Amy Sherman-Palladino
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Amy Sherman-Palladino (née Sherman) is an American television writer and producer.
Sherman-Palladino is married to writer and producer Daniel Palladino.
Career
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]
Sherman-Palladino left the show after season six in 1994, and worked on several other projects, including a failed pilot (Love and Marriage) and writing several scripts of the NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet. [2]
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 and show runners for six of its seven year run.
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. 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. 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."
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 has received a pilot commitment from the network, is about two sisters who come together after years apart, when one of the sisters agrees to carry the other's baby. Sherman-Palladino will write, executive produce and direct the pilot. [3]
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. [4] The series debuted on March 14, 2008 on FOX starring Parker Posey. [5] The show was subsequently cancelled March 24, 2008 after only three episodes were aired.[6]