people feel insulted. people in the middle of the country believe that hollywood only portrays things in a certain way as though they are the butt of the joke, that their views aren t respected. brian, is the trump presidency now the driving force behind a lot of scripted television? that s what s remarkable is it really is. there s so many show runners, writers and producers who either take jabs at trump in their scripts or write plot lines who are influenced in the trump presidency. the hands maid tale on hulu had a dialogue that sounded a little too much that sounded like make america great again. so they took it out. but other shows lean-in and attack him savagely. the producers of will and grace said to us all the easy jokes about trump have now been made. we have to be clever, we can t be cheap when it comes to
you know, roseanne crossed a line that both channing dungey, abc, and disney could not let stand. and soraya, what we might find out in the future, who called? who called bob ago ier? by that i mean among the prominent people working at abc, as actor, as writers, as show creator, show runners, who called and said i can t continue at abc if roseanne continues at abc. well, we know that wanda sykes, who is a writer on the show. that was huge. walked away. she tweeted publicly. this wasn t something this was necessarily discussion behind closed doors. she took a very public stand and saying i m giving up this paycheck because this is just intolerable. wanda sykes there was another actress as well there was another actress as well, the actress who plays the oldest daughter of darlene
who called bob ago ier? by that i mean among the prominent people working at abc, as actor, as writers, as show creator, show runners, who called and said i can t continue at abc if roseanne continues at abc. well, we know that wanda sykes, who is a writer on the show. that was huge. walked away. she tweeted publicly. this wasn t something this was necessarily discussion behind closed doors. she took a very public stand and saying i m giving up this paycheck because this is just intolerable. wanda sykes there was another actress as well there was another actress as well, the actress who plays the oldest daughter of darlene who also said she was calling her agent to say she was going to quit the show when word came that the show had been canceled. so abc might have also had to deal with several people
okay. twitter lit up yesterday after the star-crossed connection between alicia florrick and will gardner came to a tragic end on the show. you send thousands of tweets when gardner was shot to death. some of you compared it to the shocking red wedding in game of thrones sending tweets of mourning like this one. everybody is alicia florrick today and everyone is crying for him for her for them. show runners responded with a statement. we re always looking for these turning points the creators tweeted. some of it midway through the season that will spin everybody s lives in new directions. these turning points help keep the show from slipping into a numbing sameness and keeps the characters fresh. freshness. from tragedy now to comedy. many of you could not stop laughing this weekend at the new movie muppets most wanted. take a look at the supervillain. it s not easy being mean. no, that s not kermit the
television. you know, brett, i want to ask you. the name of the book before we let you go is of course difficult men but there are increasingly difficult women or complicated women that are show runners and stars of series whether that s carrie in homeland, orange, black, weeds, a host of them. are you going to be writing a sequel about that. i will. my favorite woman on television. yes! that is so true. when i get back to new york. if only i was in new york. even before the book that shirt would have been apropos. brett martin, thank you so much for your time. the book is difficult men. a hugely buzzy book for a reason. thank you for your time. gq s brett martin. coming up, she has the name. a lot of republicans are less than thrilled that liz cheney is taking a crack at a senate run.