EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has given an eight-episode series order to Merry Happy Whatever, a holiday-themed multi-camera comedy series starring and executive produced by Dennis Quaid. The project hails from former Everybody Loves Raymond executive producer Tucker Cawley, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Wendi…

Broadcast pilot season’s busiest director this year just got busier. Pam Fryman, who already had signed on to direct four multi-camera/hybrid comedy pilots, has been tapped to direct the opening episode for Murphy Brown, CBS' 13-episode revival of the 1988 sitcom. Original series creator Diane English and stars…

Last year’s broadcast pilot season was dismal for female directors — out of the 41 drama pilots ordered, only one, ABC’s Las Reinas, was directed by woman. A total of four women were hired to direct 10 of 70 broadcast pilots in 2017. It was a low point, and a turning point. This year, out of 41 broadcast drama pilots…

Rules of Engagement alum Adhir Kalyan has been tapped as the lead in Making Friends, Amazon Studios’ multi-camera comedy pilot from How I Met Your Mother creators/executive producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. HIMYM director/executive producer Pam Fryman, a frequent Bays and Thomas collaborator, is on board to…

Despite so many initiatives across television networks designed to boost opportunities for female and minority directors, those helmers took another step back this pilot season. Of 41 broadcast drama pilots this season, only one — ABC’s Las Reinas — is directed by a woman, Liz Friedlander. This could be an all-time…

Veteran multi-camera comedy director Pam Fryman has hit a milestone: She is currently directing her 500th episode of television. This is one of the highest career tallies behind sitcom doyen James Burrows, who last fall crossed the 1,000-episode mark. Fryman’s No. 500 is an episode of CBS’ sitcom The Odd Couple…

Pam Fryman, who helmed the pilot for NBC’s newly picked up multi-camera comedy series People Are Talking, is joining the show as executive producer/director. We Are Talking, from writer DJ Nash, Universal TV and Will Packer Prods., is the only new NBC comedy series to land on the fall schedule, paired with returning…

UPDATED: Pam Fryman is in high demand again this pilot season. The veteran comedy director set to helm Fox’s untitled Dana Klein multi-camera project, from 20th Century Fox TV; DJ Nash’s NBC/Universal TV multi-camera pilot People Are Talking; and CBS’ untitled comedy pilot from former Modern Family executive producer…

There is rarely a TV director as closely associated with a series as Pam Fryman has been with CBS‘ How I Met Your Mother. She directed the pilot, contributing to the show’s unique hybrid format, stayed on as an executive producer and helmed a staggering 172 of the series’ 184 episodes, including the upcoming series…

As Pamela Fryman is preparing to direct the series finale of CBS’ How I Met Your Mother on February 26, she has lined up four pilots to helm/executive produce, a personal best for the prolific multi-camera director. That of course includes the HIMYM spinoff How I Met Your Dad starring Greta Gerwig. Fryman also helmed…

EXCLUSIVE: A multi-camera comedy from 30 Rock co-executive producer Matt Hubbard, creator/co-showrunner Tina Fey and co-showrunner Robert Carlock already had a series commitment from Fox where it landed in August in a bidding war. Now the project has received a formal pilot green light, with Pam Fryman set to direct…