Mel's Diner

Interviews with TV industry figures over their favorite meals.

About Mel’s Diner

You'd be amazed, the things people will spill when their mouths are full. B&C Executive Editor Melissa Grego reports on her dining excursions with the industry's players at their favorite restaurants, offering a window into what's truly eating TV's tastemakers (yep, puns intended).

Mel's Diner navigates the intersections of food, the TV business and the people who work in it, with posts on everything from who dines where (see our 'Fly on the Wall' series) to the can't-miss joints in cities where the industry gathers. What's the etiquette for working meals? What's cooking at the studio commissaries? Find out at Mel's Diner, open all night.

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INTERVIEWS

Kevin Reilly's Recipe for a Do-Over

Hugh Hefner: A Man of Many Appetites

Paul Buccieri: An Anti-Pundit With A Plan

Brian Frons: Disney-ABC TV Daytime Chief Looks for ‘The View' to Kill

John Nogawski: CBS Keeps 'Open Dialogue' With Oprah

Chuck Lorre on Comedy Ingredients: Corporate Chicken, Deep-Fried Running Shoes and A Dash of Bitterness

WXYZ Boss Bob Sliva: Keeping the Lights on in Detroit

Jim Packer: Old Favorites Keep the Lion Roaring

Jimmy Kimmel: Two Nut-Averse Italians Walk Into a Taco Shop...

Fremantle's Cecile Frot-Coutaz: In Search of the Next ‘American Idol'

Tony Vinciquerra: The Top of Fox's TV Food Chain