Glenn Gordon Caron is an American Writer, Director, and Producer, best known for the television series Moonlighting in the 1980s and Medium in the 2000s.
Grace and Shawna interview Glenn about his experiences in creating this Emmy Award-winning TV Series.
They discuss the behind-the-scenes fast-paced environment due to Cybill and Bruce being in the majority of the scenes. They also chat about the cast and crew, the late scripts, the guest stars, the fast dialogue, the cinematography, the various directors, and dealing with the network to ensure his vision for the show came to fruition.
Glenn also talks about his many fond memories of the show, one, in particular, was asking Orson Welles to do an introduction to the episode “The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice”.
Caron subsequently co-produced the first 12 episodes of Remington Steele (NBC, 1982-'87) before leaving to form his own company, Picturemaker Productions.
Glenn was invited by ABC to write a pilot for the network. The first two pilots did not receive a series order, but Caron's third attempt was his award-winning script for Moonlighting.
Caron created Moonlighting (ABC, 1985-'89), a worldwide hit that revitalized the career of Cybill Shepherd and launched the career of Bruce Willis
Between its third and fourth seasons, Caron directed his first feature film, Clean and Sober (1988), starring Michael Keaton.
Caron then directed three more feature films — Wilder Napalm (1993) Love Affair (1994), and Picture Perfect (1997), starring Jennifer Aniston — before returning to television in 1999.
Caron wrote and produced episodes of the first and second seasons of the FX series Tyrant, and in the spring of 2017, he joined CBS's Bull as a consulting producer.
Glenn Gordon Caron was the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Television Writer Award at the Austin Film Festival.
He was also nominated for four Prime Time Emmy Awards for his work on Moonlighting between 1986 and 1987.
Glenn won a Writers Guild of America Award for his 1985 pilot script for Moonlighting.
This interview is a great insight into the making of Moonlighting!
MOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOW
The show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting that aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.
Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.
They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.
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