writers’ room
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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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In the writers’ room, they’d find a way to honor the viral concert embrace: with a nod for PDA of the Year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
WGA’s negotiating committee also is looking to boost streaming residuals, expand the minimum number of people allowed in a writers’ room and add protections for scribes working on pilots.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026
It was in L.A. that he landed his first writers’ room job on the FX comedy “Dave,” a meta series centered around rapper Lil Dicky.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
As from Tuesday, Netflix viewers will be able to sneak a peek behind the curtain and into the writers' room for perhaps the first time.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
Did that inform anything in the writers’ room?
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024
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