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Interview
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wanted to write for TV.
He began his assault on
Hollywood as an assis-
tant to former Saturday
Night Live writer Marga-
ret Oberman.
He got his first break
on the Dick Wolf-pro-
duced WB series D.C.
From there, he wrote
made-for-television
movies for CBS, MTV and
VH1, as well as pilots for
ABC Family, MTV, NBC ,
Sony and FOX.
James earned a Day-
time Emmy nomina-
tion in 2001 writing for
MTV’s Spyder Games. In
2007, he merged his pas-
sion for tennis and writ-
ing and began blogging
and reporting for Tennis
Chanel, Tennis Magazine
and USA Today. He also
co-wrote young adult
novel The Academy:
Game On.
A graduate of Syracuse
University’s S.I. New-
house School of Public
Communications, James
currently resides in Los
Angeles. Here, he talks
about the new season of
Hit the Floor. The show
airs Tuesday nights on
BET at 10 pm ET/PT.
a show that wasn’t my
passion project. It didn’t
feed me, although I had
fun writing it. And af-
terwards, I needed some
sort of a palette cleanser
and I decided I’m going to
just write this one show
without paying atten-
tion to what people are
asking for, or asking my-
self is this what’s hot and
what’s selling, or what
will my agent or the net-
works think of this. And
I sat down and wrote an
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original pilot that hasn’t
been made yet, but has
gotten me every meet-
ing I’ve had ever since.
My career did a total 180
when I started writing
what entertains me and
what I find fun instead of
stuff that was just for the
paycheck, because that
kills you.
KW: How would you
describe the show in 25
words or less?
JL: Behind the scenes
professional basketball
through the eyes of the
players, dancers and
managers. It’s sex, dra-
ma, dancing, and sports!
moles. [Laughs and looks
around]
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KW: Have you spent a
lot of time around any
professional players and
cheerleaders?
JL: Yes, I researched
the show in order for the
characters to be real, and
I spent time speaking
to players and dancers,
and I definitely have my
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Kam Williams: Hi
James, thanks for the in-
terview.
James LaRosa: Nice to
speak with you, Kam.
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KW: Congratulations
on the fourth season of
“Hit the Floor.” What in-
spired you to create the
series?
JL: Thank you. Early in
my career, I was writing
what I thought people
would go for and I didn’t
like what I was doing,
but you want to pay
your bills and you want
to launch things. You’d
hear that a network was
looking for a hospital
drama or a certain kind
of show and everyone
would get the same mes-
sage and everyone would
develop the same show,
and I was on that track.
too. So I’d just finished
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