Executive producer and writer, TOM FONTANA. He was writer and producer for the TV show, "St. Elsewhere." He's currently executive producer along with filmmaker Barry Levinson, of "Homicide: Life on the Street," a new cop drama on NBC, that reviewers say goes beyond the usual formula offering, a "more complex psychological portrait." It's set in Baltimore. FONTANA is also the creator and executive producer of a new show to be aired this fall, "Philly Heat," on ABC.
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