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The Writers Guild of America West has penciled in Living Single creator-showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser for its 2023 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. She will receive the career honor, which is presented to a WGA member who has "advanced the literature of television and made…

Starz has ordered a second season of its comedy series Run The World, from Lionsgate Television. The new season will come with new showrunner Rachelle Williams (Love Life, Mixed-ish), who is taking over for Yvette Lee Bowser. Bowser will continue to serve as executive producer alongside Williams and series creator…

EXCLUSIVE: Starz has given a pilot green light to half-hour comedy Run the World, which has cast Amber Stevens West (The Carmichael Show) and Bresha Webb (Marlon) as two of its four leads. The project hails from Boomerang writer Leigh Davenport; Dear White People co-showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser; and Lionsgate TV…

Dear White People executive producer and showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser is expanding her relationship with Lionsgate TV, the studio behind the critically praised series. Under the pact, Bowser will develop new television series with the studio, and continue her work as EP and showrunner on Dear White People, which…

Issa Rae's hit HBO comedy Insecure entered some dramatic territory in its second season, as the onscreen fictional Issa battled a break-up, a rent hike, workplace horrors and toxic friendships. Still, through it all, Rae always manages to bring some laughs. But in her new, upcoming HBO project Sweet Life—about teen…