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EPISODE · Mar 5, 2021 · 54 MIN

Marc Hirschfeld (Best of, Part 1 of 2)

from Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz · host Barry Katz

Marc Hirschfeld, is one of the greatest TV casting directors in history. Best known for his Emmy Award winning work on “Seinfeld,” he cut his teeth with the legendary Norman Lear during the days of "All in the Family" and worked his way up the ladder on such hit shows as "The Facts of Life," "The Jeffersons," "One Day at a Time," "Diff'rent Strokes," "227," "Silver Spoons," “The Wonder Years,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “The Nanny,” “The Drew Carey Show,” and did the original casting of the hit series that help launched the Fox Network, "Married...With Children," along with hits “Party of Five,” “MADtv,” and “That 70’s Show.” He was appointed Executive Vice President of Casting at NBC/Universal (Network & Cable) in 1999 and served in that capacity for the next decade, supervising the original casting of such hit shows as "3rd Rock from the Sun," "NewsRadio," "The Office,” “30 Rock,” "Heroes," "My Name Is Earl," "Friday Night Lights," and “Southland.” On the cable side he supervised the casting of USA Network hits “Psych”, “Burn Notice”, “In Plain Sight”, “Starter Wife,” “Royal Pains,” and “White Collar.”Most recently, he has cast multiple shows including ABC’S “Last Man Standing” with Tim Allen, Chelsea Handler’s “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea” for NBC, and “Happily Divorced” with Fran Drescher for TV Land…while supervising AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” “Hell on Wheels,” “The Killing,” and Starz’ “Spartacus,” “Boss,” and “Magic City.”  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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