Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention.
It showcases the critical role writer’s work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.
A rare good thing to come out of the pandemic, Mike White’s Emmy-winning The White Lotus originated as a one-off limited series designed to take place in a quarantine-friendly location where the cast and crew could live and film safely isolated from the rest of the world.
That Hawaii-set, money-themed first season was a smash, spawning a franchise whose second installment took the action to Sicily, focusing on sex.
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