Variety’s annual A Night in the Writers’ Room event returns on June 5, 2025 in Los Angeles. The event will feature intimate conversations and behind-the-scenes insights into the art and craft of television storytelling for a curated audience of TV voting members.
Programming for the evening includes three genre-based panels.
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Limited Series/TV Movie panel moderated by Variety’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay featuring:
Ian Brennan, Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Writer & Director – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Lauren LeFranc, Showrunner, Executive Producer & Writer – The Penguin
Elizabeth Meriwether & Kim Rosenstock, Co-Creators, Executive Producers & Writers – Dying for Sex
Olivia Milch, Co-Showrunner & Executive Producer – The Better Sister
Nikki Toscano, Co-Creator, Showrunner, Writer, Director & Executive Producer – Long Bright River
Drama Panel moderated by Variety’s senior TV features editor Emily Longeretta featuring:
Dan Erickson, Creator, Executive Producer & Writer – Severance
Dan Fogelman, Executive Producer & Showrunner – Paradise
R. Scott Gemmill, Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer & Writer – The Pitt
Barbie Kligman, Creator, Showrunner & Executive Producer – Doc
Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson, Executive Producers & Showrunners – Yellowjackets
Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann, Co-Creators, Executive Producers, Writers & Directors – The Last of Us
Ben Watkins, Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer & Writer – Cross
Comedy panel moderated by Variety’s executive TV editor Michael Schneider featuring:
Erin Foster, Creator, Executive Producer & Writer – Nobody Wants This
Justin Halpern, Executive Producer & Co-Showrunner – Abbott Elementary
Sarah Naftalis, Executive Producer & Writer – What We Do in the Shadows
Tad Quill, Writer, Showrunner & Executive Producer – Animal Control
Benito Skinner, Creator, Executive Producer, Writer & Actor – Overcompensating
Jen Statsky, Co-Creator, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer & Writer – Hacks
Tony Tost, Showrunner – Poker Face
This year’s supporting partners include ABC, Apple TV+, Fox Entertainment, FX Networks, Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock, Prime Video and Sony Pictures Television.
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