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What does "written by" credit mean?

Advice from a TV writer

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Michael Jamin
Sep 08, 2024
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Every television show has a writing staff. The size of that writing staff is determined by the budget and how many episodes we're going to shoot that season. When my partner and I were writers on King of the Hill, there were probably 20 writers on that show.

When we ran Maron on IFC, there were only four writers during the first season, because of how l…

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