Josh Schwartz
Josh Schwartz
Joshua Ian "Josh" Schwartzis an American screenwriter and television producer. Schwartz is best known for creating and executive producing the Fox teen drama series The O.C. which ran for 4 seasons. Schwartz is also known for developing The CW's series Gossip Girl based on the book series of the same name and for co-creating NBC's action-comedy-spy series, Chuck...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth6 August 1976
CityProvidence, RI
CountryUnited States of America
The fun thing about TV is you get the opportunity to discover things, and somebody who starts off in a smaller part can really emerge and surprise you.
At first we didn't have a lot of access to New York City, but very quickly, I think people recognized if you were on the show that was a good thing. We always saw the show as a love letter to New York City.
It's really hard in this day and age, with radio and MTV being so consolidated, to get new music out there. I think we've become a really legitimate, viable avenue for getting new music out there.
Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening.
The characters are that vague TV high school age, but they'll be in high school as long as we need them to be.
The idea that an indie-rock kid can be made into a TV idol, a heartthrob, is hilarious and gratifying to people in our world,
She came in and she was just not what you expected in that part,
We just happened to come along at time where there hadn't been a new young adult drama that also could appeal to adults as well in quite some time. We sort of found a little bit of a niche.