How Zoom provides a workaround — albeit a clumsy one — for one of the key features of the writers room
They're not much to look at — typically bland conference suites tucked away on studio lots or office parks. But in the TV world, there is no more sacred ground than the writers room. Inside is where the magic happens: a safe space where writing staffs convene to gossip, snack, argue and — if all goes according to plan — produce a season's worth of addictive television.
"We had to have CBS license Zoom because it works for free for 40 minutes and today’s session was from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.," says John Hlavin, co-showrunner of CBS All Access'The beauty of Zoom — which has been adopted by Sony and Warner Bros. as the teleconferencing software of choice — is that it allows writers to look at their scripts as they discuss them. "But Zoom was better for putting the script and people onscreen at the same time.
The 10-episode, straight-to-series order was about halfway through its writing process, headquartered at Kurtzman's Santa Monica-based production company, Secret Hideout. Those meetings now take place in a Zoom window. "The plan so far as we know is to deliver what we can deliver and hopefully start up again when it's safe — but timing is ... one day at a time," says Royce. "We have all the drafts written and now we're revising drafts of the last three or four episodes." is one of several shows waiting to hear what could become of the remainder of their seasons.
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