Acknowledgment

Everyone at ABC Studios, Brothers & Sisters, and Castle:

Barry Jossen, Howard Davine, Michelle Kamme, David Marshall Grant, Ken Olin, Sarah Caplan, Michael Cinquemani, Linda “Sparky” Hawes, Oliver Coke, Allison Weintraub, Margery Kimbrough, Sally Sue Lander, Brian O’Kelley, Chandler Hayes, Jason Hoffman, Arlene Getman, John Smith, Ben Spek, Nick Infield, Cranston Gobbo, Shauna Duggins, Andrew Marlowe, Rob Bowman, Howard Grigsby, Joe Mason, Brooke Eisenhart, Imelda Betiong, and Noreen O’Toole.

And especially the actors pictured: Matthew Rhys, Luke McFarlane, Dave Annable, Christopher J. Hanke, Brock Cuchna. As always, we send our love and thanks to Sally Field.

And of course, the dedicated Elinor Actipis, Michele Cronin, and Melinda Rankin at Focal Press.

We thank our families: for Mary Lou, children Maggie and Tim Dougherty, and for Bethany, parents Connie and Jim Rooney.

Our other contributors: Devon DeLapp, Matthew Bohrer, Mark West, Edgar Bennett, Suzanne Welke, Stephen Welke, Regina Render, Marcia Gould, Mark Tinker, Katie Enright, Jason Tomarik, Matthew Collins, Jason George, Anne Drecktrah, and Stephan Smith Collins.

We thank the following reviewers who generously helped us add the finishing touches: Michael Niederman (Columbia College Chicago), Dave A. Anselmi (UC Berkeley Extension), and Warren Bass (Temple University).

And last, but so very important to our book: the generous professionals who contributed to our Insider Info features and How I Got My First Directing Job stories.