Talk:Katy Keene (TV series)/@comment-4188389-20190312214140

So the reason why Roberto-Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi settled on Katy Keene instead of characters in the Archie-verse is because it’s “a really personal story” for the duo.

“I think it speaks to Robert and Michael and what they’re passionate about as it’s a story of young artists and storytellers,” said Greg Berlanti, “Roberto came from a show like Glee and there are elements of his life as a playwright, living in New York and all those young days that he really wants to capture.”

“They’ll be soap elements, but I think they (Roberto and Michael) see it as the first family you make when you’re a young artist trying to make it in the big city; that’s what’s really exiting about it,” said Berlanti.