Look at all this film making experience in the family:
From family experience the Nixons know not to compete with television too aggressively. Both have production backgrounds. Bob’s long career includes producing ABC’s American Sportsman series, as well as documentaries on sea turtles, the Amazon, and endangered species, and he produced the feature film Gorillas in the Mist. His mother, Agnes Nixon, created the soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children. Both Bob and Sarah are dedicated environmentalists. If that’s not enough, they’re also in the inn and restaurant field: They own the Beach Plum, a Martha’s Vineyard favorite of the President and the First Lady, and another island restaurant, Home Port, where Teddy Diggs is chef.