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LOS ANGELES, CA, January 2002,
After Derek Grover wrapped his first HiDef sitcom,
Paramount Executives skeptically approached him to launch their new series "One on
One" on the new HiDef 24P format. Five episodes into the show, the management of Paramount
cornered Derek and admitted that "One on One" was by far, the best looking
show they had on Monday night. Quite a compliment to the format and Derek's
mastery of HiDef 24P image making.
But the real compliments came six weeks ago in mid-season, when Touchstone's
Ted Kay and Jason Saville asked Derek to switch over their hit series
"According To Jim", starring Jim Belushi, from film to HiDef. After three
completed episodes to date, he has again converted skeptical studio
executives to believers. "Last week I received a very nice conference call
from the hierarchy of Touchstone praising the look of "According To Jim", as
well as the expert way I transitioned the show from film to HiDef 24P in
mid-season", said Derek.
On January 4th Derek will switch "The Hughley's" from film to HiDef, again in mid-season. The reasoning of the producers?
Unbelievably not cost savings, but the superior look that he achieves with
the cameras. They can't bear to watch "The Hughley's" which airs right
before my other show "One On One".
Think this is the end of Derek's season? Not quite. He will be starting a
new series "The Web" for Touchstone / ABC on January 28th and an additional
series for Paramount on January 24th, 2002.
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