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BuzzWorthy Radio: Jeffrey Reiner!

Jeffrey Reiner serves as executive producer and director on NBC’s new ensemble medical drama series, “Trauma.”

Reiner’s television credits include serving as executive producer on the NBC Peabody and Emmy Award- winning drama series "Friday Night Lights.” He has directed various television movies and series episodes, which include the SyFy Channel’s “Caprica,” which is the prequel to “Battlestar Gallactica,” and the pilot episode of the cable series “The Huntress.”

In addition, Reiner has served as co-executive producer on “Surface” and “L.A. Dragnet.”

On the big screen, Reiner’s credits include writing and directing “Blood and Concrete,” starring Billy Zane and Jennifer Beals; “Trouble Bound,” starring Patricia Arquette, Michael Madsen, and Billy Bob Thornton; and “Small Time,” which won the Jury Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Duration:: 21m
Broadcast on:: 02 Oct 2009
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Log told the radio. Don't get you live. It is Buzzworthy Radio. Where you can get the latest buzz. I'm all your favorite children's buzz. Buzzworthy. Buzzworthy. Buzz. Now. Edison's Buzzworthy Radio right here on your internet. I'm laughing at the CMT. And this is pretty much where I hang out all the time when I'm not on the air. So, you should too. See ya. Hey everybody. Good morning. Welcome to my new edition of Buzzworthy Radio on this Friday, October 2, 2009. It's 10.30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, 7.30 a.m. Pacific Coast Time. I'm your host, Melale J. Lee. We are going to be joined by Executive Producer Jeffrey Reiner. He serves as E.P. on the new NBC ensemble medical drama, Trauma. That is a very, very good show. You haven't checked it out, but then I'm biased on those kind of shows. You guys should check it out. It airs every Monday, I believe. So, every Monday. From here is this, Paps Monday. It's on from 9 to 10 on NBC, Eastern Standard Time. So, I'll show you guys check out that show. It's a very good show. And I know a lot of people think that this show was going to last, but you know what? I think that show is going to -- I think that show is going to make it. That show is very, very good because you don't have those kind of ensemble series like that. That one I think is very top notch because it goes out of the realm of what you think a medical drama would go to. Because now you're seeing these guys, these guys go straight to the action. Not running away from it. They're going straight into it. They're going right into the fire. They're going right into all that stuff. They're going into all the action that there is possible when everything occurs, any and everything. Yeah, this is definitely -- this is definitely going to show for you guys that you definitely don't want to mess. So, definitely check out it on every Monday night at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time only on NBC. And also if you miss the live shows on NBC, you can check them out at NBC.com or on google.com where they will play the actual full episodes. So, absolutely check those shows out. I also want to give you guys a little update on what we have coming up next week. We have a few shows coming up next week actually. Gosh, I think we have like three guests on Monday. I'm pretty sure. Monday we're going to have on -- speaking of trauma, we're going to have on two other stars from trauma, Derek Luke and Amy Gus again. They're going to be on Monday morning as well. And also on -- also on the fifth, we're going to have on Chad, who is on the million dollar listing, which is on Bravo. We're going to be having him on as well on Monday. So, three guests in just -- wow, like an hour, can you believe it? I haven't done those -- I haven't done those kind of shows in such a long time. It's going to be interesting to see if I can keep my game up again. But, absolutely, make sure you guys check out that stuff next week. It's going to be nice. We're going to have on hopefully next week, Basic High Duke, who plays the role of Mary Jane Vincent, aka Patty Williams on CBS Daytime's The Young and the Restless. We're going to have the pleasure of having her on the show. I got to meet her back in August at the Daytime Emmy Awards as well as the Young and the Restless event. So, it is going to be very, very cool to finally sit her down and talk to her. So, yes, Jeffery Runner is going to be joining us in about five minutes. He's going to be joining us in about five minutes to talk about Toronto. So, stay tuned for that. He's going to be joining us from 10.40 to 10.50. So, he'll be joining us within the next five minutes. What I want to start off with before we get into this, this has been the weirdest soap week ever. I honestly do not know what's in the soap water right now, but obviously there's something there because I never heard so much stuff break in just a matter of a few short hours and just a matter of two days. You're first hearing about Eric Brayton, written out of the Young and the Restless. Eric Brayton plays the role of Victor Newman. Now, from the sounds of it, he may not come back to the show unless so me and him reach an agreement in order for Eric to actually decide to want to return. So, there are a lot of fans out there that do want him to stay. So, this is the only time I think that you should hear his show me to change their minds and find some way to make them say the only way to do that is right to the Young and the Restless. I think what I'm showing you to see your input and your feedback about the mustache. Everybody's on Twitter making a trend for save the mustache. So, will it help? Maybe. Will it hurt? Absolutely not. Definitely continuing to get the word out. Definitely continuing to get the word out as far as he's concerned because he's another one of those staples on the series that would take a beating if he left probably. He's been on there for such a long time. He's on there for 81, I believe. And seeing him knock on the canvas, it pretty much would be, I think it would hurt. I think it wouldn't help, but I think it would definitely hurt. So, yeah, that's the only advice that everybody has been giving is to basically write into the Young and the Restless and just vent your feelings and your feedback. Here's this next one. John's and Jackson returned to General Hospital yesterday as a Lucky Spencer. Greg Vaughn is out of the show. That one's done me because honestly, I was like, what the hell happened to Greg Vaughn? How did you manage to switch that up? And like a moment's notice, is this another stunt for ratings? How thoughtful is it? Is that the direction that they want to take? Honestly, I think that's crappy for them to do that. I am a Jonathan Jackson fan. I am, but I'm also a Greg Vaughn fan. And for them to do what they did to Greg Vaughn, absolutely disgust me. I mean, you're really going to desecrate a guy. You're going to get rid of a guy because of ratings? Yeah. I know that sounds like that should happen, but still. I just don't like the fact that, and this is really what I think they're going to do. I honestly think that once John's and Jackson gets settled back into the part of Lucky, they're going to wind up giving him such meaning material that they could not give Greg Vaughn. That's what I don't understand. I seriously think they're going to do that. And if they do, that's even crappier than releasing him because that's just a smack of the face. To all the Greg Vaughn fans, not to mention Vaughn himself. It's just the same way as when they treated Sabine on all my children. They brought that Rebecca, but I love Rebecca. I do. But they did say treated her shavily, and that was definitely your own call for it. No reason for that. None. None. I also want to promote Brandon's buzz on October 6th at 10pm Eastern. 10pm Eastern, I should clarify. He will be having on Brett Claywell. Make sure you listen to that show because I think that's going to be awesome. Brett Claywell is from One Life Live. He will be on Brandon's buzz on May, October 6th at 10pm Eastern time. I'm going to be there, you guys should be there too. All in all throughout this, Torsten K is not going on to all my children, which we kind of knew a little bit. He was going to uproot and move away from his family. There was absolutely no way that was going to happen. I know that did shock a lot of people that that was confirmed. But I think this show would be just fine even without him. I know he was a big staple in that show too, but I watched it before he was on it. I can definitely watch it after he's long from it. I don't think that everybody should put their eggs in my basket today and that they're not going to watch all my children without Torsten on the show. They said that about days of our lives with teacher Hall of Drake, who gets to know what days it's doing now, their ratings are a lot better even without them there. Can you believe that? She's on the other foot. So that's why I'm like saying, don't say that. If you know you're for sure you're still going to watch the show. And that's my payment. I know I'm still going to watch it. I know I would not have watched it if Susan Litchy was off the show because that's my main reason for looking at it. But she's been there since it first aired in 1970. So there's a difference. But I think that people will still wind up tuning in to all my children even without Torsten being on the show. And that's just me just from the experience that I have seen with other shows. So, all right, ladies and gentlemen, we are joined by executive producer of the new medical drama series, trauma Mr. Jeffrey Reiner is with us right now. How are you? I'm good. Thank you for having me. Absolutely, sir. Thanks for being here. So, you also produced Friday Night Lights, which is another amazing show. By the way. Thank you very much. Absolutely. Let's talk about this show trauma here. What is so different about this trauma series that you will not expect from any other trauma series out there on TV? Well, I think what's exciting about this show is that first of all, I think we're dealing with everyday heroes who are taking on jobs that are really dangerous and really intense and deal with life and death situations and not in a controlled environment, in a very uncontrolled environment. Imagine anybody doing their job. Imagine doing this interview in the middle of a crowded congested street in San Francisco. You know, it would make it harder, right? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, and imagine trying to save lives in the streets of San Francisco. It's a hectic, dangerous job. And the word trauma is, obviously, it works twofold, not only for the people who they're treating and the type of injuries, but also for how it affects their lives. And so, you know, these are people who are dealing with loss and life and death. And, you know, how does it affect their lives? You know, how do they deal with it? And there's, you know, a lot of times it's humor. A lot of times, you know, you can't take your work on me. You've got to take on almost a different life, you know, a different person. You know, almost a take on a different personality. So, it's just a very immediate urgent show. Right. Because, like I said before, we were actually on, you see them just running to the trauma, basically, pun intended, obviously, but they're running straight to it. At least when they're running straight to all the action, everything that's going on right then and there. And that's really what appeals to me about this show. You see them go straight straight at it. You don't see that. You don't see that on any other show, really. Trust me, I've been on a ride along with these people. And the, you know, they get the call. And the anticipation, when I heard the call, it's like, oh God, I've got to go see this, you know? And, but even something as simple as getting going to a rehabilitation house where a guy's having heart palpitations, you know, and obviously he snuck out and did drugs, you know. The, the, what I was shocked was how much humanity these people had, you know, how much patience they had for these people. And I kept thinking, wow man, how much does this cost in our taxpayers? And, right, but these people had so much, uh, pay those for these people. And, and that made them, I don't know, it was very heroic. You know, my mom was a school teacher and, you know, what she did on a daily basis for, you know, sixth graders, uh, just made her seem like a hero to me. And she wasn't being paid as much as a lot of people in our society. And these people are paid a lot, you know, but they choose this job for twofold. I think they, they, they like the high octane, the urgency of it, but they also at the end of the day, like, fixing people and making them feel better. And, I don't know, if that's not a hero, then you tell me what is. Exactly. That's exactly true. Right there. How much, how much did you have to learn for this show? The reason I have that is because do you guys have, like, the special, you have the special, like, EMTs that are there that help you out right? Yeah. Yeah, we probably have a route. We have a full-time doctor on the set. Uh, and we have paramedics in the writers' room, and we have three paramedics on production. So, at every given time, we usually have one to two paramedics on the set. And a lot of times, I just put them in the show and let them, uh, well, really? Okay. Yeah, it's kind of what we did in front of nightlife. You know, we would use real people. So, you know, why use, uh, a fake person when you can use a real person? And, you know, everybody likes to act. Don't, uh, I can get any person if they know what they're doing in the real job. Like, put them in front of the camera, and they'll end up being really, really good. Right. That's pretty cool to actually be able to see that real people in that kind of a situation. 'Cause, you know, I think that makes it more, more exciting. Because now you're seeing these real people go ahead and do these actions. It may not be like the real deal on the set, but you know what? That's something that they do every single day. I'm just telling you, our actors know what they're doing now. And our actors, you know, they've written them long enough. They've, you know, after eight episodes that we've shot so far, they really know what they're doing. At first, it was really hard. Oh, I believe it. And now they all know, you know, they don't have to tell them what they're doing. They know how to do it. Wow. Yeah, it's pretty great. That's amazing. That's amazing. Well, that's a beautiful thing about actors. You know, they take on their role and you can't fake it. You know, people know, you know, can tell. So, you know, in all the great medical shows, at the end of the day, they know medicine better than, you know, any laymen. And they certainly, all that's missing is their medical school. You know, they may go for that next step. After it was how you're describing it to me, you never know, but that's really amazing. That's really awesome. I, again, I never heard any other show that is in it like this show has been. And speaking personally, as an executive producer, you, besides producing on the small screen, you produced in the big screen and written and directed in for the big screen. What's the, is there like a major difference between the two? One doing that? No, there really isn't anymore. You know, I vowed when I was a young filmmaker to never do television. And as television progressed and became more filmic, it really isn't that big of a difference. You know, I mean, the big difference is you have more time on the big screen. And, but, you know, we have a lot of people who work in trauma, who work on big features. And our, you know, our special effects people, because we have a little less time to do it, a lot less time. But, you know, the great thing about television is that, you know, what we're shooting today is going to be in TV in a month. And the immediacy of, from what's shooting into screening is so quick. And in movies, it takes so long to get a movie off the ground. And, and the beautiful thing as well is that you really get to go back with the characters. And week it and week out, you get to tell the stories of these characters. And they become your friends, you know, and they become like, yeah, and I think, that's, I don't know, I think TV has become so great in our hearts. I actually think people, the average American, actually has a deeper seated relationship with television than they do, than they do with movies. Absolutely. All right, let's plug your, let's plug trauma again. It's on every Monday at 9 Eastern on NBC. If you miss it on NBC, you can catch the full episodes at hulu.com or on NBC.com. We're going to take a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. I'm going to give you a little bit more time. Let's see, we'll be our first one, so make sure you guys check out her. Then we're going to follow in with another trauma star Derek Luke. Two trauma stars back to back. That's crazy, right? Let me hear one. I love the show. You never know what you're going to expect. Make sure you guys check it out. We're going to be back on Monday, all right? From all of us here at BWR, I'm the Bell J. Lee signing off, making sure you guys get the latest buzz with buzz worthy radio. We'll see you guys on Monday. Take care. Hey everybody, this is John Driscoll from Young on the Restless, the new Philip Chancellors of Fourth. You are listening to Buzzworthy Radio right now with Navell. 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