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What made you want to write about 80s TV specifically, and what did that decade do that TV hasn't quite replicated since? One of the things I talk about in the book is how disappointing my family life was when I was a kid.  Between divorce and the allure of multilevel marketing schemes, my folks were rarely around, so television became a de facto friend…maybe even a parent.  I learned adulting from folks like Michael Knight, Tony Micelli, and ALF.  But I digress.  What did 80s television do that hasn’t been replicated since (besides raising me)?  Appointment viewing. That's the...

Terrence McDonnell Q&A   Q: How did Memoirs of a Hollywood Unknown: Book One: Prime Time originate?   A: In the first place, I never intended to write a book, let alone three of them. But I did have plenty of great stories worth sharing. Maybe fifteen or twenty years ago when I had some time on my hands, I sat down and wrote a piece about working behind the scenes on one particular television show. I don’t even remember what show it was, because the whole point of it was just an exercise for me, and it came out...

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