He and his wife, Patti Heid, live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the hourlong drama is filmed. He cleans up, takes the trash out, walks the dog, baby-sits the sister. She has to clean up her room, keep all her things tidy. After that, the series becomes exclusive to cable's USA Network and the entire USA Broadcasting Group. Directing the film commission is a major job that involves attracting millions of dollars in revenue for the city.
Production companies stay in hotels, go to restaurants, rent cars.
They throw money around. Viewers voted on the worst music videos of all time. Next month, the show marks its silver anniversary with 25 charity performances. The gala kickoff anniversary performance will be held June 7 at Herbst Theatre to benefit the Young Conservatory at the American Conservatory Theater and the University of California at San Francisco's cancer center. Supervising Producer-Writers are Mary Hanes and Jason Milligan, successful playwrights turned TV scribes.