Amy Sherman-Palladino
Amy Sherman-Palladino (née Sherman) is an American television writer, director, and producer who is best known as the creator of the television series Gilmore Girls.
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[edit] Life
Sherman-Palladino is married to writer and producer Daniel Palladino. Her parents are comedian Don Sherman and dancer Maybin Hewes.
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Sherman-Palladino became a staff writer on Roseanne during the show's third season in 1990. Among the storylines and episodes she wrote was an Emmy-nominated episode about birth control.[1] She left the show after season six, in 1994, and worked on several other projects including the failed 1996 sitcom Love and Marriage, the 1997 sitcom Over the Top, and writing several scripts of the NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet.[1]
[edit] Gilmore Girls
Sherman-Palladino is best known as the creator and executive producer of Gilmore Girls, an hour-long television dramedy that aired initially on The WB network, and concluded on its successor network, The CW. She and her husband wore many hats as the creative forces of the show, writing many of the episodes and also acting as producers, directors, and show runners for six of its seven year run.
[edit] End of working relationship with Gilmore Girls
On April 20, 2006, it was announced that Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel could not come to an agreement with The CW to continue their contracts. As a result, the Palladinos' involvement with Gilmore Girls came to an end. The official statement was as follows: "Despite our best efforts to return and ensure the future of Gilmore Girls for years to come, we were unable to reach an agreement with the studio and are therefore leaving when our contracts expire at the end of this season. Our heartfelt thanks go out to our amazing cast, hard-working crew and loyal fans."[2] Writer and producer David S. Rosenthal replaced them.
The couple did an interview with TV Guide writer Michael Ausiello, where they went further into their reasons for leaving the show.[3]
[edit] The Return of Jezebel James
On August 1, 2006, the Hollywood Reporter reported that the Fox Network had ordered a pilot of a new comedy project from Sherman-Palladino. The untitled comedy, which received a pilot commitment from the network, was about two sisters who come together after years apart, when one of the sisters agrees to carry the other's baby.[4] Sherman-Palladino wrote, executive produced and directed the pilot.[5]
In December 2006, at the Hollywood Radio & Television Society's Hitmakers luncheon, Palladino revealed the name of her new sitcom: The Return of Jezebel James.[6] The series debuted on March 14, 2008 on FOX starring Parker Posey.[7] The show was subsequently cancelled on March 24, 2008 after only three episodes were aired.[8]
[edit] Work with HBO
On October 13, 2009, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Sherman-Palladino had been signed to write and executive produce an as yet untitled drama series for HBO.[9] The series would "chronicle the complicated relationship between three adult sisters, all writers sharing the same upper east side apartment building, and their mother, a domineering literary lioness who reserves most of her affections for their ne'er-do-well brother." No news on the project has emerged since then.
[edit] Continued work with The CW
The CW ordered a pilot created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and her executive producer husband Dan Palladino, tentatively known as The Wyoming Project (and also called The Damn Thorpes[10]) for consideration for the 2010-11 television season. The series was described as a family soap set on a horse farm in a small town in Midwest or Rockies. Entertainment Weekly described the series as "Gilmore Girls meets Little House on the Prairie".[11] On February 22, Sean Faris was tapped as the lead in the farm drama pilot, playing Gideon Thorpe. Entertainment Weekly also reported that Sherman-Palladino would be taking the director's chair on the pilot episode of Wyoming Project.[12] The CW did not pick up the pilot or order any episodes for the 2010-11 television season.
[edit] Bunheads
ABC Family has picked up Sherman-Palladino's new pilot, Bunheads, to series. The upcoming series stars Sutton Foster as a Las Vegas showgirl who, after impulsively getting married, moves to a sleepy coastal town and starts working at her mother-in-law's dance studio. It was just announced that Kelly Bishop, who portrayed Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Girls, will play the recurring role of Fanny, her mother-in-law.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tobias, Scott (February 9, 2005). "INTERVIEW Amy Sherman-Palladino". avclub.com. http://www.avclub.com/content/node/23372/print/2. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (April 20, 2006). "Team Palladino Says "Goodbye, Girls"". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/news/Team-Palladino-Says-8524.aspx. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (April 24, 2006). "Team Palladino: The Interview". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/news/Team-Palladino-Interview-8523.aspx. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 13, 2006). "Palladino gets back to roots with 'Jezebel'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ia1286c83ec34a7849bc4df76c4d2261c. Retrieved March 31, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=televisionNews&storyID=2006-08-02T022100Z_01_N01158650_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-GILMORE-DC.XML[dead link]
- ^ Jacey (December 13, 2006). "Gilmore Girls Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino Returns to Comedic Roots". http://www.film.com/features/story/gilmore-girls-creator-amy-sherman/12824765. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ . http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if86c028d8e16e1e0c720856e4ace0be0.[dead link]
- ^ http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Ausiello-Scoop-Fox/800036118[dead link]
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 13, 2009). "'Gilmore Girls' creator lands HBO gig". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ibadf593c28401ee8f3fcce164d087492. Retrieved March 31, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "'The Damn Thorpes,' The CW". The Baltimore Sun. http://discussions.baltimoresun.com/gallery/la-et-2010-fall-tv-pilots-pictures/lat-tvpilot4/10. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (January 27, 2010). "Breaking: The CW back in business with 'Gilmore' girl Amy Sherman-Palladino". ew.com. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/27/the-cw-back-gilmore-creators-western/. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (February 24, 2010). "Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'NCIS,' 'Bones,' 'Lost,' 'Supernatural,' 'Grey's,' and more!". ew.com. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/02/24/ask-ausiello-spoilers-bones-lost/. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Bierly, Mandy (February 15, 2012). "'Gilmore Girls' reunion: Kelly Bishop joins Amy Sherman-Palladino's new ABC Family show -- EXCLUSIVE". ew.com. http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/15/kelly-bishop-bunheads-amy-sherman-palladino/. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
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