Mark Schwahn

A One Tree Hill suit, exec producer Mark Schwahn, says, "The specter of Dawson's Creek is always around us. We're about to [complete] 128 episodes, which is what Dawson's did. So I thought it would be cool to get James."

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"The first thing out of my mouth was: 'I don't want to do TV,' " Schwahn said. "I was such a knucklehead feature writer." "I really have embraced television," he said. "The writer has creative control in television, and it's very fulfilling to make a mini feature every nine days."

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"Call it painfully earnest, but for most of the country, earnest isn't painful," Schwahn said. "I won't apologize or make excuses for wearing our hearts on our sleeves. "

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"They (the CW) doesn't owe me that, but I feel like they owe it to the fans," Schwahn said.

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"We all make a lot of money making this TV show," Schwahn said. "We feel very fortunate to have jobs."

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"The specter of Dawson's Creek is always around us," says Mark Schwahn, who exec produces Hill on the same production lot in Wilmington that was once used by Creek. "We're about to [complete] 128 episodes, which is what Dawson's did,"

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"The specter of Dawson's Creek is always around us," says Mark Schwahn, who exec produces Hill on the same production lot in Wilmington that was once used by Creek. "We're about to [complete] 128 episodes, which is what Dawson's did," says Schwahn. "So I thought it would be cool to get James."

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