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James Burrows on NewsRadio

Posted by admin in comedy, episodic TV, streaming video on March 29, 2011

Seeing Stephen Root in Kevin Smith’s Red State tonight got me thinking about the classic short-lived sitcom, NewsRadio. So when I found the seventh part of this Archive of American Television/James Burrows interview, I was really pleased he discussed directing the series pilot (around the 9:30 minute mark).

Bonus fact, when originally casting the part of Frasier Crane for Cheers, Burrows wanted to use John Lithgow, but Lithgow was busy, leading to Kelsey Grammer‘s lucky break.

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