He and Ron Taylor, then the voice of Audrey II, shared a Drama Desk Award in 1982.
Forget the niche appeal of the Danish power-sharing drama Borgen – maybe when Simon Cowell disposes of the idea of winners and makes the X Factor finalists form a terrible coalition band together then we can agree that tastes have changed.
Toby Whithouse's brilliant Being Human is a paranormal house-share drama, The Simpsons have made Halloween their own with the regular Treehouse of Horror episodes, and Doctor Who, with the Jamesian Mark Gatiss among its creative team, has channelled MR James in phantasmal Victorian episodes.
But, it goes on, we must wait a day before sharing TV drama spoilers, two days for films and a month for plays.
Be aware that attention seekers find every way possible to share the drama around and draw attention to themselves.
John Cameron Mitchell, the star, writer and director of the glam-rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," picked up the directing award for drama and shared the audience award for drama with the film's producers, Christine Vachon, Katie Roumel and Pamela Koffler.
O'Donnell, a self-described fan of the NBC musical drama, shared the news -- in all caps -- on Twitter.
Sophia Bush, who played Brooke Davis on the teen drama, shared a group photo on Instagram that included her former castmates Bethany Joy Lenz, Daphne Zuniga, Antwon Tanner and Paul Johansson.
On July 7, as the wrenching video live-streamed by Diamond Reynolds went viral on Facebook, as we watched her four-year-old daughter Dae'Anna witness her mother's boyfriend die, as we saw the gun and heard the voice of the cop who killed Castile, as their literal terror became our virtual terror, a second drama shared the nation's screens.
Even my younger children, who range in age from 18 to 23, say it's especially useful when it comes to sharing dating dramas.
