If ever there was a person who deserves the word “legendary” in front of their name, it would be James Burrows, a TV icon who has directed most of the signature comedy series of the past half-century. He has won 11 Emmys on 47 nominations, five DGA Awards…

It might be a cliché to say someone “does it all,” but it is increasingly clear that Thomas Kail is one of those people. As the Tony Award-winning director of the iconic Broadway smash Hamilton and nominated for In the Heights to Emmy-winning success in…

As writer, showrunner and executive producer of Peacock’s hit limited series Apples Never Fall, Melanie Marnich brought a career’s worth of experience to this project, just as she had in so many others in the past and even this year as well with another…

This week beginning May 30, Amazon will be selling Ron Nyswaner’s 2004 book Blue Days, Black Nights: A Memoir of Desire, a deeply personal look at the journey of its author who continues to be a leading voice in movies and television with a rich and varied…

Victor Levin joins me today for this edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens, where we talk about a number of things in his long career, most specifically the creation of his latest project, Alice & Jack. It’s a PBS limited series starring…

Maya Rudolph joins me for today’s edition of my Deadline video series Behind the Lens, hot on the heels of returning to her old Saturday Night Live stomping ground as host. A highlight was no doubt the return of her dead-on impression of Beyoncé appearing on…

If there is anyone who could rightly ascend to the throne of the “King of Television Comedy” it undoubtedly is Chuck Lorre. With credits over the last quarter-century including Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, Mom, Dharma & Greg, Mike & Molly, Grace U…

Graham Yost, showrunner/executive producer/writer of the Apple TV+ series Silo, may be one of the most prolific of all producers working in television these days; his other credits just this year include fellow Apple hits Masters of the Air and Slow Horses…

For a motion picture feature directorial debut, Celine Song is having a pretty good time navigating its afterlife – meaning awards season. She recently won the prestigious Best First Feature Award from the Directors Guild for her debut film, Past Lives. She…

Oscar-winning producer Mark Johnson joins me this week for a new edition of my Deadline video series, Behind the Lens. He has received his latest Oscar nomination as producer of the Alexander Payne film, The Holdovers. Johnson is unique among producers…

Samy Burch has been on a roll this year. It all started at the Cannes Film Festival where her first produced screenplay, May December, landed in competition at the world’s most prestigious and glamorous film festival. Then it was bought by Netflix in one of…

Never say never to Josh Singer, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who spent 10 years in an effort to bring Leonard Bernstein’s life to the big screen. Along the way he worked with some very big names to do it including first Martin Scorsese, then Steven…