‘Mic Drop, We’re Done’: Limited Series Writers Talk Learning Curves, Endings and the Art of Collaboration

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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Limited series writers have one big advantage over scribes working on recurring series: They can build to a big, flashy ending without worrying about what to do next season. “Limited gives us that opportunity to just be like — leave them wanting more.

We’re out. Mic drop, we’re done,” said Marco Ramirez, executive producer and showrunner of the upcoming Hulu limited series “La Maquina,” set in the world of boxing in Mexico.

Ramirez was one of five writer-producers who gathered Thursday night at the London Hotel in West Hollywood for a lively conversation that was part of Variety’s A Night in the Writers Room: Awards Season Edition event.

The scribes discussed the idiosyncracies of working in the format. Shaye Ogbonna, creator, executive producer and showrunner of Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” said the rising demand for limited series during the height of the Peak TV period had been the catalyst for drawing out untold stories from around the world, including his hometown of Atlanta. “Fight Night” tells the story of a famous armed robbery pulled off in 1970 on the night of Muhammad Ali’s famous comeback fight. “A lot of these localized stories that are lore and mythology, specifically in marginalized communities — they tend to be told orally.