John welcomes back writer/performer Ashley Nicole Black (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ted Lasso, The Amber Ruffin Show) to prove good things come in twos. They dive into her two Emmy nominations, joining a show in its second season, and the opportunities of both writing and acting in a series.

We follow up on the WGA East elections and ghosting producers. We also answer listener questions on problematic female character intros and writing sports scenes.

In our bonus segment we take a look at TV’s white guy problem.

Links:

• The Double-Nominated Emmy Contender Taking Over TV Comedy
• Industry News: Fran Drescher, Leads SAG-AFTRA, IATSE Contract Negotiation, WGA East Elections
• New Teeth by Simon Rich on Amazon or Bookshop
• Gifted short story by Simon Rich
• Highland 2 Student License
• A is For
• Estelle Colored Glass
• TV’s White Guys are in Crisis by Kathryn Vanarendonk
• My Abortion Story on John’s blog
• Ashley Nicole Black on Twitter
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• John August on Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Outro by Zach Lo (send us yours!)
• Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

 

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