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    The Business

    Showrunners on TV staffing season without agents

    It’s TV staffing season: when writers look for jobs. But this year, writers have fired their agents in their battle over packaging fees. Still, showrunners Mike Royce and Valentina Garza say the seats in the writers rooms will be filled.

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    By Kim Masters • May 10, 2019 • 28m Listen

    With TV staffing season well underway, we invited two showrunners, Valentina Garza and Mike Royce, to tell us how they are managing at an unprecedented time in the business. As the Writers Guild battles the big talent agencies, Garza and Royce had to put together writing staffs without the help of agents for the first time ever. They tell us how they’re handling staffing through resources like an online portal, hashtags and meetups. And Royce, who’s co-creator of the canceled Netflix series ‘One Day at a Time,’ gives us an update on the status of that sitcom.

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    2 stories
    1. 1:11

      Hollywood news banter

      CBS recently censored a musical segment on ‘The Good Fight’ that was all about China.

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      9 min
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      Valentina Garza and Mike Royce on TV staffing season without agents

      Last month, members of the Writers Guild fired their agents en masse, after agencies refused to do away with packaging fees.

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      Kim Masters

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

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 1:119 min

      Hollywood news banter

    2. 9:5219 min

      Valentina Garza and Mike Royce on TV staffing season without agents

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