Marti Noxon on ‘Dietland,’ ‘Sharp Objects’ & the power dynamics of TV

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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As showrunner Marti Noxon was preparing to film her new series ‘Dietland’ on AMC, a former colleague from another AMC show, ‘Mad Men,’ accused series creator Matthew Weiner of sexually harassing her. Noxon decided to make a statement in support of the writer, Kater Gordon. Noxon tells us why she felt the need to speak up and talks about her two new series-- ‘Dietland' and ‘Sharp Objects.’

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.
0:05.3	The ripple effect of just me saying that I believe her, and this is the context in which that is so illegal,
0:12.1	felt like I could lose friendships and relationships over it.
0:16.6	And did you?
0:17.3	A little bit, yeah.
0:18.0	When Marty Knoxon's former colleague on AMC's Madman, Cater Gordon, accused series creator Matthew Weiner of sexual harassment,
0:27.2	Knoxin decided to speak out on Gordon's behalf.
0:30.3	It was a bold move as even then Knoxon was preparing to film her new series, Dietland, for AMC.
0:37.9	Whatever blowback might have come, Dietland is now airing on the cable channel,
0:41.9	and meanwhile, Knoxon has another new series, Sharp Objects, on HBO.
0:46.6	She tells us how she went from spending years as the number two person on TV shows
0:50.8	to running the show, or shows, herself.
0:54.2	But first we banter.
0:55.9	Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.
1:04.3	I am joined by my partner in banter.
1:06.5	Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter.
1:07.9	Hello, Matt.
1:08.6	Hi there.
1:09.5	So this is a very big news week, and I'm going to
1:11.9	hit a couple of points fairly quickly before we talk about the big deal of the day, which is Disney's
1:16.5	acquisition of Fox, which seems to be completely clear sailing at this point. First of all, Sinclair
1:22.0	broadcasting, very conservative, potential rival to Fox News, thought it was going to buy Tribune stations, which
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