Jane Rosenthal

"When we started Tribeca [studios] it was clearly to do movies in which Bob [De Niro] could serve in a variety of capacities," Rosenthal said in a recent phone interview. "But when you look at the New York film community, there is so much talent here that TV was a natural extension.

She says that when she and De Niro got the pitch from a West Coast producer, David Burke, for "Tribeca," the response was, "God, we have to do this, of course. These were short stories for TV, little movies unto themselves where we could utilize talent in New York, and not only the actors and writers, but crews as well." --From "Street Stories of `Tribeca'" by Verne Gay, NEWSDAY, March 21, 1993