{"id":2948,"date":"2026-06-25T12:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:07:40","slug":"listen-abbott-elementary-exec-producer-justin-halpern-juggles-multiple-series-and-his-debut-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2948","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: \u2018Abbott Elementary\u2019 Exec Producer Justin Halpern Juggles Multiple Series and His Debut Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tOn today\u2019s episode of \u201cDaily Variety\u201d podcast, writer and showrunner Justin Halpern speaks with <em>Variety<\/em>\u2019s Michael Schneider about the road to writing his first novel \u201cGet Lost,\u201d which will be released next month by Hachette\u2019s Cardinal imprint. Halpern also updates Schneider on a few TV development projects, including\u00a0the status of high school memoir \u201cI Suck at Girls\u201d at Netflix and the upcoming season of ABC\u2019s \u201cAbbott Elementary,\u201d on which he is an executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2946\">Daniele Luchetti Sets New Film \u2018Your Little Matter,\u2019 Starring Tecla Insolia as an Orphan Looking for Her Birth Mother (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"pmc-protected-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"180\" id=\"pmc-protected-embed-2\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/strictly-business\/daily-variety-abbott-elementary-exec-producer-justin-halpern-juggles-tv-series-and-a-new-novel\/embed?media=audio&amp;size=wide&amp;style=cover\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI started writing [\u2018Get Lost\u2019] during the WGA strike because I wasn\u2019t going to write anything for TV or movies,\u201d Halpern tells Schneider, who is <em>Variety<\/em>\u2018s executive editor of TV. \u201cSo I was walking the strike line every single day, and I kind of got the idea for it. And over the many, many hours we were on strike, I would think about it and then I\u2019d go home and write it. So I wrote about a third or maybe even half of it during the strike, and then took me about two and a half years to finish the rest of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHalpern and his longtime writing partner Patrick Schumacker are executive producers and co-showrunners of \u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d alongside creator Quinta Brunson. Halpern and Schumacker are also shepherding the series adaptation of Halpern\u2019s 2012 high school memoir \u201cI Suck at Girls\u201d at Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWorking for Netflix means that \u201cI Suck at Girls\u201d can have a harder edge than the numerous shows that Halpern and Schumacker have produced for broadcast networks over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=2944\">\u2018Dept. 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