Drama Showrunners

Six executive producers behind the year’s best dramatic shows open up about how to make talent comfortable when shooting sensitive subject matters, how the current political climate affects their storytelling and the pressure to build a TV empire. Ava DuVernay (Queen Sugar), Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies), Jenji Kohan (Orange is the New Black), Lisa Joy (Westworld) and Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan) talk about the TV families that they most identify with and which type of project they get pitched the most.