Celebration Time!

Well it’s official. After two years of planning, shooting, editing, sweating and worrying, the Boomers! series is on the air. Time to celebrate with our cast and crew. See us having fun at the Milky Way Lounge and Bowling Alley below!

It was a little over two years ago that I sat at my desk daydreaming about the next stage of my life. At the age of 58, when, where and how to retire were on my mind more frequently. With thirty plus years of television production under my belt, I thought about how cool it would be to work on a series about where I might live next and what I might be doing there. And what will my fellow Boomers be doing, where will they want to live, will they retire and how can we all keep having fun?

One of the perks of working in television production is that you get to travel to lots of places and meet interesting people while getting paid. Why not get paid to work on a series about the issues I had on my mind? I did an Internet search to see what kinds of programs were out there for the Boomer demographic. Surprise, surprise, there were none!

So I decided to take some action. I created a rough outline for a series and made a call to an old friend, John Carver, who had done a lot of fundraising over the years for PBS shows. He liked the idea for a Boomers magazine show and signed on.

I thought about who I'd like to work with producing this show. That’s how Mark and Nancy Mills became involved. We put a proposal together, threw in a ton of sweat equity, shot and edited our pilot show on no budget.

Several months later, Fidelity Investments and Pulte/Del Webb Homes agreed to fund the series and here we are today. We went out to celebrate Saturday night in advance of the series premier in Boston Sunday morning. Even though I’d seen the show many times, it was pretty amazing to see it on my own TV. I talked with Nancy after the show and we both felt great about our team and about having a series that we hope will be meaningful for other Boomers.

Coming up with ideas for television shows is easy. Getting something funded, produced and on the air is difficult. But every once in a while, with the right idea at the right time, dreams can come true.

Thanks for watching. Spread the word. Now that we’ve got the first 13 shows done, we're already dreaming about our second season.

Bill Charette, Creator, Director of Photography and Executive Producer

Photos from party at Milky Way Lounge, Jamaica Plain, MA


Bill Charette, Nancy Mills, and producer Paul Stern


Mark and Nancy get ready to bowl


Audio guy John Osborne and internet guru Dan Bricklin


Party animals from the Boomers! music team


Mark being interviewed by Dan Bricklin for a podcast. Dan, co-creator of the first PC spreadsheet, has a huge following on his web site. A year ago Dan helped us get our blog started. You can see his report on the Boomers! party and listen to the podcast at Dan Bricklin's Log.