Hollywood’s top showrunners and creatives snuck out of their respective writers’ rooms for Variety’s annual Showrunner Breakfast on August 14. The intimate gathering was held at Oleander at The Sun Rose Hotel in West Hollywood, California, honoring top showrunners, including some listed in Variety‘s 2026 Showrunners Impact Report.
\n\nAs the room finished munching on their breakfast quiches and sipping cups of coffee, top showrunners and producers from Apple TV’s “Your Friends & Neighbors,” Netflix’s “The Diplomat,” Apple TV’s “Shrinking,” FX’s “Welcome to Wrexham” and Adult Swim’s “Rick and Morty” joined Variety‘s executive TV editor Michael Schneider for a panel discussing the timely topics on everyone’s minds — from network notes, the changing state of the writers’ room to AI.
\n\nWhen it comes to navigating network notes, showrunners are often tasked with getting their version of the show across against what the network exec’s version might be. For “Your Friends & Neighbors” boss Jonathan Tropper, the most helpful notes ask about the writer’s intention.
\n\n“You know, ‘I don’t know if that emotion is landing the way you think it is,’ or ‘I don’t understand, he seems to be acting like a dick here. Do you mean for him to be acting…
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