The creators of the USA comedy Benched, Michaela Watkins (Saturday Night Live; Trophy Wife) and Damon Jones (Halfway Home), discuss issue-driven comedy, long takes, complicated characters, selling their series twice, their writers’ room, and lots more. Benched airs Tuesday nights on USA!

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