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Daniel Palladino is an American television executive producer, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his work on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), which earned him a WGA Award, two PGA Awards, and four Primetime Emmy Awards.

Career

Palladino began working in series television in 1989, spending three years on the ABC program Who's the Boss? starring Tony Danza, Judith Light and Alyssa Milano.[1] Along with stints as a producer of the David Keith series Flesh 'n' Blood and as a writer for an episode of Cheers, Palladino wrote a half-dozen episodes of The Upper Hand, the British version of Who's The Boss?.[2]

Palladino spent two years in the mid-1990s on Roseanne, serving as a writer, co-executive producer, then executive producer.[1]

In 2000 he began a half-dozen years on Gilmore Girls on the WB Television Network. He wrote and eventually segued into directing. Gilmore Girls was the story of a thirty-something single mom (Lauren Graham) who runs an inn in a small Connecticut town while raising her teenage daughter (Alexis Bledel).[2] Time magazine listing it among the "100 Best TV Shows of All Time".[3] He went on to serve in producing roles on such original series as The Return of Jezebel James and the dance drama Bunheads.[2]

Just prior and for a time concurrent with Gilmore Girls, Palladino was executive producer and showrunner of the Fox animated sitcom Family Guy for its initial two seasons, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program for its second season. From 2012 to 2013, he returned to Family Guy as a consulting producer.[2]

In 2016, Palladino helped navigate the return of Gilmore Girls, to Netflix, writing and directing two of the four installments for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. Much of the cast reunited for the four-part mini-series, with each episode tracing the characters' lives across one season: winter, spring, summer and fall. Palladino served as executive producer, writer and director alongside his wife, series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.[2]

Palladino then served as executive producer on the Amazon Prime Video pilot The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.[2] The series went on to win twenty Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series,[4] three Golden Globes and five Critics' Choice Awards, as well as the Peabody and WGA award.[2] He is executive producer, writer, and director of the series' fourth season.[2]

Personal life

Palladino is married to writer and director Amy Sherman-Palladino, with whom he frequently collaborates.

Awards

Palladino has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel including Outstanding Music Supervision and Outstanding Comedy Series,[4] two PGA Awards[5] and a WGA Award.[6]

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Family Guy along with Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman, Craig Hoffman, Danny Smith, Billiam Coronel, Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker, Sherry Gunther, Gary Janetti, Pete Michels, Peter Shin, and Dan Povenmire in the Outstanding Animated Program (For One Hour or Less) category for the episode "Road to Rhode Island" in the year 2000.[2]

Palladino has received two DGA Award Nominations in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series category for the episode "We're Going to the Catskills!" in 2019 and in the same category in 2020 for "Marvelous Radio".

In 2018, he won the PGA Award in the Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy category for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Sheila R. Lawrence, Matthew Shapiro, Sal Carino, Francesca M. Mannix, Frank Covino, Rachel Jablin, Parker Chehak, and Molly Pabin. He received two PGA Award nominations for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 2019 alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, and Sheila R. Lawrence, and in 2020 alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Daniel Goldfarb, Kate Fodor, Sono Patel, and Matthew Shapiro.

He won the WGA Award in 2019 in the category Comedy Series for his work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb, Jen Kirkman, and Sheila R. Lawrence. He received a nomination in 2020 alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb, Alison Leiby, Sono Patel, and Jordan Temple.[7]

Palladino won a Peabody Award along with Amy Sherman-Palladino in the Entertainment category for first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 2017.[8]

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Writer Producer Director Other
1986 Benson No No No Yes Assistant to the producers
1987 One Big Family Yes No No No Wrote 2 episodes
1989–91 Who's the Boss? Yes Yes No Yes Co-producer, wrote 10 episodes
Also executive script consultant, story editor, and executive story editor
1989 Nearly Departed Yes No No No Wrote: "Altared States"
1991 Flesh 'n' Blood Yes Yes No No Wrote 2 episodes
1991–93 The Upper Hand Yes No No No Wrote 5 episodes
1992 Cheers Yes No No No Wrote: "Rich Man, Wood Man"
1992 Davis Rules Yes No No No Wrote: "The Girl with Someone Extra"
1993 Good Advice Yes Yes No No Co-executive producer, wrote: "Special Session"
1993–94 The Sinbad Show Yes Yes No No Supervising producer, wrote: "Shades of Acceptance"
1994 Muddling Through Yes Yes No No Supervising producer, wrote: "Let It Be Normal"
1995–97 Roseanne Yes Executive No No Wrote 3 episodes, also co-executive producer
1997 Over the Top No Executive No No
2000–06 Gilmore Girls Yes Executive Yes Yes Wrote 44 episodes and directed six episodes
Also executive consultant
2000–13 Family Guy Yes Executive No No Wrote 2 episodes, also consulting and co-executive producer
2008 The Return of Jezebel James Yes Executive No No Wrote 2 episodes
2010 The Wyoming Story No Yes No No TV movie
2012–13 Bunheads Yes Yes Yes No Consulting producer, wrote and directed 5 episodes
2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Yes Executive Yes No Wrote and directed 2 episodes
2017–23 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Yes Executive Yes No Wrote 20 episodes and directed 14 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b Rebio (2017-03-19). "Reviewing Every TV Show I Own: Who's the Boss?: First Date". Reviewing Every TV Show I Own. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Otterson, Joe (2017-09-25). "Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino Ink Overall Deal at Amazon Studios". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  3. ^ Poniewozik, James (2007-08-13). "Is Gilmore Girls one of the All-Time 100 Best TV Shows? Time thinks so. Check it out". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. ^ a b "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". Television Academy. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  5. ^ "'Mrs. Maisel' Scores Again at PGA Awards". Jewish Journal. 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  6. ^ McNary, Dave (2019-02-18). "WGA Awards 2019: 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?,' 'Eighth Grade' Win Screenplay Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  7. ^ "2020 Writers Guild Awards Nominees & Winners". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  8. ^ "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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