Take 153 - Showrunners and Writers Kristin Robinson and Ian Deitchman, It’s Not Like That

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with writing duo Kristin Robinson and Ian Deitchman about their collaboration and new show.

We welcome the dynamic writing duo of Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson to the show. We talk about celebrating wins together, the mechanics of a writing pair and their new show It’s Not Like That. They tell us why they have a shared inbox, being mistaken for a couple couple and the changing dynamics of writing rooms. A deep dive into the world of writing partners navigating today’s TV landscape.

People in this episode

Hosts: Noah Evslin, Dan Rutstein

Guests: Kristin Robinson, Ian Deitchman

Topics covered

• writing
• TV landscape
• collaboration
• showrunners
• writing rooms

Keywords

• writing duo
• TV writing
• showrunners
• It’s Not Like That
• writing rooms

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: It’s Not Like That

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