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Stephanie Laing to Direct NBC Pilot Based on Dutch Series “A’dam – E.V.A.”

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...

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2019-20 Pilot Season: Jude Weng & Jessica Yu Make History, Uptick in Director Inclusion

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...

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Claire Scanlon Will Direct “Adam & Eve” Comedy Pilot for Fox

“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 &...

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Edie Falco to Topline CBS Pilot About LAPD’s First Female Police Chief, Kate Dennis Directing

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...

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Four Universal Cable Prods. Pilots Will Have Women Directors

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...

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Elisabeth Shue-Starrer and Female-Led Boxing Drama Ordered to Pilot at TNT

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...

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2018-19 TV Season: Women Directors Have Higher Pilot-to-Series Ratio Than Men

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...

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Tina Fey Nabs Second TV Deal in One Week

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...

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TV Pilot Roundup for August 16th: New Shows from Shonda Rhimes, Tina Fey and Nahnatchka Khan

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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