‘The Four Seasons’ Co-Creators Found Its Authentic Comedy Harder to Write Than the Wild World of ’30 Rock’
Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Four Seasons.”
Most people would assume that the zany worlds of “30 Rock,” “Never Have I Ever” and “Great News” would be more difficult to write than a grounded relationship comedy. But that wasn’t the case for Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fischer, who created Netflix’s “The Four Seasons” alongside their longtime collaborator Tina Fey.
“We really had to police our whole room,” Fisher told TheWrap. Most of the writers for “The Four Seasons” have “30 Rock” in their past writing credits.
“It was a learning curve to understand what exactly is the tone. How do we make scenes — even if they’re not packed with jokes — feel dynamic and interesting enough so that they’re not just scenes from a Hallmark movie or something,” Wigfield told TheWrap. “You can cover up a poorly written scene with a bunch of really funny...
Most people would assume that the zany worlds of “30 Rock,” “Never Have I Ever” and “Great News” would be more difficult to write than a grounded relationship comedy. But that wasn’t the case for Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fischer, who created Netflix’s “The Four Seasons” alongside their longtime collaborator Tina Fey.
“We really had to police our whole room,” Fisher told TheWrap. Most of the writers for “The Four Seasons” have “30 Rock” in their past writing credits.
“It was a learning curve to understand what exactly is the tone. How do we make scenes — even if they’re not packed with jokes — feel dynamic and interesting enough so that they’re not just scenes from a Hallmark movie or something,” Wigfield told TheWrap. “You can cover up a poorly written scene with a bunch of really funny...
- 5/2/2025
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
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