While it's set in the fictional town of Havenport, the new drama series is indeed based on a real story - one pulling from the creator's past. The eight-episode series centers around the Buckleys, who rule the local fishing industry and some of the town's biggest restaurants.

"The Waterfront," a new Netflix series about a family-run fishery off the North Carolina coast, officially stems from "Dawson's Creek" and "Scream" scribe Kevin Williamson, but given the first season's shallow interest in its own characters,

Kevin Williamson, best known for 'Scream' and 'Dawson's Creek,' based the new drama on his own dramatic upbringing in North Carolina.