In this building, Martin Short and Meryl Streep’s chemistry is evident — just ask “Only Murders in the Building” creator, John Hoffman.

The writer shared an inside look into how Short’s Oliver Putnam and Streep’s Loretta Durkin came to be as the Season 5 premiere kicked off on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

“This show has miracles all around us, truthfully,” Hoffman exclusively told The Post. “And that’s what I just loved. We wrote Loretta first, and then Meryl said, ‘Is there anything there?’ And I was like, ‘Well, we just are writing a part that you’re perfect for, in my mind. And it includes a romantic interest for Oliver.’ We hadn’t done any romance stories for Oliver by that time in Season 3, so there it was. I can only say it’s like that thing of just watching brilliant actors, first of al

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