Build Your Own Night of Television, Plus an Interview With ‘Russian Doll’ Director Leslye Headland | The Watch (Ep. 328)

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4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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We build our ideal night of network television from a landscape of streaming comedies and network dramas (2:50). The director of ‘Russian Doll,’ Leslye Headland, joins the show to talk about her personal inspirations for the show (39:50) and creating the loop timeline (52:58). Host: Chris Ryan Guests: Alison Herman, Andrew Gruttadaro, Leslye Headland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
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0:49.6	Hello and welcome to the watch, my name is Chris Ryan.
0:52.7	I am editor at theringer.com and I have no indie green wall today, but that's okay because
0:57.3	I was joined by some really great guests today.
1:00.9	First we have Alison Herman and Andrew Gruderdaro who joined me to conduct a little TV experiment.
1:07.1	So basically I was thinking about what Andy and I were saying last week about the landscape
1:11.6	of television, the 385% increase since 2014 and scripted TV and it made me a little bit
1:18.8	nostalgic for the era of when you would go home, you'd kind of maybe grab a slice on
1:23.7	the way home, maybe you'd get a little dinner, sit on the couch, 8pm, turn on your TV and
1:29.2	then you'd watch TV until like 1130 or 12 and then you would go to bed.
1:33.2	Now that might be an extreme version for some people, maybe you watch just an hour of
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