Podcast appearances and mentions of Tracey Wigfield

Luigi: The musical. What??? And Jamie Lee Curtis' big cosmetic surgery regret. Plus, 30 ROCK alums Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield talk about showrunning with Tina Fey on their new Netflix series THE FOUR SEASONS, the stellar cast, writing staff and why an homage to the original Alan Alda film. 00:00 Introduction and Jacob Emrani Message00:39 Welcome to the Culture Pop Podcast01:38 Luigi Mangione Musical Discussion09:06 Jamie Lee Curtis and Plastic Surgery Regrets15:20

Welcome to TV Break, where Pop Break's Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television.Here's the format of the show:The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month – Alex, Bill, & Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including HBO's The Last of Us, Disney Plus's Daredevil: Born Again and Andor, and Netflix's Everybody's Live with John Mulaney.Newsbreak – This month, they discuss a recent report claiming that Andor is worth $300M in revenue to Disney Plus. They dive into that and all the other analytics in the report regarding Star Wars on Disney Plus.Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Josh and Alex both went with Disney Plus on thanks to their ability to dominate the nerd space with Andor, Daredevil: Born Again, and Doctor Who and the prestige TV space with Dying for Sex and The Handmaid's Tale.Meanwhile, Bill capes up for Max yet again, thanks to their continued success with hits White Lotus and The Pitt, their big new series The Last of Us and The Rehearsal, the NBA and NHL playoffs, and, once again, AEW.New Series Spotlight – This month they shine their spotlight on Netflix's The Four Seasons. This series stars Tina Fey, Will Forte, Coleman Domingo, Marco Calvani, Kerri Kenney, and Steve Carrell as three pairs of vacationing married couples across four vacations. The series comes from frequent Fey collaborator Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher and is an adaptation of the 1970s Alan Alda film of the same name.

#TheFourSeasons #Netflix #TinaFey #ColmanDomingo #WillForte Q&A on the Netflix series The Four Seasons with creator/writer/actor Tina Fey, cast Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver, & Marco Calvani, creator/writer/director Lang Fisher, and creator/writer Tracey Wigfield. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. Three suburban couples vacation together each season, but tensions arise when one couple splits up and the husband brings a much younger woman on subsequent trips.

"The Four Seasons" is a new American comedy miniseries written by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield for Netflix. It is an adaptation of the 1981 film of the same name, starring Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, and Will Forte. Creators and writers Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield were kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work on the show, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the series, which is now available to stream in full on Netflix. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield are the dynamic duo behind the highly anticipated Netflix comedy series THE FOUR SEASONS, a show they co-created with Tina Fey, inspired by the classic 1981 film. Fisher previously co-created the hit NEVER HAVE I EVER and wrote for BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and THE MINDY PROJECT, and Wigfield created SAVED BY THE BELL, GREAT NEWS, and won an Emmy for writing the 30 ROCK finale. THE FOUR SEASONS follows three suburban couples vacationing together each season, but tensions arise when one couple splits up and the husband brings a much younger woman on subsequent trips. In this interview, we talk about the nature of writing for comedy, the changes in the sitcom/comedy landscape, the development of the show, including the initial concept and inspiration from the movie, the writing process for the show, and much more. Want more? Steal my first book, INK BY THE BARREL - SECRETS FROM PROLIFIC WRITERS right now for free. Simply head over to www.brockswinson.com to get your free digital download and audiobook. If you find value in the book, please share it with a friend as we're giving away 100,000 copies this year. It's based on over 400 interviews here at Creative Principles. Enjoy! If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60 seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom of your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

Tracey Wigfield Emily and Tracey catch up on their recent moves and family life. Tracey shares details about her three children - Celine (6), Beatrice (4), and William (5 months). Emily mentions having previously taught Tracey's daughters.Tracey's career journey @ 4:49Tracey discusses her path to becoming a writer, starting in New York on 30 Rock and then moving to LA to work on The Mindy Project, where she met her husband. She reflects on the rapid career progression she experienced early on.Navigating pregnancy and motherhood as a showrunner @ 7:35Tracey opens up about the anxiety and challenges she has faced telling employers about her pregnancies, even as an established showrunner. She shares insights on managing work-life balance, dealing with guilt, and the differences in her experiences with each pregnancy.Raising kids with family support @ 33:53Tracey discusses the benefits and challenges of having a multi-generational household, with her parents and other family members helping to care for the children. She reflects on how this has impacted her parenting approach and the kids' development.Maintaining self-care and hobbies @ 42:03When asked about self-care, Tracey humorously admits to hiding in the bathroom to play a mobile game, acknowledging the difficulty of finding time for personal interests as a working mom.

Emmy award-winning writer, actor, and producer Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock, The Mindy Project, Great News, Saved By The Bell Revival, The Four Seasons) has picked “President Barack Obama: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” from the Funny or Die Vault. She and our host, Marcos González, cover everything from tortured metaphors to reboots to news bloopers. Follow along as Tracey and Marcos talk through Obama's acting skills and how shows evolve past their cancellation. Tracey Wigfield is a writer, actor, and showrunner. Tracey worked her way from writer's assistant to staff writer on "30 Rock" (NBC). She and Fey co-wrote the series finale, which won them each an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Following the end of "30 Rock," Wigfield joined the writing staff of "The Mindy Project" (Fox/Hulu), and was eventually named executive producer alongside the show's creator and star, Mindy Kaling. She would also occasionally appear on the show, playing Dr. Lauren Neustadter. In 2017, Wigfield created her own series, the workplace comedy "Great News" (NBC). She also developed the Peacock teen sitcom Saved By The Bell, a revival of the original series of the same name created by Sam Bobrick.  Follow Tracey:  Instagram: @traceywigfield  X: @traceywigfield  Key Moments: (0:00) Intro (1:48) Why Tracey chose Barack Obama: Between Two Ferns  (3:35) How Tracey got into TV writing (7:35) Biggest lessons from 30 Rock (11:39) Climbing up the creative latter  (15:32) Writing the mother-daughter relationship (18:29) TV reboots and nostalgia  (21:30) Final speed round questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women, but I've always loved family drama shows and particularly family businesses, whether it's fictional ones or in real life. I think whether you're talking about the Hiltons, the Kardashians, or the Royal Family, the dynamics of how, where power and money and blood merge is just such a potent and combustible mix that I've always been intrigued by them. I watched them growing up, whether it was Dallas or Dynasty or Six Feet Under, so it was a space which I was really interested in, and wanted to write a black family business show.Myself and my producers, they knew my interest, and we talked around what would a black British business be, and they were interested in cosmetics, which I thought was a really good start because obviously, that's incredibly visual, but for me, hair was the piece that kind of tied it all together. A hair and cosmetics business because black hair is often so politicized, and it's such a way in which black people are sometimes policed in terms of having dreadlocks, having relaxed hair, whether they wear wigs. So it was a way in which we would have a glamorous visual for a show and an entertaining world that's aspirational, but still have a layer in which we get to tell substantive issues about black beauty, about black ownership, about how the spoils from a very lucrative industry often don't go back into the black community. So that's why I was interested in that. It could be glamorous and fun but also have slightly more in-depth issues to talk about as well."Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name."I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women, but I've always loved family drama shows and particularly family businesses, whether it's fictional ones or in real life. I think whether you're talking about the Hiltons, the Kardashians, or the Royal Family, the dynamics of how, where power and money and blood merge is just such a potent and combustible mix that I've always been intrigued by them. I watched them growing up, whether it was Dallas or Dynasty or Six Feet Under, so it was a space which I was really interested in, and wanted to write a black family business show.Myself and my producers, they knew my interest, and we talked around what would a black British business be, and they were interested in cosmetics, which I thought was a really good start because obviously, that's incredibly visual, but for me, hair was the piece that kind of tied it all together. A hair and cosmetics business because black hair is often so politicized, and it's such a way in which black people are sometimes policed in terms of having dreadlocks, having relaxed hair, whether they wear wigs. So it was a way in which we would have a glamorous visual for a show and an entertaining world that's aspirational, but still have a layer in which we get to tell substantive issues about black beauty, about black ownership, about how the spoils from a very lucrative industry often don't go back into the black community. So that's why I was interested in that. It could be glamorous and fun but also have slightly more in-depth issues to talk about as well."www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

"So, in terms of going into the UK as a first-time showrunner. Of course, the UK and the US systems are quite different. Really the showrunner model is very much the American system. While the UK historically has a much more lead writer who then hands over the scripts to the producer who then hands them over to the director.But I was clear that I do feel that if one has the desire and the ability to be a much more big-picture showrunner, I think that's to the best. That benefits the show because there's a creative voice running all the way through. This isn't a movie, where it's a director's medium. It is the writer's medium, so I think the writer should be across producing and also empowering the director, but there is a clear vision.In terms of leadership, it wasn't very much about ultimately starting to say, Okay, this is what it is, and being confident in that. And also acknowledging when one makes mistakes, you know, because you're making a lot of decisions in a very short period of time.And I think it's important to give credit where it's due as well and that was also true of being a director. It's important to give credit. So have a vision, and work with those people to have the vision. Listen to what they're saying, listen to their ideas. And making television just makes it crucial to sort of have a vision, but be able to pivot."Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name."So, in terms of going into the UK as a first-time showrunner. Of course, the UK and the US systems are quite different. Really the showrunner model is very much the American system. While the UK historically has a much more lead writer who then hands over the scripts to the producer who then hands them over to the director.But I was clear that I do feel that if one has the desire and the ability to be a much more big-picture showrunner, I think that's to the best. That benefits the show because there's a creative voice running all the way through. This isn't a movie, where it's a director's medium. It is the writer's medium, so I think the writer should be across producing and also empowering the director, but there is a clear vision.In terms of leadership, it wasn't very much about ultimately starting to say, Okay, this is what it is, and being confident in that. And also acknowledging when one makes mistakes, you know, because you're making a lot of decisions in a very short period of time.And I think it's important to give credit where it's due as well and that was also true of being a director. It's important to give credit. So have a vision, and work with those people to have the vision. Listen to what they're saying, listen to their ideas. And making television just makes it crucial to sort of have a vision, but be able to pivot."www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name."I think leadership, particularly for women, can be a very dicey proposition because there's a lot of unconscious bias that we have to unpack, and sometimes that's internalized as well. And sometimes it's when you go before other people, but I think the confidence to know that one has earned one's place there. And it was important for me to remember, I do not have to be perfect because there is a perfectionism thing, you can and will make mistakes, and that shouldn't mean that you never get another opportunity or that you are punished for it.And if your collaborators aren't human and empathetic enough to know that we all make mistakes, sometimes that's a problem with the collaborators as well. And leadership is also about picking the right people, you know? Sometimes if you pick the wrong people, moving on from that decision as quickly as possible to rectify it.""I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women.I feel like in a way learning to be a producer and to showrun... and the character Nina is learning to do those things as a CEO as well. First thing I think was that understanding that these things are incredibly collaborative. You know, you can be more than sum of your parts with the people if you have their trust and you listen to them. But I also think it's important to remember that the buck stops somewhere, and there has to be a decision-maker. So it's that thing about trying to be a better listener and listening to the people around you and empowering the people around you to do their jobs well, but also being able to have those sticky, difficult conversations."www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

"I think leadership, particularly for women, can be a very dicey proposition because there's a lot of unconscious bias that we have to unpack, and sometimes that's internalized as well. And sometimes it's when you go before other people, but I think the confidence to know that one has earned one's place there. And it was important for me to remember, I do not have to be perfect because there is a perfectionism thing, you can and will make mistakes, and that shouldn't mean that you never get another opportunity or that you are punished for it.And if your collaborators aren't human and empathetic enough to know that we all make mistakes, sometimes that's a problem with the collaborators as well. And leadership is also about picking the right people, you know? Sometimes if you pick the wrong people, moving on from that decision as quickly as possible to rectify it.""I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women.I feel like in a way learning to be a producer and to showrun... and the character Nina is learning to do those things as a CEO as well. First thing I think was that understanding that these things are incredibly collaborative. You know, you can be more than sum of your parts with the people if you have their trust and you listen to them. But I also think it's important to remember that the buck stops somewhere, and there has to be a decision-maker. So it's that thing about trying to be a better listener and listening to the people around you and empowering the people around you to do their jobs well, but also being able to have those sticky, difficult conversations."Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name."Really early on, a producer said something to me, which I thought was just the worst thing ever, and she said something along the lines of you have to understand you aren't necessarily going to peak early. And at that point, that seemed like a horrible thing to say to a wannabe writer, but I think in retrospect, almost about 20 years into my professional career, it is a really good note and it's a note that's even more important now because, at that point, it was like I wanted to have my first show by this age.You have these markers in your head, but writing careers are unpredictable. You know, there aren't sort of linear, you get promoted each year. It's just, the industry is changing. So I think it's important to be really aware when you start on the endeavor, it could be a longer journey than you imagine, and the fact that it's not happening right away isn't necessarily indicative of failure.If you keep writing, if you're constantly learning with all the new scripts, and just keep doing the work... I think particularly a generation for whom experience feels like a weird thing because they grew up in a world where Zuckerberg was a billionaire at 20-something, so they expect to land on their big ideas so much earlier.And so that creates a lot of anxiety and fear and a sense of failure so early on, when actually just living your life, keep writing, keep doing the work. It might take longer, you know? But this idea that you are obsolete by 30 if you are having a hit the thing, I think it's just really just a terrible trauma and burden to carry on one's self. So it might take a minute, but it can still happen. It can always happen."www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

"Really early on, a producer said something to me, which I thought was just the worst thing ever, and she said something along the lines of you have to understand you aren't necessarily going to peak early. And at that point, that seemed like a horrible thing to say to a wannabe writer, but I think in retrospect, almost about 20 years into my professional career, it is a really good note and it's a note that's even more important now because, at that point, it was like I wanted to have my first show by this age.You have these markers in your head, but writing careers are unpredictable. You know, there aren't sort of linear, you get promoted each year. It's just, the industry is changing. So I think it's important to be really aware when you start on the endeavor, it could be a longer journey than you imagine, and the fact that it's not happening right away isn't necessarily indicative of failure.If you keep writing, if you're constantly learning with all the new scripts, and just keep doing the work... I think particularly a generation for whom experience feels like a weird thing because they grew up in a world where Zuckerberg was a billionaire at 20-something, so they expect to land on their big ideas so much earlier.And so that creates a lot of anxiety and fear and a sense of failure so early on, when actually just living your life, keep writing, keep doing the work. It might take longer, you know? But this idea that you are obsolete by 30 if you are having a hit the thing, I think it's just really just a terrible trauma and burden to carry on one's self. So it might take a minute, but it can still happen. It can always happen."Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name."I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women, but I've always loved family drama shows and particularly family businesses, whether it's fictional ones or in real life. I think whether you're talking about the Hiltons, the Kardashians, or the Royal Family, the dynamics of how, where power and money and blood merge is just such a potent and combustible mix that I've always been intrigued by them. I watched them growing up, whether it was Dallas or Dynasty or Six Feet Under, so it was a space which I was really interested in, and wanted to write a black family business show.""So, in terms of going into the UK as a first-time showrunner. Of course, the UK and the US systems are quite different. Really the showrunner model is very much the American system. While the UK historically has a much more lead writer who then hands over the scripts to the producer who then hands them over to the director.But I was clear that I do feel that if one has the desire and the ability to be a much more big-picture showrunner, I think that's to the best. That benefits the show because there's a creative voice running all the way through. This isn't a movie, where it's a director's medium. It is the writer's medium, so I think the writer should be across producing and also empowering the director, but there is a clear vision."www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

"I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women, but I've always loved family drama shows and particularly family businesses, whether it's fictional ones or in real life. I think whether you're talking about the Hiltons, the Kardashians, or the Royal Family, the dynamics of how, where power and money and blood merge is just such a potent and combustible mix that I've always been intrigued by them. I watched them growing up, whether it was Dallas or Dynasty or Six Feet Under, so it was a space which I was really interested in, and wanted to write a black family business show.Myself and my producers, they knew my interest, and we talked around what would a black British business be, and they were interested in cosmetics, which I thought was a really good start because obviously, that's incredibly visual, but for me, hair was the piece that kind of tied it all together. A hair and cosmetics business because black hair is often so politicized, and it's such a way in which black people are sometimes policed in terms of having dreadlocks, having relaxed hair, whether they wear wigs. So it was a way in which we would have a glamorous visual for a show and an entertaining world that's aspirational, but still have a layer in which we get to tell substantive issues about black beauty, about black ownership, about how the spoils from a very lucrative industry often don't go back into the black community. So that's why I was interested in that. It could be glamorous and fun but also have slightly more in-depth issues to talk about as well."Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name."I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women, but I've always loved family drama shows and particularly family businesses, whether it's fictional ones or in real life. I think whether you're talking about the Hiltons, the Kardashians, or the Royal Family, the dynamics of how, where power and money and blood merge is just such a potent and combustible mix that I've always been intrigued by them. I watched them growing up, whether it was Dallas or Dynasty or Six Feet Under, so it was a space which I was really interested in, and wanted to write a black family business show.Myself and my producers, they knew my interest, and we talked around what would a black British business be, and they were interested in cosmetics, which I thought was a really good start because obviously, that's incredibly visual, but for me, hair was the piece that kind of tied it all together. A hair and cosmetics business because black hair is often so politicized, and it's such a way in which black people are sometimes policed in terms of having dreadlocks, having relaxed hair, whether they wear wigs. So it was a way in which we would have a glamorous visual for a show and an entertaining world that's aspirational, but still have a layer in which we get to tell substantive issues about black beauty, about black ownership, about how the spoils from a very lucrative industry often don't go back into the black community. So that's why I was interested in that. It could be glamorous and fun but also have slightly more in-depth issues to talk about as well."www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

"I think Riches has all the hallmarks of the things I've worked on before in terms of complex, slightly subversive women. At the heart of it, it is negotiating power dynamics. And at the heart of it, there are two very complex and yet vulnerable black women, but I've always loved family drama shows and particularly family businesses, whether it's fictional ones or in real life. I think whether you're talking about the Hiltons, the Kardashians, or the Royal Family, the dynamics of how, where power and money and blood merge is just such a potent and combustible mix that I've always been intrigued by them. I watched them growing up, whether it was Dallas or Dynasty or Six Feet Under, so it was a space which I was really interested in, and wanted to write a black family business show.Myself and my producers, they knew my interest, and we talked around what would a black British business be, and they were interested in cosmetics, which I thought was a really good start because obviously, that's incredibly visual, but for me, hair was the piece that kind of tied it all together. A hair and cosmetics business because black hair is often so politicized, and it's such a way in which black people are sometimes policed in terms of having dreadlocks, having relaxed hair, whether they wear wigs. So it was a way in which we would have a glamorous visual for a show and an entertaining world that's aspirational, but still have a layer in which we get to tell substantive issues about black beauty, about black ownership, about how the spoils from a very lucrative industry often don't go back into the black community. So that's why I was interested in that. It could be glamorous and fun but also have slightly more in-depth issues to talk about as well."Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

"So, in terms of going into the UK as a first-time showrunner. Of course, the UK and the US systems are quite different. Really the showrunner model is very much the American system. While the UK historically has a much more lead writer who then hands over the scripts to the producer who then hands them over to the director.But I was clear that I do feel that if one has the desire and the ability to be a much more big-picture showrunner, I think that's to the best. That benefits the show because there's a creative voice running all the way through. This isn't a movie, where it's a director's medium. It is the writer's medium, so I think the writer should be across producing and also empowering the director, but there is a clear vision.In terms of leadership, it wasn't very much about ultimately starting to say, Okay, this is what it is, and being confident in that. And also acknowledging when one makes mistakes, you know, because you're making a lot of decisions in a very short period of time.And I think it's important to give credit where it's due as well and that was also true of being a director. It's important to give credit. So have a vision, and work with those people to have the vision. Listen to what they're saying, listen to their ideas. And making television just makes it crucial to sort of have a vision, but be able to pivot."Abby Ajayi is a British Nigerian writer and director who serves as a show creator, executive producer, and writer on the Amazon Series Riches, which is currently on Amazon Prime and premiers on ITVX in the UK on December 22. She has previously worked on the shows Four Weddings and a Funeral, How to Get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna, The First Lady, and Eastenders. As a result, she had the opportunity to learn under the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, and Tracey Wigfield. Abby's next project is the Onyx Collective on Hulu's limited series The Plot with Mahershala Ali. She is adapting the eight-episode series from Jean Hanff Korelitz's novel of the same name.www.imdb.com/name/nm2184926www.amazon.com/Riches-Season-1/dp/B0B8MTCYVMwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgInstagram @creativeprocesspodcast

Awards Daily's Joey Moser speaks with Tracey Wigfield of Peacock's Saved by the Bell.   The post Podcast: Tracey Wigfield On Year Two at Bayside and Beyond appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

Do you remember your favorite television shows growing up––the shows that not only got you through your adolescence, but where you discovered your first ‘tv crush' or shed a few tears during that ‘one episode' that tugged on your heart strings and left you wanting more? We've all been there. And we bet you can recount those memorable scenes and quotes too. So where do the creators of these newly reimagined television shows even start when they want to reintroduce their beloved show back to the world? And how do they continue to keep their episode topics relevant and trending in an industry where the audience's attention is so quick to jump ship? Today I'm sitting down with producer and Emmy-Award-winning writer, Tracey Wigfield, to discuss exactly that - how she helped create and write the highly anticipated and reimagined Saved By The Bell TV Series, on NBCUniversal's streaming service  Peacock. We'll be tapping into the reimagined show, and the path that got her there - including her winning an Emmy alongside Co-Writer Tina Fey (Hello, amazing partner!) - and how she balances being a working mom in the process. Join the party on social @workparty and stay in-the-know at workparty.com. Produced by Dear Media

We talk with stage hands who have been out of work since November of last year…Saved by the Bell writer Tracey Wigfield on getting into show biz…The mine workers get on board with green energy jobs…Scabby the Rat is back, escaping the trap set by bad bosses and their friends in the Trump administration…And we talk union democracy and organizing with Marybeth Seitz-Brown. We've got reports from Labor Radio on KBOO; 3rd and Fairfax; UComm Live; Heartland Labor Forum; LaborWave Radio; Laborlines. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @kboo @WGAWest @ucommblog @Heartland_Labor @laborlinejohn Edited by Chris Garlock & Chris Bangert-Drowns; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Host Monique Sorgen talks with Saved by the Bell developer-showrunner and Emmy/Writers Guild Award-winning writer Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock, The Mindy Project) about bringing Bayside High up to date for the teen comedy series’ Peacock reboot.

This week The TV Boys sit down to discuss Tina Fey and see how well we can read our outline. Her work is some of the best in television. Whether she is creating shows, performing on screen or both, her work is second to none.

Shhh. This podcast has a kitten now - don't wake her.  Anyway, dozing cats aside, this episode Stevie and Emmet discuss the revamped Saved by the Bell, with returning stars Elizabeth Berkley, Mario Lopez, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen alongside a new cast of students returning to Bayside High.  And you know what? We loved it. Courtesy of writer/producer Tracey Wigfield and a game cast of actors, this is less a nostalgia-fest, and more an attempt to repair and restore a property with plenty of problematic elements that was simultaneously innocuous - and question why that was.  It's smart and fun stuff people, and pretty underrated as a show. 

On today’s episode, Dashiell and Mark-Paul are joined by Tracey Wigfield, the Emmy-award winning writer and the showrunner of the Saved By the Bell reimagining. They discuss the creation and reception of the new show before diving into a classic episode where the Bayside gang breaks a prized Elvis statue and has to raise money for a replacement before Screech’s mom returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Saved By The Bell mega-fan Brenna introduces Joe to the wonders of Pacific Palisades as we tackle the very self-aware new version, who is surprisingly smart, class-oriented and progressive. It's also very funny!We also follow-up on our holiday activities.Brenna:Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn & David LevithanDarius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramLong Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason ReynoldsJoe:PEN15Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaSlay by Brittney MorrisWanna connect with the show? Follow us at our new Twitter handle @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:Brenna: @brennacgrayJoe: @bstolemyremoteHave something longer to say or a minisode topic? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com. See you on the page and on the screen!

After a LONG wait, Peacock's new "re-imagined" revival of "Saved By The Bell" is here! You've read the reviews, you've seen the show... now get the REAL scoop on everything from new characters and old favorites to writing choices and those Easter Eggs that only hardcore "Bayside Buddies" will spot from the Emmy-Winning mind behind it all, Executive Producer Tracey Wigfield! It's the ultimate companion podcast to the new "Saved By The Bell" on this week's Laugh Track, supporting our friends at No Kids Hungry! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gerry-strauss6/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gerry-strauss6/support

She's shared a creative bunker with everyone from Tina Fey to Mindy Kaling (and scored an Emmy in the process!). After making her mark on shows like "30 Rock" and "The Mindy Project", she created and led "Great News" to a successful two-season run on NBC. Now, the pressure is REALLY on, as generations of rabid fans anxiously anticipate Tracey Wigfield's newest project: a newly-imagined single-camera reboot of "Saved By The Bell"! Fans are clamoring for details, and Tracy doesn't disappoint as we get in-depth about how this show came to be and what we can expect when we all return to Bayside High! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gerry-strauss6/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gerry-strauss6/support

Greg Garcia (creator, My Name Is Earl), Tracey Wigfield (creator, Great News), Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (The Carmichael Show), Bob Daily (Superior Donuts), and Javier Grillo-Marxuach (The Middleman) discuss what the job of showrunner actually entails, swapping stories, asking each other for advice, and giving insight into the lessons theyve learned along the way. Moderated by Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries).Recorded at ATX Television Festival on June 11, 2017.Get your badge now for ATX's seventh season, June 7-10, 2018, at http://atxfestival.comCONNECT W/ BEN BLACKER & THE WRITER'S PANEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA:https://twitter.com/BENBLACKERhttps://www.facebook.com/TVWritersPanelTHE WRITER'S PANEL IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF THE FOREVER DOG PODCAST NETWORK AND THE ATX TELEVISION FESTIVAL.http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-writers-panelhttp://atxfestival.com

This week, Matt and Quintin retreat back to the bunker to chat about Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3. Matt also talks about watching the first season of the Tracey Wigfield created/Tina Fey produced new show, Great News. It's a short one, and somewhat rambling, but that's what happens when you get all your information from packages of government butter!

In the inaugural episode of Boss Bxtch, Lindsay Harbert Silberman and Rebecca Leib interview TV writer/actor/producer/showrunner Tracey Wigfield about writing the season finale of 30 Rock with Tina Fey (and ahem, winning an Emmy for it), Catholic School, closet organizing, getting her foot in the door of a writer's room and her new show on NBC, "Great News!"      

Writer Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock, The Mindy Project) stops by Studio 309 and discusses acting as a kid, working as a writer's PA, and more! Info, photos, links, et cetera -- http://boxangeles.com/180

Welcome Renegade Nation it’s me Naughty Nicole and it’s time for another Renegade Review. And we’re going to be looking at NBC’s attempt to win back their throne for must see TV with a new sitcom called Great News. And the first thing you’ll notice about this new show is the disturbing similarities to 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and you wouldn’t be wrong. With Great News though, we’re following a news producer, Katie, played by Briga Heelan who we find has an unnatural attachment to her mother who has her work life disrupted when her boss hires as an intern for the news station, her loving and overbearing mom played by the great Andrea Martin. And while the focus is news versus late night, the frustrated goofball at the center of a constantly careening television production has a familiar tone. From a genetic perspective, the similarities make some sense. Great News was created by Tracey Wigfield, who's written for 30 Rock and The Mindy Project, and its executive produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. That makes it Fey and Carlock's EP follow-up to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, their follow-up to, of course, 30 Rock itself. And if Katie's mom is her Tracy Jordan — the unstoppable force that suddenly upends an already delicate work environment — then her Jenna Maroney is Portia played by Nicole Richie, as the brazenly needy and overconfident co-anchor who constantly frustrates Chuck, the puffed-up anchor played by John Michael Higgins at the center of the show. Admittedly, the entire cast doesn't map that neatly, but when you hear the music from Jeff Richmond and Giancarlo Vulcano — who also scored 30 Rock and Kimmy Schmidt — you'd be forgiven for thinking you're back in Liz Lemon World. And that's not a bad thing at all. Like 30 Rock, Great News is a joke-based comedy. That might seem self-evident, but it's not, really. As comedies have become more tonally experimental and often much darker, the visual goofs and quick hits that are part of the Fey/Carlock house style executed so well here by Wigfield can't be taken for granted. The fact that the equivalent of the Kathie Lee/Hoda pairing in Katie's world is called Morning Wined Up With Kelly and Mary Kelly is just silly fun; it's a bit that proudly disclaims thematic ambition. It's the kind of comedy with jokes in it.

Are you a Sorta Catholic? Symptoms include: residual guilt, love for Pope Francis, alternating between church and SoulCycle Sundays. This week’s guest is a Sorta Catholic who wound up having a Very Catholic Wedding. Tracey Wigfield won an Emmy as a writer for “30 Rock” and is a graduate of Boston College (you can decide which is more impressive). In Signs of the Times, we check in on the bros of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Much to our dismay, the Ringling Bros are not a traveling fraternity. May Day, Catholic scientists, Pope Francis in Egypt and a new study on college education and religion, all that and more this week on Jesuitical.  

Behind the scenes of NBC's new sitcom "Great News": creator Tracey Wigfield on the lessons she learned from Tina Fey; Fey on what makes for a great comedy; and star Nicole Richie on why she came back to TV. 

British actor Adam Campbell (Epic Movie, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) talks about Great News, NBC's new comedy series from the creators of 30 Rock.  He discusses British comedy, the English funny men who inspired him, and defines a particular type of sarcasm known as "west country humor."  He talks about living as a British ex-pat in LA, his thoughts on "fake news," and how Great News creator Tracey Wigfield may have drawn her inspiration from her time as intern at CNN. The series premiere of Great News airs Tuesday, April 25 at 9/8 central on NBC.  For more information visit www.nbc.com/great-news and follow Adam on Twitter at @adamcampbelly. Today's episode is sponsored by FreshMac and FilterBuy.  Go to www.FreshMac.com to speed up your Mac and free up hard drive space in minutes.  Breathe easy with an air filter you can count on from FilterBuy and get a 10% discount by going to www.FilterBuy.com/KICK.  Please subscribe to Kickass News on iTunes and take a minute to take our listener survey at www.podsurvey.com/KICK. Support the show by donating at www.gofundme.com/kickassnews. Visit www.kickassnews.com for more fun stuff.

This week we did a bit of a different format. We addressed the broad subject of being married with one of our favorite married couples, Tracey Wigfield and Adam Countee! What's their marriage like compared to ours? What was their wedding like compared to ours? Was their's better? WHY? For one, their wedding was covered by the G.D. New York Times... So like, I guess that's "better" than a wedding not being covered by anyone but a bunch of people's Instagrams that showed the extensive wreckage of the tornado that hit it. Adam and Tracey are both fantastic writers who have worked on enormous hits such as The Mindy Project, 30 Rock, Community, and Silicon Valley. I mean, Jesus. Those shows are huge. Also, FYI, Tracey is Dan's boss on her new show "Great News" premiering this month on NBC! WATCH IT, YOU FOOLS! OUR VERY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON IT! We must feed our dog and the podcast is not enough to cover the astronomical dog food bills. We've started taking little iPhone photos of our guests while they hold an unlit cigarette in their sunglasses and posting them with the ‘sodes on Headgum.com, so go look at 'em. I think it's important that you see how cute our guests are, physically. If you've got any questions, comments, or concerns about the current, past, or future Make Me Like It podcasts, shoot Dan and Kelly an email at littlepuppyquestions@gmail.com! Theme Music by John Haskell Logo Art by Darin Shuler See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we did a bit of a different format. We addressed the broad subject of being married with one of our favorite married couples, Tracey Wigfield and Adam Countee! What's their marriage like compared to ours? What was their wedding like compared to ours? Was their's better? WHY? For one, their wedding was covered by the G.D. New York Times... So like, I guess that's "better" than a wedding not being covered by anyone but a bunch of people's Instagrams that showed the extensive wreckage of the tornado that hit it. Adam and Tracey are both fantastic writers who have worked on enormous hits such as The Mindy Project, 30 Rock, Community, and Silicon Valley. I mean, Jesus. Those shows are huge. Also, FYI, Tracey is Dan's boss on her new show "Great News" premiering this month on NBC! WATCH IT, YOU FOOLS! OUR VERY LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON IT! We must feed our dog and the podcast is not enough to cover the astronomical dog food bills. We’ve started taking little iPhone photos of our guests while they hold an unlit cigarette in their sunglasses and posting them with the ‘sodes on Headgum.com, so go look at ’em. I think it's important that you see how cute our guests are, physically. If you’ve got any questions, comments, or concerns about the current, past, or future Make Me Like It podcasts, shoot Dan and Kelly an email at littlepuppyquestions@gmail.com! Theme Music by John Haskell Logo Art by Darin Shuler

Emmy-winning writer of 30 Rock, The Mindy Project and several previous Golden Globe ceremonies, Tracey Wigfield joins the team to dissect Sunday's awards, remember David Bowie and spill secrets about watching Star Wars with Guy Branum. With Tracey Wigfield, Oliver Wang, Margaret Wappler and host Guy Branum. Produced by Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org

Get in to your assigned seats and listen in to High School with Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock, The Mindy Project). Coming from ruling her class at a smaller middle school, Tracey entered her all girls catholic high school and quickly realized that a bigger class means giving up political status. After a failed attempt at the cheerleader life, Tracey moved on to the theater. Tune in and find out how Tracey found out how her rebellious, cigarette-smoking boyfriend was cheating on her, why a play she got the lead on was cancelled, and how a dinosaur ended up wearing a nun's habit. After graduating in 2001, Tracey had the honor of being invited to deliver the commencement speech at her high school recently. Probably because shes wildly successful and confident and so so funny. You're going to love this.   Turn in your papers, it's time for High School With Miranda Berman.

Sean and Hayes get in a very heated discussion about a phenomenon called anti-comedy. Then, close friend TRACEY WIGFIELD is in the studio to talk about being a female writer, what happened behind the scenes at 30 Rock with Judah's hat,  and full mouth kissing her boyfriend. Finally, the Popcorn Gallery is back to ask Tracey about being popular, winning an Emmy, and her joke victory dance. 

Chip joins Tracey in Los Angeles to talk about her early days at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and starting as a writer's assistant at 30 Rock. Tracey joined the writing staff officially on season four of 30 Rock, and recently won the Emmy for the series finale with Tina Fey. She now writes for The Mindy Project on FOX, and we get to hear about the experience of shaping a new show from the start - and why you don't want to know how it might end.