Then there’s Kiernan’s Lou, who serves as Joyce’s foil, with Diane describing the intern as someone “of her time,” which is code for Gen Z. “So what was acceptable to me is not to her,” Diane explained. “So that’s really what the show is about: What will you do to get to the top?”

This tale of ambition is at the core of the series, with the actresses emphasizing that they wouldn’t enter this line of work if it was actually this terrible. “The positives outweigh the negatives,” Diane insisted. “Otherwise, we wouldn’t want to be here, right? We’re lucky to be working actors.”

They really do mean it when they say they like creating content. As Kiernan shared, “I love being entertained and the fact that people give that to me, I feel lucky. And the fact that we can give that to people is a really cool thing. It feels nice.”