Week Two with guest John Wells
Deadline Strike Talk
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The Advantages of Working in a Room on a Show
"I need four writers to break eight episodes. They say you get two." "That was just a point I couldn't win," he says of the writer's rooms on shows like "ER" and "The West Wing" Writer: Streamers cherry-pick people who have worked with other show staffs, forcing them into many rooms. He asks why legacy networks are taking this issue on when it will only benefit their competitors.
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