SHOW DESCRIPTION:
For my generation of older TV watchers, there was a time—at least before DVRs totally upended weekly viewing habits—that Friday nights were frequently reserved to watch the iconic police drama, Blue Bloods. While the show recently completed its 14-year run, its executive producer and show runner, Kevin Wade, (thankfully for us) has not retired. He recently debuted with an extraordinarily accomplished crime thriller, Johnny Careless. In today’s 45 Forward episode, Kevin will take us through his storied tenure with Blue Bloods, as well as his eclectic career as a playwright, actor, screenwriter and producer that shaped his vision for the show. He’ll talk about how he shaped the show’s development, worked with a multigeneration of stars, managed demanding shooting schedules, budgets and surprising challenges. Kevin will also describe how he unexpectedly transitioned as a novelist, how he found his footing as a different kind of writer, and how he developed a new world of characters for Johnny Careless. As you’ll discover, no matter what the genre, Kevin Wade really knows how to tell a story.
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Kevin Wade is a screenwriter, television writer and producer, playwright, and most recently a novelist, with the debut of his first crime thriller, Johnny Careless. His credits include a long tenure serving as the executive producer and show runner of the popular CBS police drama, Blue Bloods. Previously, Wade acted in two films, including “The Scenic Route,” and wrote the off-Broadway play, “Key Exchange,” which was subsequently released as a film. Later he received his first screen credit for Working Girl, which earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. Additional film credits include True Colors,[1] Mr. Baseball,[1] Junior,[1] Meet Joe Black,[1] and Maid in Manhattan. For television, Wade created and executive produced the ABC drama series Cashmere Mafia. In 2019 he was nominated for a Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for the Blue Bloods episode, “My Aim is True.”
To find an archive of Blue Blood episodes, go to the show’s YouTube channel:
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