Panelist

Mike Gunton

Executive Producer

“What was really wonderful is, at the very end of showing him this cut, he turned and said, ‘I was born to narrate this.’ ”

Panelists

Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson

Co-Creator/EP/Host

Jeffrey Allen

Player 831/Winner of Beast Games

Sean Klitzner

Co-Creator/EP

“I’m on Year 5 of people telling me, ‘Aren’t you going to run out of ideas? Your YouTube channel is eventually going to get stale.’ But if you’re constantly innovating, adapting and actually trying to push the boundaries, there are plenty of ways you can [do it].”

Panelists

Jen Flanz

Showrunner/Writer/EP

Zhubin Parang

Writer/Co-EP

Desi Lydic

Host

“We wrote it and didn’t have that much time to belabor each of the jokes. The whole tariff story changed at 4 p.m. It’s the chaos of the administration, and it keeps us on our toes. We’re in game shape.”

Panelist

David Blaine

Host

“It’s like the invisible work they put in to create that one fleeting moment of astonishment. To me, that’s the real magic, and that’s what I find beautiful. This was a search for that.”

Panelists

John Monsky

Creator/Writer/

Narrator/Historian

Meredith Wagner

Executive Producer/President American History Unbound Inc.

Patrick Hemingway Adams

Historical Consultant/

Special Guest

“We twist it into a more emotional experience because you have a 60-piece orchestra running throughout the whole show. And then the National Archives is incredible. … So you add the photographs, you add the orchestra, you add the core of the story with people like Ernest Hemingway, and it becomes a pretty dramatic moment.”

Panelist

Iliza Shlesinger

Writer/EP/Comedian

“I think my ideas, as I’ve evolved, have become clearer, more concise, hopefully irrefutable. And I think it’s always about wanting to be heard and saying the things that I need to say in a digestible way.”

Panelist

Seth Meyers

Writer/Host

“Am I saying that Corrections is The Wire of shortform digital content? Yeah, and I think anybody who watches both would say the same.”

Panelists

Ariana Madix

Host

Danielle Gervais

EVP Casting & Talent

Ben Thursby-Palmer

Showrunner/EP

James Barker

EP

“I think what is exciting about the format is, we are really playing along in real time. The train leaves the station on Day 1, and we are literally throwing the tracks in front of the train.”

Panelist

Thom Zimny

Director/Producer/

Editor

“After the shutdown of everything and no live music, I saw the element of this being a cathartic gathering where I saw audience members really engage and have this emotional response to the new music and also songs that they have loved for so long.”

Panelists

Lexi Love

Contestant

Onya Nurve

Contestant

Jewels Sparkles

Contestant

Sam Star

Contestant

“I think that being on Drag Race … is such a beautiful thing, especially right now in our current political climate where not just queer people are under attack, trans people are under attack, Latino people are under attack, Black people are under attack. We’re here in the front lines telling our stories.”

Panelists

Mikey Day

Cast Member

Ego Nwodim

Cast Member

Tom Broecker

Producer/Costume Designer

“There were times when I had to remind myself and even tell other people, ‘Look, take the moment in. It’s never going to happen again. I don’t want to be dramatic about it but this is something that will never happen again in the history of television.’ ”

Panelists

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson

Director/Executive Producer

Joseph Patel

Producer

“Is the burden real enough to stop him from progressing or is all of this stuff self-inflicted? And that’s what we investigate not only with him, but practically this is for every artist, myself included.”

Panelists

Rosie Franks

Executive Producer

Ben Archard

Director

Siggi Rosen-Rawlings

Director of Photography

Matt Wright

Director of Photography

“I think that’s the thing about this show [that] there’s such intricate planning that goes into all of this, and we’ve thought through every different scenario that could spread throughout it.”

Panelists

Audrey Morrissey

Executive Producer

Kelsea Ballerini

Coach

“The win really is knowing that these artists are having these moments, and whether it’s the finale where they win and that’s attached to one of us, or it’s the knockouts and they don’t make it past that, but it’s an impactful moment on the show and for their career — that’s a win.”