TMC
09-18-2016, 01:02 AM
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/16/everwood-wb-oral-history-berlanti
It was a wonderful life in Everwood, Colorado.
When writer Greg Berlanti first pitched the story of Everwood — a family drama about Manhattan neurosurgeon Dr. Andy Brown, who uproots his son and daughter to a small town after his wife dies — the reaction was that it seemed like a modern-day version of a Jimmy Stewart movie. “I told them that I thought it was the closest thing to Frank Capra I’d ever seen,” recalls Treat Williams, who played the good doctor, in reference to the director of It’s a Wonderful Life. “It was just a beautiful pilot.”
Over its four-year run on the WB, Everwood was not only lauded for its brave storytelling about abortion, interracial marriage, and sexually transmitted diseases, it also helped to launch the careers of Chris Pratt, Emily VanCamp, and Berlanti — now one of the most sought-after writer-producers in TV. To mark the 10-year anniversary of the drama’s series finale, we asked the cast and crew to reflect on what made Everwood one of the best family shows of all time.
It was a wonderful life in Everwood, Colorado.
When writer Greg Berlanti first pitched the story of Everwood — a family drama about Manhattan neurosurgeon Dr. Andy Brown, who uproots his son and daughter to a small town after his wife dies — the reaction was that it seemed like a modern-day version of a Jimmy Stewart movie. “I told them that I thought it was the closest thing to Frank Capra I’d ever seen,” recalls Treat Williams, who played the good doctor, in reference to the director of It’s a Wonderful Life. “It was just a beautiful pilot.”
Over its four-year run on the WB, Everwood was not only lauded for its brave storytelling about abortion, interracial marriage, and sexually transmitted diseases, it also helped to launch the careers of Chris Pratt, Emily VanCamp, and Berlanti — now one of the most sought-after writer-producers in TV. To mark the 10-year anniversary of the drama’s series finale, we asked the cast and crew to reflect on what made Everwood one of the best family shows of all time.