THE WRITER, THE SHOWRUNNER AND THE ROOM

DMc has an interesting analysis today of the British and American systems of writing TV. Like me, he vastly prefers the American system of having a writer-showrunner and a Writing Room. (At the film fest, my writer cronies and I all agreed that there are few things more thrilling than breaking story in The Room.) He claims Canada has the worst of both systems. I'm not sure. I think we don't hire enough staff writers, but I believe that's changing. At least, I think I've convinced a few people...