Then together I hired two other writing assistants of mine, and then my lawyer recommended somebody. “So I hired Scott Reynolds, who started out as my writing assistant and ended up as executive producer, he’s my number two. “That made it really hard for me,” he explained. WGA had filed a lawsuit against Hollywood’s major talent agencies, and now none of the writers had agents. While he was assembling his writers room, the Writers Guild of America was in a stand-off with the Association of Talent Agents. Going back to the airport - the whole thing took one day - I called Gary.”Īfter Levine picked up on the first ring, Phillips was brief: “I said, ‘He’s in.’ Then Gary said, ‘Go hire a writing room.'”Īt this point, Phillips told THR, things got a little trickier. “Half an hour into the pitch he said, ‘Stop.
“I thought for a nanosecond and I said, ‘You bet.'” He then took 10 days to come up with the show’s concept before flying into the city from Martha’s Vineyard and meeting with Hall to pitch him. That’s when Levine revealed that not only was Hall ready to come back, but the network wanted Phillips to serve as showrunner.
“Gary Levine, the president of entertainment for Showtime, called me up and said, ‘I’m going to be in New York, want to have lunch?’ And I said, ‘Gary, you’ve got two daughters who live in New York. That decision - both for Hall and Phillips, who ran the show for its first four seasons - was made 28 months ago, on July 1, 2019, Phillips told The Hollywood Reporter Tuesday on the show’s world premiere red carpet in New York City. Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody Inspire Showtime Comedy 'Seasoned'
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