Inside the First TV Awards of the Season, Plus Jason Bateman on Shaping the World of Black Rabbit
Prestige JunkieShow Notes
Kathryn van Arendonk joins Katey to talk about the Gotham TV Awards and the shows that could be Emmy sleeper surprises, including Bridgerton and The Hunting Wives. Then Katey talks to Jason Bateman about his work both starring in and directing the first two episodes of Black Rabbit, and why he embraces all the difficult Iogistical challenges of directing TV.
00:00 Intro
01:58 Inside Jimmy Kimmel's Final Chapter
10:49 Do Critics Care About The Emmys?
12:26 Inside The Gotham Nominations
19:38 Why Soaps Get Snubbed
25:19 Other Highlights
27:00 Don't Forget Death By Lightning
29:06 Why Widows Bay Is Breaking Through
33:14 Check Out The Tv Is Good Podcast!
35:34 Next: Jason Bateman
36:58 How Jason Came To Direct Ozark
41:07 Bringing The Ozark Model To Black Rabbit
43:10 How Tv Directing Changed Forever
45:54 Teaching The Audience How To Watch
48:35 The Uncut Gems Influence
52:11 Building The Black Rabbit Restaurant
57:41 The Creative Challenge Of Affecting The Audience
01:02:08 Tapping Into The Audience's Inner Child
01:04:42 Falling In Love With Broken Characters
01:07:13 The Dream Of Directing Every Episode
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