TCA: Thomas Schlamme Demands 'Pan Am' Isn't Any 'Mad Men'

Ray Richmond is adding to Deadline's coverage of TCA. The truth that ABC's new drama Pan Am is placed throughout the golden chronilogical age of passenger airline travel is placed, like NBC's Playboy Club, within the sixties is constantly on the bring charges the systems are hellbent on benefiting about the zeitgeist produced by AMC's Mad Males. But veteran producer-director Thomas Schlamme, a director and professional producer on Pan Am, told a roomful of experts today at TCA that Mad Males really is not related to broadcast's sudden passion for '60s culture which it's honestly coincidental. "I believe television is simply execution," Schlamme stated. "It isn't the timeframe it happens in. ... It truly is just execution. So that all I'm able to have to say is (this show) really is not related to Mad Males. It simply has related to the very fact our show, hopefully, is going to be performed inside a wonderful way this will let you kind of wish fulfillment which will bring us a sizable audience." Schlamme ongoing, "I believe we are all fans of Mad Males. But literally you have next to nothing related to another -- in addition to shows I have done previously had nothing related to other implies that might have been effective or otherwise effective. It takes place it's occur the '60s. It's a lot of fun period. I really hope you will find implies that begin to be occur the '70s and 1980s and whenever else we are able to celebrate tales." The Pan Am cast and producers also addressed several questions regarding the sexist and misogynistic facets of the series like a mirror from the era, which manifest itself within the pilot using the stewardesses exposed to girdle inspections and weigh-inches. "That's a very good reason to create a show within the '60s," Schlamme stated. "Was it misogynistic? Were women this, were women that? That's great drama immediately.Inch The panel also covered the truth that male lead Mike Vogel is actually a genuine private pilot, that they known as "among the huge draws for me personallyInch to get cast on the program. "Within the cockpit, we now have business we are able to do and it is authentic business. Added Schlamme: "The good thing is we hired a genuine pilot you never know what he's doing. Unhealthy news is we hired a genuine pilot you never know what he's doing."