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    The Business

    From the DC to Hollywood: Making '1600 Penn'

    A former Obama speechwriter and 'Modern Family' director make TV comedy.

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    By Kim Masters • Jan 7, 2013 • 28m Listen

    A former Obama speechwriter and Modern Family director join forces to create the new NBC comedy, 1600 Penn.

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    2 stories
    1. 0:00

      The Hollywood News Banter

      Kim Masters and John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, banter about some of this week’s top Hollywood news stories. - 2012's big box office - Oscar e-voting hits snafus that could affect nominations - Zero Dark Thirty controversy, the CIA and the Senate - Current TV sells to Al Jazeera

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      '1600 Penn'

      1600 Penn is a family comedy set in the White House. It features Josh Gad (Book of Mormon star) who co-created it with our guests, Jason Winer and Jon Lovett. Winer is an old TV hand who's directed episodes of New Girl as well as the pilot and many subsequent episodes of Modern Family. But this is Lovett's first Hollywood gig.

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      1 min
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:001 min

      The Hollywood News Banter

    2. 0:001 min

      '1600 Penn'

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