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Leonard Katzman: The Producer & Executive Producer from Season Ten Onwards
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<blockquote data-quote="alexpaige" data-source="post: 356513" data-attributes="member: 55379"><p>Sorry to jump in here but a few late clarifications:</p><p></p><p>Brown wasn't a writer, he was a producer (in the technical sense; ie the "line producer" of the show) who had previously produced other TV including the Seven Brides for Seven Brothers series ... and a former assistant director from film. He was brought on board to handle the technical aspects of producing Dallas while Dunne was responsible for the showrunning/writing side.</p><p></p><p>There is another James H. Brown (James Harmon Brown) who was a writer on Dynasty and Guiding Light, but that is a different person. The Dallas James H Brown is the one whose obit from the LA Times can be found here: <a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/james-brown-obituary?id=20419220" target="_blank">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/james-brown-obituary?id=20419220</a></p><p></p><p>Leonard Katzman never regarded himself as a writer but as a producer - despite the fact that he wrote plenty of Dallas and masterminded the storylines (with Art Lewis and later joined by Paulsen). Who contributed what percent of the stories during those years, and therefore who is to blame for the show's decline, is subject to speculation but will probably always be a mystery as unfortunately Katzman never gave a really indepth interview about Dallas during his lifetime.</p><p></p><p>I often think it would be a good idea to interview his son Mitch (who is easy enough to find on Facebook) who would probably be the best person to give some real insight into just how much of the show came from Katzman vs Capice especially in those earlier years.</p><p></p><p>From what I can gather, though, Capice (and Lee Rich) were never heavily involved in the storytelling side of things day to day. They were, as Snarky says, executives (suits) who set forth occasional decrees from on high. One can see how Katzman, down "on the ground" with the cast and crew and spending time in Dallas on location every year, would resent this (I doubt Capice ever went to Dallas with the show, even for season 1).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexpaige, post: 356513, member: 55379"] Sorry to jump in here but a few late clarifications: Brown wasn't a writer, he was a producer (in the technical sense; ie the "line producer" of the show) who had previously produced other TV including the Seven Brides for Seven Brothers series ... and a former assistant director from film. He was brought on board to handle the technical aspects of producing Dallas while Dunne was responsible for the showrunning/writing side. There is another James H. Brown (James Harmon Brown) who was a writer on Dynasty and Guiding Light, but that is a different person. The Dallas James H Brown is the one whose obit from the LA Times can be found here: [URL]https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/james-brown-obituary?id=20419220[/URL] Leonard Katzman never regarded himself as a writer but as a producer - despite the fact that he wrote plenty of Dallas and masterminded the storylines (with Art Lewis and later joined by Paulsen). Who contributed what percent of the stories during those years, and therefore who is to blame for the show's decline, is subject to speculation but will probably always be a mystery as unfortunately Katzman never gave a really indepth interview about Dallas during his lifetime. I often think it would be a good idea to interview his son Mitch (who is easy enough to find on Facebook) who would probably be the best person to give some real insight into just how much of the show came from Katzman vs Capice especially in those earlier years. From what I can gather, though, Capice (and Lee Rich) were never heavily involved in the storytelling side of things day to day. They were, as Snarky says, executives (suits) who set forth occasional decrees from on high. One can see how Katzman, down "on the ground" with the cast and crew and spending time in Dallas on location every year, would resent this (I doubt Capice ever went to Dallas with the show, even for season 1). [/QUOTE]
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