‘Being Mary Jane’
Gabrielle Union with showrunners Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil.
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Berg on His Favorite Scene He Wrote This Year
"The jerk-off scene in our season finale. It was a very satisfying combination of really smart math and very low-brow penis humor."
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Ashford on the Toughest Part of the Show
"We have a story that goes on for 30 years, maybe even longer, so it’s difficult to do that on TV."
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The ‘Mom’ Team
Anna Faris and Allison Janney with their showrunner.
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Mara Brock Akil on ‘Mary Jane’ Inspiration
"When I was working on [the sitcom] Girlfriends, I felt like I needed another place to express what it really felt like to be a modern woman. Then — this makes me sound like a crazy person — the character of Mary Jane would visit me. The first image I had was her walking around in a beautiful house and Post-Its were all over the place. I never thought that the show would get made, so I kept little notes for myself, then started to write honestly and with abandon."
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Chuck Lorre
The king of CBS and the man who put multicam sitcoms back on the map boasts the most successful comedy catalog on TV, devoting his days to fledgling Mom as he gets ready for Two and a Half Men to sign off for good. Lorre, 61, still finds time to pen unique vanity cards for all four of his shows. BBT, with a 7.4 demo rating in its first live-plus-3 day showing this season, is second only to Sunday Night Football on the Big Four.
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Alec Berg, Mike Judge and Thomas Middleditch
Silicon Valley showrunners Alec Berg and Mike Judge are seen tinkering with some outdated electronics alongside the show's lead, Thomas Middleditch.
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‘Masters of Sex’
Lizzy Caplan and Michael Sheen with showrunner Michelle Ashford.
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Mike Judge
Judge, creator of Beavis and Butt-Head, on the most unintentionally humorous network note he ever received: "When MTV standards suggested that Beavis say 'dick breath' instead of 'ass munch.' "
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Salim Akil on the Toughest Part of Translating a TV Movie Into a Series
"Often African-Americans’ work is accepted as if we did something artistic by happenstance. It’s just natural!"