Television
Stephanie Laing is bringing a critically acclaimed Dutch TV series stateside. The two-time Emmy winner has been tapped to direct and exec produce an untitled NBC drama pilot based on...
This pilot season is one for the history books. Jude Weng and Jessica Yu have both booked directing gigs and, according to Deadline, are set to become the first Asian-American women to helm...
“Set It Up” helmer and prolific TV director Claire Scanlon has booked her latest gig. As Deadline reports, she will direct the Fox single-camera comedy pilot “Adam &...
Edie Falco could be returning to TV. According to Deadline, the Emmy-winning “Sopranos” and “Nurse Jackie” actress will star in CBS police drama pilot “Tommy.” The...
Universal Cable Productions (UCP) has brought on four female directors to helm some of its biggest pilots. Variety reports the NBCUniversal company hired Ana Lily Amirpour, Steph Green, Laure de...
TNT has ordered its first drama pilots of 2018, and both are women-centric. The network is developing Elisabeth Shue-led “Constance,” a portrait of a former beauty queen turned small...
The 2018-19 pilot season has been a marked improvement over 2017-18. Last year only one drama pilot was directed by a woman and it wasn’t ordered to series. This year 14 drama pilots are...
News
As we reported last week, NBC picked up a comedy produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock from 30 Rock writer Colleen McGuinness–a workplace set comedy about a young woman who is looking to...
Here’s a roundup of some of the most notable pilot news from the last week. Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ production company just nabbed a comedy from Cougar Town co-producers Christine...
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