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Writers’ Room

  1. a glossary
    Every Term You Should Know to Understand Hollywood on StrikeInterim agreements are not waivers.
    By Zoe Guy
  2. 2023 writers’ strike
    A Sudsy Chat With Striking Soap WritersNo one’s feeling bubbly.
    By Rebecca Alter
  3. into it
    Atlanta Wasn’t for EveryoneStephen Glover on testing the boundaries of television as his (and his brother’s) show signs off.
    By Sam Sanders
  4. finale-like
    Blowjobs, Breakups, and Beychella: The Insecure Writers’ Room Says Good-byeIssa Rae & Co. on five years of mirror raps and #LawrenceHive vs. Team Daniel.
    By Cate Young
  5. book excerpt
    A Party Room and a Prison Cell: Inside the Friends Writer’s RoomIt was like a vampire, forever hungering for fresh blood to suck.
    By Saul Austerlitz
  6. a long talk
    Janet Mock on Pose: ‘We Did Something Revolutionary’The writer looks back on the first season of FX’s Pose, challenging Ryan Murphy, and the politics of desire.
    By E. Alex Jung
  7. roseanne revival
    Roseanne Writers Might Not Get Severance Pay“Everybody is a little bit on edge.”
    By Hunter Harris
  8. The Scandal Writers Room on the Craziest Twists They Did (and Didn’t) Write“I got a phone call, and the one phone call was, ‘Can you do the entire thing, but can she not be having an affair with the president?’”
    By E. Alex Jung
  9. chewing gum
    Michaela Coel Is Working on Chewing Gum Season 3, This Time With a Writers RoomShe got the idea for a writers room from working on Black Mirror.
    By Dee Lockett
  10. from the archives
    Revisiting David Letterman’s 1987 Writers RoomThe relatively normal bunch of guys behind what was perhaps the creative peak of Late Night.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  11. we have fun
    Here Are All the Jokes Workaholics Is Retiring, and You Should TooThanks, Obama.
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  12. latent racism
    Jon Stewart Told Wyatt Cenac to ‘F*ck Off’ When He Was Challenged About RaceWhew.
    By E. Alex Jung
  13. 1994-95 tv week
    18 Juicy Stories From the Perfectly Bonkers Third Season of Melrose PlaceSeries creator Darren Star and other golden-era M.P. scribes tell all.
    By Denise Martin