TV TATTLE
Learn the secret lingo of a TV writers' rooms
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Black-ish writers like to use "5 Percenter" to describe a joke that only 5% of the audience will get, while Brooklyn Nine Nine uses "J on a J" to refer to a "joke on a joke."
TOPICS: TV Writers, Black-ish, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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