The Emmy-nominated showrunners of “Fallout,” “Slow Horses,” “Shogun” and “3 Body Problem” shared the lessons they learned on their previous shows and what they hope to take with them.

“Shogun” co-creators, executive producers and writers Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks joined “Slow Horses” writer and executive producer Will Smith,” “Fallout” showrunner, writer and executive producer Graham Wagner, and “3 Body Problem” showrunner, writer, executive producer Alexander Woo for a lively conversation with artisans editor Jazz Tangcay to celebrate their recent Emmy nominations and get a sneak peek at their early starts in their careers.

Smith begins his fifth season of “Slow Horses” with Gary Oldman, the spy thriller based on the novels of Mick Heron, and says he fell in love with the way Heron created multi-dimensional characters on paper. And preserving that story was integral to the TV adaptation.

When asked how long he hoped to continue with the series, Smith responded, "Gary has said he's going to play the character until the end of his career, which I can't quite wrap my head around." He continued, "As long as we can do new things with it and there's an audience for it, and it can continue to grow without becoming repetitive. I think that's the challenge we all have with recurring series. It has to be the same, but different. The audience wants to be satisfied with what they know, but you also want to bring in new things, but you don't want to jump the shark. So it's just a matter of keeping that balance."