Schlamme

The premise sounds creative, and Tommy Schlamme is a great producer so … I’m definitely interested.

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TV/Line quotes executive producer, Thomas Schlamme, For me, the show could be called The Best Years of Our Lives, because for those people, at that moment, that what this is.

Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Playboy Bunnies: Hollywood's Vision of Female Empowerment? Barbara 2011

And with that, Schlamme rushes to hop on the Pan Am episodic production train as it slows down just long enough for him to climb aboard.

Ashley Wren Collins: Thomas Schlamme Takes Flight With Pan Am Ashley Wren Collins 2011

When asked about the infiltration of reality television into American popular culture that was catapulted by the debut of Survivor in the late 1990s, Schlamme considers, There's no doubt we've dumbed down our culture...it's not like television used to necessarily rise to our culture, but overall, just across the board, the way we digest material -- a reality show is much quicker to understand and to get.

Ashley Wren Collins: Thomas Schlamme Takes Flight With Pan Am Ashley Wren Collins 2011

Mid-perusal of make-up application and fitness tips, accompanied by candid "come hither, join us" pictures in the latter, director and executive producer Thomas Schlamme strides in, fresh from his Los Angeles flight.

Ashley Wren Collins: Thomas Schlamme Takes Flight With Pan Am Ashley Wren Collins 2011

TV/Line quotes executive producer, Thomas Schlamme, For me, the show could be called The Best Years of Our Lives, because for those people, at that moment, that what this is.

Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Playboy Bunnies: Hollywood's Vision of Female Empowerment? Barbara 2011

TV/Line quotes executive producer, Thomas Schlamme, For me, the show could be called The Best Years of Our Lives, because for those people, at that moment, that what this is.

Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Playboy Bunnies: Hollywood's Vision of Female Empowerment? Barbara 2011

Taking advantage of Schlamme's perspective from working in television for several decades on award-winning shows, I inquire after our current relationship to the medium of television itself.

Ashley Wren Collins: Thomas Schlamme Takes Flight With Pan Am Ashley Wren Collins 2011

TV/Line quotes executive producer, Thomas Schlamme, For me, the show could be called The Best Years of Our Lives, because for those people, at that moment, that what this is.

Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Playboy Bunnies: Hollywood's Vision of Female Empowerment? Barbara 2011

All the pilots and stewardesses were listed in the military, so they were covered by the Geneva Convention, Schlamme explains.

Ashley Wren Collins: Thomas Schlamme Takes Flight With Pan Am Ashley Wren Collins 2011