So today, your host Stu Shostak welcomes my good friend Ken Levine, Ken's daughter Annie Levine and Annie's partner/fiancé Jonathan Emerson. Ken, as you know, is a top writer and director of comedy, among other things. Annie is continuing that family tradition. She and Jonathan have been working on Instant Mom and other TV projects, so there's ample opportunity there to discuss how the business has changed since Ken and his partner David Isaacs worked on shows like M*A*S*H and Cheers. Should be a good look into the whole process of producing situation comedies and maybe Annie will tell us what it's like to have a comedy writer and part-time sportscaster as a father.
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