‘Jane the Virgin,’ ‘Transparent’ Creators Talk State of Comedy

It was “A Night in the Writers’ Room over at Variety the other day, and here’s what some top TV writers had to say:

Variety's A Night In The Writers' Roomby Elizabeth Wagmeister

Comedy scribes Adam F. Goldberg, Mike O’Malley, Jennie Snyder Urman and Jill Soloway gathered for a panel at Variety‘s A Night in the Writers’ Room event Tuesday evening at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills Calif.

With so many examples of television comedy represented — “The Goldbergs,” “Survivor’s Remorse,” “Jane the Virgin” and “Transparent” — moderator Cynthia Littleton, Variety‘s managing editor of TV, asked what makes up the varied genre nowadays. read article