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,

I told him, ‘When you die, I’m gonna tell your story.’ He was always like, ‘Okay.’” The Waterfront, which follows the Buckley family and their attempts to maintain their North Carolina fishing empire,

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.