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Hollywood Penn Alumni you should know about: Vol. 6

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Matt Rosler in 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, Actor, ayska, TV, TV writer

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4) ER doctor and TV writer (and staff writer of “The Mob Doctor”) Zach Lutsky’s (C’97, AEPi) episode of “The Mob Doctor” aired this past Saturday night on Fox. Here is a synopsis of his episode titled “Resurrection”:

Constantine decides to go to extremes to protect his estranged son Luke but…but at what cost?! Luke is deep in debt to the dangerous and ruthless Nogales Cartel. Constantine gets the help of his Chicago mob friend Al Trapani (played by Mike Starr from “Goodfellas”). In order to payback the favor Constantine asks Grace to check out Trapani’s girlfriend. This new patient has a shocking secret and is experiencing unexplainable pain. Grace also helps Olivia and Dr. White race against the clock to solve the mystery of a man’s dying heart before it is too late.

Zach tells me that after having spent several years learning real medicine at medical school in Chicago, it was a surreal and incredible experience spending time back there to create a world of fake medicine for a TV show.

5) Reality producer Greg Goldman (C’96) just got an awesome new Hunger Games-like show greenlit on the CW called “The Hunt”. Per Deadline, “The Hunt” is an intense wilderness competition taking place over one month, as 12 teams of two are provided no food, water, or shelter, but must compete in a game where they’ll rely on their physicality, survival skills, and hunting skills to endure their conditions, capture one another, and ultimately win a huge cash prize.” Listen to Greg and other Penn alumni working in reality TV here.

6) Roy Bank (C’94) partnered with Logo to executive produce Logo’s first live program “That Sex Show”, a daily late-night relationship and sex advice show. The series debuts Monday, February 4. (more here)

7) Remember last fall when TV writer Meredith Stiehm (C’90) won an Emmy for Best Drama for “Homeland”? Well after this brilliant last season it is so very clear that “Homeland” will be winning another season next fall. If you haven’t seen this, watch the clip below where Meredith discusses the personal story surrounding writing for a bipolar character.

8) If you recall, there was quite some hoopla around some of the problems surrounding the first iteration of the Broadway show “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark”. Glen Berger (C’89, Mask and Wig) who wrote the book for the show will now be writing another book –this one a tell-all book called “Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the most Controversial Musical in Broadway History”. Look for it next year! (source) Should be a good read.

9) While this isn’t airing on TV, I love this viral video that Aaron Karo (W’01) created called “Brutally Honest Answers to Teenage Girls’ Questions”. Just watch it!