While we wait patiently for Season 4 of Ghosts to kick off, we’ll take every bit of information that we can about the hit comedy series. During this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Collider was able to sit down with Talia Bernstein, an accomplished screenwriter who was at the event promoting her new movie Loser Baby — which also serves as Dakota Johnson’s (Madame Web) feature film directing debut. During the interview, Bernstein explained to Collider’s Steve Weintraub how a Ghosts episode comes to life.
The team’s approach — under the leadership of showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman — is pretty similar to how many TV shows are handled, but it’s always nice to hear an insider talk about it. Additionally, Bernstein’s comments underscore why having a writers’ room is so important for a show to really hit a home run. She told Collider:
“Yeah, basically. I mean, all shows are run a little bit differently, but on our show, it’s sort of like we come up with an idea for an episode, and if people are starting to like it and we’re having fun pitching various scenes that could take place in it, maybe a room will go off and really try to flesh out what that episode looks like. Usually at that point, it will get assigned, so someone can shepherd it into the next phase. Then someone’s sent off to write the script, it comes back into the room, it’s edited, and then we read it, and then it’s edited again, and eventually, it’ll be shot.”
