Busy Philipps, James Van Der Beek, Meredith Monroe and Monica Keena
With all six seasons coming out on a “Complete Series” DVD next week it was a perfect time for the Paley Center for Media to pay tribute to the coming of age series “Dawson’s Creek” on Wednesday night in Beverly Hills. Besides viewing the pilot episode, members of the cast and crew talked about the impact of the show on television and their own lives. Here’s my minute-by-minute rundown:
7:06 PM – Rebecca Faez, Director of External Affairs for The Paley Center takes the podium to introduce how “Dawson’s Creek” impacted a generation when it premiered in 1998 on the WB network. She gives Marc Rashba, Sony Home Entertainment Vice President of Marketing a moment to come up and say a few words.
7:07 PM – Marc thanks the fans first and foremost voicing their wanting the complete series DVD set that arrives in stores on Tuesday.
7:08 PM – Rebecca returns and invites Will Keck from TV Guide to take the stage and begin his moderating duties. Will admits he almost didn’t accept the invite to moderate because he is still upset that creator Kevin Williamson killed off Michelle Williams’s character in the final episode. That said, he also shares his excitement at being a part of this event and introduces the original pilot of “Dawson’s Creek.”
7:12 PM – Pilot is showing and after the teaser (featuring a very young James Van Der Beek and cute-as-hell Katie Holmes) the theme song over the credits is surprisingly NOT the Paula Cole “I Don’t Want To Wait” song that was the chart-topping “Dawson’s Creek” theme. More on that during the panel. FOR MORE CLICK HERE
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