by Ben Blacker
The definitive insider's guide to our current golden age of television, Ben Blacker's The Writers Panel is an ever expanding anthology of live convention panels and intimate in-studio interviews with the writers, producers, and show runners responsible for all the shows you can't stop watching. Over the course of nearly 500 episodes and counting, The Writers Panel has sat across from guests such as Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (Key and Peele), Liz Meriwether (New Girl), and Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) to talk about the art and business of creating great television. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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April 29, 2025
Sascha Penn, creator/showrunner of Power Book III, explores how non-industry experience benefits showrunning and shares advice for entering the business, in an interview on The Writers Panel.
April 8, 2025
<p><strong>Jonathan Tropper</strong> (creator, Your Friends and Neighbors, Banshee, Warrior) discusses writing a TV show closer in sensibility to his novels, the role of luck in a writing career, writing a non-action show, one key piece of advice about craft, and more.</p><br><p>THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION.</p><p>Follow and support the show by subscribing to Ben Blacker's newsletter, <strong>Re:Writing</strong>, where you'll also get weekly advice from the thousands of writers he's interviewed over the years, as well as access to exclusive live Q&As, meet-ups, and more: <a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/64136d56d4086100118cc769/episodes/benblacker.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">benblacker.substack.com</a></p><br><p>Come see <strong>Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Busy Philipps, Joshua Malina, Janet Varney</strong>, <strong>and more </strong>in The Thrilling Adventure Hour live in a city near you! <a href="https://thrillingadventure.live" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thrillingadventure.live</a> for details.</p><br><p>SOCIALS:</p><p>Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/benblacker.bsky.social</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bablacker/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bablacker/</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 25, 2025
<p><strong>Veronica West</strong> (creator of Surface, High Fidelity; Dexter: New Blood; Chicago Fire) discusses why she wrote Surface on spec, the elaborate pitch, working with actors, learning on the job, and more.</p><br><p>THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION.</p><p>Follow and support the show by subscribing to Ben Blacker's newsletter, <strong>Re:Writing</strong>, where you'll also get weekly advice from the thousands of writers he's interviewed over the years, as well as access to exclusive live Q&As, meet-ups, and more: <a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/64136d56d4086100118cc769/episodes/benblacker.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">benblacker.substack.com</a></p><br><p>Come see <strong>Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Busy Philipps, Joshua Malina, Janet Varney</strong>, <strong>and more </strong>in The Thrilling Adventure Hour live in a city near you! <a href="https://thrillingadventure.live" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thrillingadventure.live</a> for details.</p><br><p>SOCIALS:</p><p>Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/benblacker.bsky.social</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bablacker/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bablacker/</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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