For example, an uncle dipped him into chummed and shark-infested waters, Williamson tells The Hollywood Reporter. He also shares his three-season (maybe more) plan and revisits 'Dawson's Creek.'

Like a surface-level blend of "Ozark" and "Yellowstone," Kevin Williamson's first Netflix series follows a North Carolina family who keeps their seaside fishing empire afloat by ferrying drugs.

I always write about what I know,” Kevin Williamson, creator of the new Netflix series The Waterfront, told Tudum in June 2025. That’s an ideology he employed while creating his hit 2000s series Dawson’s Creek and Vampire Diaries,