Featuring a lineup of immersive workshops, keynote speakers from the film and television industry, and more, the Writers Guild Foundation’s WGFestival concluded March 25 in Los Angeles. Kicking off the last day of the Writers Guild of America non-profit’s weekend-long event was an insightful and inspiring panel spotlighting three seasoned showrunners: Lauren Gussis, executive producer and showrunner of Netflix’s upcoming series “Insatiable” and co-executive producer of “Dexter”; Barbara Hall, executive producer and showrunner of “Madam Secretary” and creator of “Joan of Arcadia”; and Jennie Snyder Urman, executive producer and showrunner of “Jane the Virgin.”
The conversation, moderated by Variety’s deputy editor Pat Saperstein, not only touched on the long and venerable list of TV shows shaped by the panelists, but also sparked a larger conversation on diversity and the role of women in Hollywood’s film and TV industry today.
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On being a woman in entertainment.Hall’s early experiences as a TV writer were heavily focused on sitcoms before
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