Kari Lizer: Last News

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large During the early days of the 2007-08 writers strike, even after pens went down, many showrunners were still at work. They weren’t writing, but they were handling other aspects of production as cameras continued to roll on preexisting scripts. Eventually, they realized that showrunners might take themselves out of writing, but there’s no way to take writing out of showrunner duties. “It’s obviously part of the storytelling process, because you need a showrunner to keep a sense of the overall story,” says one high-profile writer-producer. “Every decision you’re making, from a craft servicesdecision to a costume decision, is something only you can make because you’re putting it into a whole story. There’s no part of my job that isn’t storytelling.”

Call Your Mother creator Kari Lizer shared that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted her new ABC sitcom, starring Kyra Sedgwick, in more ways than one.

Kyra Sedwick is making her return to the small screen with a leading role in the ABC comedy pilot My Village.The 54-year-old actress has signed on to star in the multi-cam comedy pilot, after lengthy negotiations, according to Deadline.The pilot is written by Kari Lizer, who created the Julia Louis-Dreyfus ABC sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine, which ran for five seasons from 2006 to 2010.