Showrunner Sessions is our ongoing event series where we go one-on-one with a showrunner (or showrunning team) to find out, “What exactly does a showrunner do?” Find out what they look for in a writing staff, the lessons they’ve learned on the job, and their approaches to running the writers’ room.
For this session, we’ll hear from Tony Tost, the showrunner of the Peacock original series Poker Face. Learn about about his journey to the showrunner chair, how he runs his writers’ room, and his advice for writing comedies.
Moderated by Alan Sepinwall (TV Critic, Rolling Stone).
Panel starts at 5:00pm Pacific time.
RSVP for free or with a suggested donation of $10. All donations go towards producing future panels and events. After signing up, you’ll receive information on how to access the Zoom webinar.
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About the Panelist
Tony Tost is the showrunner of season two of Poker Face. His first feature film as a writer-director -- the modern day western crime film Americana starring Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, and Halsey -- will hit theaters this summer. Tost was the creator and showrunner of Damnation, a neo-western TV series about the labor wars in middle America. He was also a writer and producer on the western mystery series Longmire and was nominated for a WGA award for his work on The Terror: Infamy. He's the author of a book about Johnny Cash as well as two poetry collections, including Invisible Bride, winner of the 2003 Walt Whitman Award. He splits his time between Los Angeles and Arkansas with his wife and two sons.