About this episode

Eric Deggans interviews Hiro Murai about the creative challenges of directing Widow’s Bay and discusses industry news with Kim Masters and Lucas Shaw.

Eric Deggans talks to Hiro Murai, lead director and executive producer of the Apple TV horror-comedy series  Widow’s Bay . They discuss how Murai helped maintain the tricky tone of the Emmy-nominated series, his work with Donald Glover on the FX series Atlanta , and how he keeps the initial spark of creativity alive when dealing with the realities of TV production. Plus, Kim Masters and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw discuss last week’s halt to the Paramount-Warner merger. What the Ellison family once considered a done deal may be a little less certain at the moment.  

People in this episode

Host: Eric Deggans

Guest: Hiro Murai

Topics covered

• horror-comedy
• TV production
• creativity
• mergers
• entertainment industry

Keywords

• Widow’s Bay
• Hiro Murai
• TV production
• creativity
• Paramount-Warner merger

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple TV, FX, Paramount, Warner

Books & works: Widow’s Bay, Atlanta

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