder lists the writers, shows, films, and musicians who have most deeply influenced her life.