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24 brought some hot food onstage. Erin and I give Tim the works but of course, it is all in fun. The show was picked up with a scheduled start date for the end of July. We had a pickup order for thirteen epi- sodes, but after our fi rst episode aired, we received an order for sixteen episodes, then shortly after that, they bumped it up to eighteen. As with most TV shows, it is important that we capture the dialog with the best means possible in the environment we are given. Boom Operator Erin Paul is the frontman, he reads through the sides and nails down his cues. Erin is solid and smooth with the mic and in full communica- tion with our camera operators working out the framing. Tim, sound utility, preps the wireless mics and handles all the wiring of our actors. His wiring skills are spot on and he is familiar with all the current equipment, mak- ing him invaluable to our sound team. On top of that, the actors love him. Erin, Tim and I talk through the scene after we have seen a marking rehearsal, and we stay alert THIS IS US by Michael Krikorian CAS This Is Us is an hour-long single-camera epi- sodic TV show produced by 20th Century Fox for NBC with wall-to-wall dialog. I received a call to work on the pilot last year late February and was blown away when I read the script. I'm a tough critic when I read through scripts but the pilot moved me. It was by far one of the best scripts I have read and I was extremely excited to be working on it. I called Erin Paul to boom and Tim O'Malley for utility and lucky for me, they both were available. Erin, Tim and I had worked with each other on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., American Horror Story and a few other shows on their double-up units. We became fast friends, worked well to- gether and got along great, which to me is a godsend. I can't recall ever having a disagreement with Erin or Tim, except when Tim doesn't let Erin and I know that crafty Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences.