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Denis Leary and Peter Tolan are busy men. As the two executive producers behind FX’s phenomenal drama Rescue Me, the two have had their plate full ever since the WGA strike ended. For those that haven’t heard, Rescue Me was renewed for a network-length 22 episode season scheduled to air in spring 2009. I had the opportunity to sit in on a conference call with Leary and Tolan earlier today and both pointed out that this is an entirely different animal since they’re used to producing 13 episode seasons. Leary was quick to make a sports analogy: they pretty much have been working on season five since last year’s football season and they probably won’t wrap until next year’s basketball playoffs. He also made an alcohol analogy: it’s like they’re in TV rehab. Coming from the guy who plays Tommy Gavin, I’d say that’s fairly appropriate.

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