TV showrunner panel: ‘The Better Sister,' ‘Deli Boys,' ‘Overcompensating,' ‘Shifting Gears,' and ‘Three Women'

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13-05-2025

Gold Derby recently gathered together four top TV showrunners to discuss how they landed their first job, what advice they would share with people starting out in show business, and what some of their favorite TV shows were that inspired them to work in Hollywood. Joining our Meet the Experts: Showrunners roundtable panel are The Better Sister showrunner Regina Corrado, Deli Boys and Shifting Gears showrunner Michelle Nader, Overcompensating showrunner Scott King, and Three Women showrunner Laura Eason.
Watch the full roundtable above. Click each person's name to watch an individual discussion.
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"I actually came up through ensemble theater as a playwright," says Eason. "I was artistic director of the theater company. I was a writer, actor, director. In that capacity, I sat in a bunch of different seats. When I came into television, I had already done sort of producing, people management, running a staff, looking at a budget. A lot of the things that writers in a writers' room don't actually do. When I was able to see what the showrunner did — I thought, 'I hope one day that I get to do that.' I had my eye on it for a while."
Corrado could relate to being in the writers' room. "You're sort of confined to create an environment in a room," she says. "I'm very committed to fostering environments that are nourishing, that are fun. Sometimes we get lost in the fear of what we do. As a showrunner I thought, 'Gosh! If you could get in that position you could create an entire show where people were happy to come to work. Is that possible? That was the goal for me. It's so much more than just writing. It's such a big boss job. [The Better Sister] was my first showrunning job and it was incredible."
Nader rose through the ranks of comedy, noticing there were never female showrunners anywhere she worked. "I was learning from the way guys did it," she recalls. "In comedy, that meant stay for 24 hours a day and never want to go home. I was like, 'There's got to be a better way.' We were just wasting a lot of time. Women are natural multi-taskers in a way I didn't see with men. I'm very efficient — and I actually really like it. I like being able to put an imprint on something. Maybe I'm a little bit of a control freak."
King began as a writer on Mad TV before working his way up to head writer, and eventually landing his first showrunning gig on Hulu's Difficult People. "I got a very lucky call from Julie Klausner because I had worked with her. That's how I got my first opportunity. I am so co-dependent and wrapped up in everyone's experience — it became a job where I could use that for good."
After sharing valuable life lessons, the panelists chat about some of their favorite TV shows that inspired them: Batman, My So-Called Life, SCTV, and Seinfeld.
The Better Sister is streaming on Prime Video.
Deli Boys and Shifting Gears is streaming on Hulu.
Overcompensating is streaming on Prime Video.
Three Sisters is streaming on Starz.
This article and videos are presented by Disney, Hulu, Prime Video, and Starz.
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