From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Sometimes our guests have so many interesting things to say that we can't fit it all into one show.

So this week we're bringing you some very tasty leftovers.

Being physically disabled in the sense that you use crutches like I do or you sit in a wheelchair.

That's the last taboo.

I've already spoken to certain actors as saying, no, I don't even want to show you this script yet

because you will just be embarrassed by some of the female parts.

I just don't read the book. Don't read the book.

She's probably not incorrect that that character might be a Trump supporter.

I highly disagree.

Comedy writer Janice Hirsch shares her idea for getting more actors with disabilities on screen

and explains why she would like you to compliment her new crutches.

Writer director Amando Inucci is delighted that his next movie will be a period piece,

David Copperfield, but he's finding that Charles Dickens wrote some lousy parts for women.

And The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel showrunners Amy Sherman Palladino and Daniel Palladino both wrote for the original Roseanne.

They debate the trumpiness of the title character as the ABC reboot is about to launch.

But first, a two-part news banter for a busy week. We take stock of pilot season and we check in on a trial with big ramifications for the industry.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW. I'm joined by a special TV,

Buddy and Banter, Leslie Goldberg of the Hollywood reporter. Hello, Leslie. Hi, Kim. Thanks for

having me. My pleasure. So Leslie, she knows all things television. And we are in the middle of pilot season.

Pilot season seems kind of like a quaint thing now. You know, this is when the big broadcast networks

order up a bunch of pilots, some of them straight to series, some of them not. And then, you know,

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