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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Widow’s Bay Began as a Script for a Very Different Hit Sitcom · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: It may be less known outside of Hollywood, but for
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  Speaker 2: an unproven writer to get hired onto a scripted TV show,
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  Speaker 2: they typically have to provide a sample of something they
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  Speaker 2: drummed up that never has been shot. Showcase what they
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  Speaker 2: can do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, what's called a spec script short for speculative.
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  Speaker 2: But writer Katie Dippold never could have imagined the spec
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  Speaker 2: script that got her hired onto Parks and Rec back
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  Speaker 2: in two thousand and nine would eventually become this summer's hottest.
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  Speaker 3: Show, none other than Widow's Bay. Katie tells Deadline that
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  Speaker 3: she was asked to write a sample for the job,
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  Speaker 3: and what she came up with was, at its core,
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  Speaker 3: What Is.
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  Speaker 2: By, which is a horror comedy about a cursed island
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  Speaker 2: off the coast of New England and it's mayor trying
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  Speaker 2: to end the curse. But that original version was actually
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  Speaker 2: way more comedic, which is why it got her the
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  Speaker 2: Parks and.
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  Speaker 1: Rec job like a decade ago too. Amazon actually wanted
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  Speaker 1: to make that version, but Katie herself said no when
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  Speaker 1: she decided it wasn't ready, which was a seriously bold
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  Speaker 1: move for a writer, so kind of coming up at
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  Speaker 1: that time.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, but she's a huge horror fan and knew she
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  Speaker 2: would want to watch a show that leaned into this
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  Speaker 2: scary business way more good thing she did it isn't
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  Speaker 2: smash widos Bay is on Apple TV plus that's direct
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  Speaker 2: from Hollywood.