"A Showrunner Defined" from ATX
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Greg Garcia (creator, My Name Is Earl), Tracey Wigfield (creator, Great News), Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (The Carmichael Show), Bob Daily (Superior Donuts), and Javier Grillo-Marxuach (The Middleman) discuss what the job of showrunner actually entails, swapping stories, asking each other for advice, and giving insight into the lessons theyve learned along the way. Moderated by Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries).
Recorded at ATX Television Festival on June 11, 2017.
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| 0:00.0 | Picture this. Static cars, idling engines, angry horns. |
| 0:08.6 | Now, picture you, zooming past it all. |
| 0:13.8 | Light and breezy. |
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| 0:32.1 | Hi, it's me, Ben. |
| 0:33.9 | And this is sort of an ad, but it's not really an ad |
| 0:37.2 | because I'm telling you about something |
| 0:38.4 | that I give a damn about. We've talked in the past about the ATX television festival. You've heard |
| 0:44.8 | recordings as podcasts that we've put out that were recorded at ATX from past years. It really is |
| 0:51.6 | one of my favorite things to do, one of my favorite times of year. |
| 0:55.4 | It's happening this year, June 7th to 10th. It's right around the corner. So go to Austin and do it. |
| 1:01.2 | And they're doing some cool stuff there. They've got a Nash Bridges' Writers' Room reunion. |
| 1:07.1 | They've got the creators of the Goodwife and the good fight, the people behind the Americans, |
| 1:11.0 | boy meets world, drunk history. |
| 1:13.6 | David Simon will be there. |
| 1:15.8 | But in addition to the festival, ATX has started a podcast and you should listen to it. |
| 1:21.7 | It takes a deep dive with some of the biggest names in television. |
| 1:24.9 | It's called The TV Campfire. |
| 1:27.2 | It's a podcast about all things TV. |
| 1:28.9 | It's like going to the festival, but you don't have to leave your home. What I love about the festival |
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