Whether it’s waiting on a renewal for another season or tackling how to extend a character’s storyline, TV drama creators are almost always dealing with perpetual stress. Katori Hall, the creator, executive producer and showrunner of “P-Valley,” decided to unwind between seasons this year by getting her pilot’s license.
\n\n“Only a showrunner would relax by getting their pilot’s license,” Elizabeth Meriwether, the executive producer and creator of “Furious,” quipped at Variety’s annual Night in the Writers’ Room: Awards Season Edition.
\n\nWhile this achievement was unique to Hall, the other six panelists all rejoiced over the feeling of having that one actor that they wrote a role for and took forever to sign on. For Meriwether and Hall, this is a result of their backgrounds in theater, where they instantly “fall in love with actors.”
\n\n“Am I an actor whore?” Hall joked. “I guess I am. Just beautiful performers that you want to be a part of your tribe, and you want to grow with them and give them an opportunity to grow and give them really amazing work.”
\n\nThe actress in question, for both Hall and “The Drop: A Snowfall Saga” creator, executive producer and writer Malcolm Spellman, was Gail…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/