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Jun 15, 2021 · Tergesen, who played Tobias Beecher, noted “the balls” Fontana had to write a show like Oz, at a time when there was nothing else like it on TV. “Nobody knew how people were going to take it...
- Matt Grobar
Television. Having started out as a playwright, Fontana was hired by Bruce Paltrow as a writer for St. Elsewhere. Fontana has been the creator/showrunner for OZ, Copper, The Jury, The Beat, The Bedford Diaries, The Philanthropist and he was also the showrunner on Homicide: Life on the Street .
Jun 6, 2017 · It was created by Tom Fontana while he was still writing his other show, Homicide: Life on the Street, and was the first ever hour-long cable drama.
- Joe Bish
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Oct 19, 2012 · Fontana’s been involved with some of the most memorable TV shows of the past three decades, from St. Elsewhere and Homicide: Life on the Street to HBO’s sudsy-serious prison drama Oz.
- Josef Adalian
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Jul 12, 2017 · A year and a half before the Bada Bing opened its doors, Tom Fontana’s prison drama Oz began its bid to change what a television show could be. Call it the “proto-prestige drama.” The series,...
- Danette Chavez
Oct 25, 2017 · Several key cast members join creator Tom Fontana to reflect on the show’s enduring impact. Tom Fontana: We were really in uncharted territory, because HBO had never done a drama series...
Jul 15, 2022 · Premiering on July 12, 1997, Tom Fontana’s groundbreaking prison drama proved to be a breakthrough hit for a network that was at that point best known as the place to watch post-theatrical...
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