Reunion Book Celebrates 'Thirtysomething' 30th Anniversary

ALBANY, Ga. - March 6, 2017 - PRLog -- BearManor Media will publish Thirtysomething at Thirty: An Oral History by pop culture writer and editor Scott Ryan on June 7, 2017 in honor of the 30th anniversary of Emmy Award-winning television drama Thirtysomething, which aired on ABC Network from 1987-1991.

Iconic television drama Thirtysomething was the voice of the baby boomer generation. When the pilot episode aired on September 29, 1987, it became the first show to portray the angst of thirty-year-olds struggling to reconcile the counterculture values of their youths with the materialistic, "yuppie" lifestyles that pervaded the 1980s.

Scott Ryan's Thirtysomething at Thirty is a comprehensive oral history spanning all 85 episodes that features rare behind-the-scenes stories, details on episode plots and controversies, and no-holds-barred accounts of fights with censors, as told by the creative forces behind the series.

"This is the first time the Thirtysomething  cast, writers, producers and creators have had their say on this series," said Ryan, also host of Thirtysomething podcast. "This is not a book about a fan talking about the series, it is about the very people who wrote it, acted it, and directed it."

The book includes revealing interviews with Thirtysomething creators, writers, executive producers, and directors Marshall Herskovitz and Edward "Ed" Zwick; writers, producers, and directors  Joseph "Joe" Dougherty, Ann Lewis Hamilton, and Richard Kramer; director Ron Lagomarsino; actors Ken Olin, Timothy Busfield, Mel Harris, Melanie Mayron, Peter Horton, Patricia Wettig, and Polly Draper; writers Liberty Godshall, Jill Gordon, Paul Haggis, Winnie Holzman, and Susan Shilliday; producers and directors Ellen S. Pressman and Scott Winant; production designer Brandy Alexander; and director of photography Kenneth Zunder.

Bonus materials include over 150 rare photos, including original TV Guide ads, press pictures, and sets and props, as well as essays by Ann Lewis Hamilton and Joe Dougherty.

"Thirtysomething was about slowing down and studying life," said Ryan. "In 2017, most television is about forgetting life. It is about zombies and the end of the world. Thirtysomething is about finding a babysitter."

(Thirtysomething at Thirty: An Oral History $34.95, 384 pages, 6" x 9", hardcover, ISBN:  978-1-62933-103-4 / $24.95, 384 pages, 6" x 9", paperback, ISBN: 978-1-62933-102-7, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BearManor Media)

Scott Ryan is the author of Scott Luck Stories and podcast host of Thirtysomething Podcast, Red Room Podcast, and Big Bad Buffy Interviews. He is also the writer and director of A Voyage To Twin Peaks; Managing Editor of The Blue Rose; and contributor to Sondheim Review Magazine, Twin Peaks Fan Phenomena series, and Hot Valley Writers. http://www.scottryanproductions.com/

BearManor Media is small publisher of BIG books about the entertainment of bygone years. http://www.bearmanormedia.com/