How Do Writers Conduct Research for TV Episodes?

When TV episodes are written that have specific details that need to be researched - how does that happen? This is my experience of how it works on a show with a writers' room.

One CORRECTION since this video was posted: I heard from a TV researcher, who let me know that many TV research jobs are full-time (not part-time) and include on-call hours where the researcher is required to: attend meetings with experts and take notes, seek out interesting tid-bits for future storylines, sit in the writers room to offer suggestions and keep track of and follow down research requests from the team. Hats off to TV researchers!

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About the host: STEVE HARPER is a TV writer, playwright, producer & actor dedicated to exploring the impact of culture and metaphysics on everyday life. His work examines spirituality, sexuality, race, and class & often deals with spirit creatures, mythical beings and powers beyond human understanding. Steve was a Co-Executive Producer of season one of Tracker, on CBS. He was Co-EP on DC’s Stargirl (CW), and wrote for the TV shows God Friended Me (CBS), Tell Me Your Secrets (Amazon Prime), American Crime (ABC) and Covert Affairs (USA). His original web series SEND ME premiered on BET.com and earned a 2016 Emmy Nomination for series lead Tracie Thoms. It’s now on YouTube. Steve’s plays have been produced at theaters across the country including with The Fire This Time Festival and The 24 Hours Plays on Broadway and at Juilliard (NY), Vivid Stage (NJ), Northwestern University, and The American Theater Company (IL), Celebration Theater (CA), and Georgia Southern University (GA). As an actor, he has appeared on national television (Law & Order SVU, 90210, Rescue Me), in film (Chico & Rita, Broadway's Finest) and major regional theatres (among them The Guthrie, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Williamstown) Steve is a graduate of Yale, The A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard and the playwriting program at Juilliard. He coaches writers through YourCreativeLife.com and co-hosts The Secret Writer Podcast.

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