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* Television sitcoms in the USA seem fond of having a stable of writers. [[note: BritishBrevity in sitcoms is quite often dictated by the fact only one or at most two people write the scripts. Very few British TV comedies are written by committee in the American style.[[/note]]

* Television sitcoms in general seem fond of having a stable of writers.

* ''Oh! Calcutta!'' had sketches written by (among others) Music/JohnLennon and SamuelBeckett.

** The revived series is on its sixth season, and StevenMoffat is the only man who's written at least one episode every season. He at best writes six or seven of them per thirteen-episode season, and he's the head writer.

** The revived series is on its sixth season, and StevenMoffat is the only man who's written at least one episode every season. He at best writes six or seven of them per [[BakersDozen thirteen-episode season]], and he's the head writer.

* The {{Brand New Day}} era of ''ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}}'' comics featured a large group of writers dubbed the "Spider-Man Brain Trust."

* ''Oh! Calcutta!'' had sketches written by (among others) JohnLennon and SamuelBeckett.
* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was written by basically everybody working on it. Mike Nelson was referred to as Head Writer, which in practice meant he put together everyone's quips into a single script.
* ''FamilyGuy'', although that doesn't stop people from [[ScapegoatCreator blaming]] SethMacFarlane for everything that they find wrong with the show.

* The {{Brand New Day}} era of Spider-Man comics featured a large group of writers dubbed the "Spider-Man Brain Trust."

** Though to be fair, he's still in charge of the show's production, so it's not like he couldn't fix [[DudeNotFunny certain]] [[CharacterDerailment niggling]] [[StrawmanPolitical problems]] if he wanted.

* TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay used this InUniverse when they pulled an all-weekender to prepare the first issue of Amazing Midget Radio Comics.

* ForumRoleplays tend to have this because there are LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and each one needs someone to play them.

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* TheSimpsons
* SesameStreet

* ''FamilyGuy'', although that doesn't stop people from [[ScapegoatCreator blaming]] SethMacFarlane for everything that they find wrong with the show.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. The revived series is on its sixth season, and StevenMoffat is the only man who's written at least one episode every season. He at best writes six or seven of them per [[BakersDozen thirteen-episode season]], and he's the head writer.

* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was written by basically everybody working on it.

* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was written by basically everybody working on it.

* ''DoctorWho''. The revived series is on its sixth season, and StevenMoffat is the only man who's written at least one episode every season. He at best writes six or seven of them per [[BakersDozen thirteen-episode season]], and he's the head writer.

!!Examples

Creating works of media and fiction is anything but easy. From sustaining plot development to proper trope usage (and avoidance), it's no wonder why the whole field in general is perceived to be an ongoing minefield. But every once in a while, a concept comes along that is much too big for one or two people to handle on their own, particularly a soon-to-be LongRunner. At this point, the only plausible solution is to hire a group of writers to help you out with it, since the main creator's own writing isn't always going to be up to the expectations of the viewers and fans. Since literature, manga, and web comics are always fully written by one or two people, don't expect any examples of this to exist from those mediums (though see RoundRobin).

* ''Oh! Calcutta!'' had sketches written by (among others) JohnLennon and SamuelBeckett.

Creating works of media and fiction is anything but easy. From sustaining plot development to proper trope usage (and avoidance), it's no wonder why the whole field in general is perceived to be an ongoing minefield. But every once in a while, a concept comes along that is much too big for one or two people to handle on their own, particularly a soon-to-be LongRunner. At this point, the only plausible solution is to hire a group of writers to help you out with it, since the main creator's own writing isn't always going to be up to the expectations of the viewers and fans. Since literature, manga, and web comics are always fully written by one or two people, don't expect any examples of this to exist from those mediums.

* DC Comics often does a weekly strip that is written by a variety of authors but is coordinated by a single one. Countdown to Final Crisis, for instance, had a variety of authors writing the adventures of various characters on their way to Final Crisis, a big Crisis Crossover. [[DisContinuity It didn't end too well]].
** Beforehand, DC did 52, which was a much more successful comic, with a larger number of writers.

* {{Oh!Calcutta!}} had sketches written by (among others) JohnLennon and SamuelBeckett.

* Oh!Calcutta! had sketches written by (among others) JohnLennon and SamuelBeckett.

** Beforehand, DC did 52, which was a much more successful comic, with a larger number of writers.

* Rare webcomic example: WhisperedApologies, created by Ryan North and Joey Comeau.

* SesameStreet

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