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Writer/producer Liz Tigelaar (Little Fires Everywhere) has launched Best Day Ever, a new production company, which has entered a two-year overall pod deal with ABC Studios. Additionally, former Netflix executive Stacey Silverman will serve as Tigelaar’s producing partner at the new company. Tigelaar is currently…

In a competitive situation, Hulu has landed Little Fires Everywhere, a limited series based on Celeste Ng's bestselling book, toplined and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Scandal star Kerry Washington. The project, which recently hit the marketplace, has received a straight-to-series eight-episode…

Hulu has landed for development LA Woman, a single-camera comedy from Casual executive producer/showrunner Liz Tigelaar, director Lynn Shelton, and producers Amy Pascal and Elizabeth Cantillon. Sony TV’s TriStar Television  is the studio. Created, written and executive produced by Tigelaar, LA Woman is a coming-of-age…

A first-time showrunner when Casual bowed in 2015, Zander Lehmann was thrust into a new world with new responsibilities, alongside executive producers Jason Reitman, Helen Estabrook and Liz Tigelaar—the latter, the only TV veteran among the bunch. Quickly picking up the process, the Casual creator found an…

During a panel discussion at the ATX Television Festival entitled Television in a Trumped Up America, Queen Sugar producer Paul Garnes made a comment that made everyone cheer. In the midst of the discussion on how the election results have affected television, Garnes said, "One of my EPs on Queen Sugar thought maybe…

In a competitive situation, Hulu has landed The Way I Am, a half-hour single-camera comedy from singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and Casual showrunner Liz Tigelaar, with Michaelson set to star. Created by Michaelson and Tigelaar and written by Tigelaar, The Way I Am, now in development, is based on loosely…

Showtime has put in development The Middlesteins, a half-hour comedy series based on the 2012 book by Jami Attenberg, from Nina Tassler, former chairman of Showtime sibling CBS Entertainment, and Casual showrunner Liz Tigelaar. The Middlesteins is about a suburban couple who splits up after 30 years, partly because of…

Trophy Wife alum Michaela Watkins is set as the female lead in Hulu’s single-camera comedy series Casual, executive produced by Jason Reitman who will direct the opening episode. Tara Lynne Barr (Aquarius) will also play a lead in the comedy, which has recruited Life Unexpected creator Liz Tigelaar as executive…

Liz Tigelaar's ABC Studios drama pilot The Joneses, which was originally developed at ABC, has been picked up by Bravo for development — marking one of the network’s first stabs at a scripted project. It’s based on the 2009 indie film of the same name that starred Demi Moore and David Duchovny. The pilot from Life Unex…

Life Unexpected creator/executive producer Liz Tigelaar has reunited with the series’ executive producers Gary Fleder and Mary Beth Basile for The Joneses, a drama series project at ABC based on the 2009 indie film which was written and directed by Derrick Borte and starred Demi Moore and David Duchovny. ABC Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: As the CW’s sophomore drama Life Unexpected is heading to its season and likely series finale on Jan. 18, the series’ creator/executive producer Liz Tigelaar is ready to move on, signing an overall deal with ABC Studios. The seven-figure, two-year pact, which has an option for a third year, starts in June…