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Showrunner Liz Tigelaar joins host Jenny Curtis to talk about her illustrious career in television, from beginning as an intern on a hit show to creating LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE. Throughout the conversation they discuss:    0:38 - LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE being nominated for five Emmy awards.  1:07 - Adventuring in quarantine.  2:00 - Beginning her career in the industry on DAWSON’S CREEK.  3:30 - Her first writing partner, Holly Henderson, and the value of starting out with a partner. 7:05 - The steps of the ladder of writers and producers and her path up the ladder on AMERICAN DREAMS. 8:41 - Her experiences from show to show as her titles changed.  10:31 - Her first experience as a showrunner on LIFE UNEXPECTED. 12:10 - Being on the CW with MELROSE PLACE before LIFE UNEXPECTED 12:50 - Unintentionally putting herself in the story of her show.  13:43 - Being in an overall deal with ABC 14:42 - Her takeaway from working on various shows and why she wasn’t the best fit for ONCE UPON A TIME.  16:13 - Working as a team on CASUAL 17:52 - The difference she found between streaming and network shows.  19:33 - Having LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE come to her from Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington 20:22 - Finding the show from what the book provided.  22:05 - How she linked the themes and found her story arc.  22:40 - The continuous process of finding your voice in your work 24:18 - The opening and closing moments of the show and how she put a twist in the show that was slightly different from  25:50 - The complexities of the character of Elena and exploring the levels of her prejudice and privilege.  28:20 - The collaboration between Liz, Reese and Kerry in bringing Elena and Mia to life.  29:28 - The power of Mia being unapologetic.  31:11 - The actors working to create Young Mia and Young Elena.  32:18 - The famous photo differing from the actress who plays Young Mia.  33:58 - Creating the photo that could believably be an extremely valuable work of art 36:05 - The adoption storyline and the conversations on what the right ruling would be in the court case.  38:06 - The differing view on Pearl and Mia’s definition of belonging and the conversations of motherhood in the writers room. 39:45 - The scene in the show that Liz is proudest of.  41:30 - The day on set Liz would live over and over if she could.  42:40 - The set hawk 43:33 - Getting to create a life in storytelling.    ----------------------------- Hosted and Produced by: Jenny Curtis Edited and Co-produced by: J Whiting Executive Producer: Stuart Halperin Theme Music by: Celleste & Eric Dick A CurtCo Media Production