writers’ room
Americannoun
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a room in which screenwriters collaborate to develop and write scripts for a television show or other scripted production.
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the writing team for a television show or other scripted production.
Example Sentences
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HBO’s “The Comeback” recently took the threat of AI into the Hollywood writers’ room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In an unusual twist, many of the songs that would eventually appear throughout the season were written before the writers’ room fully mapped out the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
The writing process was a learning curve for me, never having been in an American writers’ room system before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
In 2019, after a year in the writers’ room, Yang joined the cast of SNL, then booked a role in the screen adaptation of Wicked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Did that inform anything in the writers’ room?
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
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