Surviving The Survivors

<p>By the time I started work on <em>The Survivors</em> I had a five-year body of film and television work behind me that I was proud of and I was under contract to mighty Universal Studios in Hollywood. Then came chaos. I had never experienced anything like what went on during the production of that show. I wasn't prepared. Writing a no-holds-barred diary was part survival mechanism and part anger management.It helped me deal with my disappointment relative to my expectations. What took place behind the scenes was far more dramatic than whatever ended up on the screen.   </p><p>--Robert Lipton</p><p></p>