Chuck Todd

Go back to that writer's room. What did you learn? Was that your first big writer's room?

Go back to that writer's room. What did you learn? Was that your first big writer's room?

You know, it's interesting. I have a friend of mine who I've been working on projects with off and on for a while that we, you know, not projects that haven't succeeded yet. Right. They're just the ones that haven't been bought yet.

You know, it's interesting. I have a friend of mine who I've been working on projects with off and on for a while that we, you know, not projects that haven't succeeded yet. Right. They're just the ones that haven't been bought yet.

You know, it's interesting. I have a friend of mine who I've been working on projects with off and on for a while that we, you know, not projects that haven't succeeded yet. Right. They're just the ones that haven't been bought yet.

And he talks about the challenge like that in the post-COVID era and with Zoom, how it's really it's he misses the old everybody in the same room, writer's room, that there's too many Zoom writer's rooms these days. You feel that way?

And he talks about the challenge like that in the post-COVID era and with Zoom, how it's really it's he misses the old everybody in the same room, writer's room, that there's too many Zoom writer's rooms these days. You feel that way?

And he talks about the challenge like that in the post-COVID era and with Zoom, how it's really it's he misses the old everybody in the same room, writer's room, that there's too many Zoom writer's rooms these days. You feel that way?

Because that was pre, that was right at COVID, the start of COVID, right? When you guys first started. So tell me about how long you've been working on The Diplomat. Is this one of those passion projects you've had? You've been noodling with it for a decade or is this something that came to you, you know, during the start of COVID?

Because that was pre, that was right at COVID, the start of COVID, right? When you guys first started. So tell me about how long you've been working on The Diplomat. Is this one of those passion projects you've had? You've been noodling with it for a decade or is this something that came to you, you know, during the start of COVID?

Because that was pre, that was right at COVID, the start of COVID, right? When you guys first started. So tell me about how long you've been working on The Diplomat. Is this one of those passion projects you've had? You've been noodling with it for a decade or is this something that came to you, you know, during the start of COVID?

So this is a passion project in many ways. You've had this in the back of your head for a while.

So this is a passion project in many ways. You've had this in the back of your head for a while.

So this is a passion project in many ways. You've had this in the back of your head for a while.

But it educated. It had some educating. It had some educating that I still think... As much as I get frustrated when I hear people say, why can't it be like on the West Wing? It's like, well, yeah, well, why can't a lot of things be the way we could imagine them, right? It's because it's called life, right? It's the real world.

But it educated. It had some educating. It had some educating that I still think... As much as I get frustrated when I hear people say, why can't it be like on the West Wing? It's like, well, yeah, well, why can't a lot of things be the way we could imagine them, right? It's because it's called life, right? It's the real world.

But it educated. It had some educating. It had some educating that I still think... As much as I get frustrated when I hear people say, why can't it be like on the West Wing? It's like, well, yeah, well, why can't a lot of things be the way we could imagine them, right? It's because it's called life, right? It's the real world.

But that doesn't mean a lot of people didn't learn things about the system by watching West Wing, which is a net positive.

But that doesn't mean a lot of people didn't learn things about the system by watching West Wing, which is a net positive.

But that doesn't mean a lot of people didn't learn things about the system by watching West Wing, which is a net positive.