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A ‘Chernobyl’ Deep Dive With Creator Craig Mazin and Mallory Rubin

Breaking down HBO’s stunning portrait of the nuclear disaster

By Sean Fennessey and Mallory Rubin
HBO

Sean is joined by Mallory Rubin to react as fans to HBO’s Chernobyl—a science-laden docudrama that snuck up as one of the best shows on television this year (1:00). Then showrunner Craig Mazin comes to the studio to talk about making the jump from film to TV and how writing for feature-length comedy prepared him for conveying a real-life tragedy on screen (37:00).

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