Bill Lawrence - 'Shrinking' & 'Rooster' [LIVE]
4/30/20261 hr 12 min
In front of an audience at the Napa Valley StreamFest, one of TV's most prolific creators reflects on being fired early in his career from 'Boy Meet World,' 'The Nanny' and 'Friends,' how he wound up co-creating and running 'Spin City' while in his 20s, the happy accidents that led to 'Scrubs' and 'Ted Lasso,' and why his Apple TV+ Emmy contender is being extended beyond its original three-season plan.
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[upbeat music] Good evening, everyone. I'm Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage and the host of our Awards Chatter podcast, on which every week I have the, uh, privilege of spending an hour discussing the life and career of an important artist. And for this episode, I'll say for our listeners, we are coming to you from the Napa Valley Stream Fest in beautiful Napa, California. [audience cheering] And our guest is a veteran television producer, writer, and director who has created or co-created several of the most beloved TV shows of our time, certainly in the last thirty years. And they include Spin City, Scrubs, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, and the list goes on. And he's held many other capacities on other terrific shows as well. Described by The New York Times as "one of TV's most