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EW: Hey!
So,Rockville, California, is your new Schwartz: Its not really called Rockville, California.
it’s possible for you to just call it Rockville.
Thats what the kids are calling it.
What are the legal purposes?Theres something called Rockville.
What is it?I dont know.
[pause]Its a town in Maryland.
Okay, be honest with me.
How much of this was inspired by the Peach Pit on90210?Have you forgotten about the Bait Shop?
Honestly, I seem to have totally blocked that out.Thats okay.
I blame Mischa Barton.Coming to you soon!
Um, it was kind of [inspired]-ish.
The bands all played live, which is cool.
Are you done shooting?Yeah, were done.
We rocked all 20 episodes.
Does the state of the music industry make it easier to do something like this?
Radio has gotten really consolidated, MTV doesnt play videos.
Maybe fill that void a little bit.
Did you enjoy the medium?Yeah, I loved it.
Cause first of all, five minutes, thats about my attention span.
So to get to page 5 and write fade out, thats amazing.
Like, I just wrote an episode.
And I know you dont like to do that.What, write?
So thats very much my attention span these days.
Got to cast whoever we wanted.
Get whatever bands we wanted.
Who are the bands?Are you going to make me list all 20 bands?
[He scans the giant poster for the show thats hanging behind him.
]Thats a real sloppy joint hanging out of that characters mouth.
You have joints on the show?We do.
We didnt go crazy, though.
Youre not squeaky clean anymore!Ive never been that squeaky clean.
I mean, I am personally, but thats not reflected in my work.
But we gotPhantom Planet.
By the way, their last performance as a band, I think, will be onRockville.
Because they broke up shortly thereafter.
Which is too bad, because their new record was really fun.
Did you see any warning signs that day?I sensed no tension.
But people can watch the show and look for subtext in their performance.
Um, and….I love that youre just making up these questions as we go along.
I am totally making them up.
You dont mind, do you?No.
They were amazing last night.
Tell me something about the Gossip Girl spinoff that nobody else knows.Um… Jane Fondas workout remember her VCR workout tapes?
Of course.They play a very prominent role in one of the scenes.
Youll get to see Jane in her spandex glory.
Does Jane know about this?She may not know.
Thats excellent.Thats something Ausiello doesnt have.
Hows our boy Chuck?
Have you heard anything about it coming back?Other than your doomsday prognostications, I have not.
But the last six episodes are really really good, so.
Are they going to run all six in a row?Six in a row, starting Monday.
Chevy Chase, Scott Bakula, Tricia Helfer, Jordana Brewster.
Theyre really good, though.
Im hopeful, but well see.
Its gonna be hard.
As youve pointed out.
The competition is brutal.
Obama shafted us a little bit.
Thoughhe gaveGossip Girla shout-out, did you see that the other day?
That was kind of amazing.
Okay, so your shows about younger people are succeeding.
And thenChuck, about people who are trying to be adults, is struggling… Is this the future?
People that are in it are fascinated with it, people that lived through it want to relive it.
Not everybody wants to relive the mid-period of their lives.
Their lonely and tragic 30s?Yeah.
But I definitely want to start aging up a little bit.
Im gonna give a shot to grow up.
