Dana Klein & Matt Kuhn (DMV)
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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DMV showrunners Dana Klein (9JKL; Fresh Off the Boat; Friends) and Matt Kuhn (Doogie Kameāloha, MD; Fresh Off the Boat) discuss pitching and selling the show, keeping a positive and open writers' room together, what they look for in samples when staffing, how comedy has changed since Friends and How I Met Your Mother (where each began), keeping inspired, and more.
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