Mark Jordan Legan
Mark Jordan Legan is an American television producer, writer, film historian and radio personality.
Career
He has written for the television programs Gary Unmarried, Dave's World, Grace Under Fire, The Fighting Fitzgeralds, A.N.T. Farm,Mighty Med and Chesapeake Shores.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/949545/Mark-Legan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520053041/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/949545/Mark-Legan |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |title=Mark Legan |access-date=2008-06-30 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/mark-legan/person/29815/summary.html |title=Mark Jordan Legan |publisher= TV.com|access-date=2008-06-30 }}
He created the critically acclaimed satire Thanks and co-wrote the controversial terrorism comedy The Cell, which landed him on the cover of the New York Times Arts & Leisure section ("Funniest script in Hollywood that no one will ever make.").{{cite news |first=David M. |last= Halbfinger |title=The Pitch: A Series About Wacky Terrorists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/arts/television/01cell.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 1, 2005 |access-date=2008-06-21 }}
He appeared regularly on NPR's Day to Day{{cite news |title=Movies So Bad, They're Good |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2131592/ |publisher=Slate.com |access-date=2008-06-30 }} where he wrote and hosted the "Bad Movie"{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/mediacenter/html/slatev_launch_062507.html|title=Slate Magazine Launches "Slate V"|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2008-06-30|date=June 25, 2007}} podcasts that spotlight strange, weird and offbeat cinema from around the world. He also writes and hosts the video series, "NPR & Slate's Summary Judgment" as well as "Summary Judgment" and "The Worst Cinematic Crap That's Ever Been Made" for SlateV.com. He now is a regular contributor to public radio stations KPCC and KCRW in Southern California, where his latest pop culture segment, The Binge, can be heard monthly.
Mark recently launched a brand new podcast "Film Freaks Forever" with his friend and frequent writing partner, Phoef Sutton. It can be heard at all the major podcast sites.{{cite web | url=http://www.writersbone.com/film-freaks-forever | title=Film Freaks Forever! }}
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External links
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Category:American television producers
Category:American television writers
Category:American male television writers
Category:American film and television podcasters
Category:American public radio personalities