Take 138 - Showrunner, Writer Sally Bradford Mckenna, Will & Grace, Laid

Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss by Noah Evslin and Dan Rutstein

Mar 6, 202547:24TV & Film

We talk to Sally Bradford Mckenna, co-showrunner of the new Peacock show Laid. She explains how she first got her break, reluctantly, on Will & Grace, how her father's career helped shaped hers and why every show ne...

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