The Polygamous Stylings Of 'Big Love'

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Published January 9, 2009 at 4:52 PM EST

Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer are writers and producers for Big Love, the HBO series that follows the complicated family dynamics of a man and his three wives.

This interview was originally broadcast on Aug. 1, 2007.

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