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TCA: ‘Suburgatory’ Creator Drew Inspiration From ABC’s ‘Housewives’, Own Experience

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 8, 2011 @ 1:15pm PDTTags: ABC, Cheryl Hines, Emily Kapnek, Jane Levy, Jeremy Sisto, Rex Lee, Suburgatory, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.

At today’s final TCA panel on the ABC single-camera comedy Suburgatory — the story of a bright urban teenager (Jane Levy) whose single Dad (Jeremy Sisto) moves her to the “white-picket-fence nightmare” of the suburbs — show creator and executive producer Emily Kapnek said she was not influenced by the ABC family hit Pretty Little Liars in creating the fictional wealthy suburb these characters inhabit. Rather, Kapnek said, she was more inspired by the tone of ABC’s long-running life-in-the-suburbs hit Desperate Housewives, now entering its eighth and final season. She called Suburgatory “more satirical’” than Pretty Little Liars, with its suburbia featuring a “horror, zombieland quality” similar to what she sees in Housewives. Kapnek said the town is a healthy split between a realistic, contemporary atmosphere and a “stylized, evergreen suburbia.” But Kapnek’s biggest inspiration for the show was reality: her own experience moving from an urban environment with a single parent into a suburb “where families didn’t look like ours and we didn’t’ have as much as they did … there was an economic divide, there were expensive bat mitzvahs … [the difference was] all of the fortune the kids had, and the families were incredibly intact.” READ MORE »

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Minnie Driver To Star In CBS Private Eye Drama Pilot, Alan Tudyk Joins ABC Comedy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 21, 2011 @ 8:30pm PSTTags: Emily Kapnek, Hail Mary, Hail Mary Casting, Hail Mary Pilot, Ilene Chaiken Hail Mary, Jeff Wadlow, Minnie Driver, Suburgatory, Suburgatory Casting, Suburgatory Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

Minnie Driver is returning to series television as star of CBS’ drama pilot Hail Mary. The project, created by Jeff Wadlow and executive produced by Ilene Chaiken, is a buddy P.I. show set in Atlanta that focuses on a … Read More »

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Newcomer Jane Levy Lands The Lead In ABC’s Comedy Pilot ‘Suburgatory’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 4:13pm PSTTags: Emily Kapnek, Jane Levy, Suburgatory, Suburgatory Casting, Suburgatory Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: After landing a recurring role on Showtime’s Shameless as her first TV acting job, Jane Levy has booked the lead of a broadcast pilot as her second gig. Testing against several other young actresses, Levy was tapped to star … Read More »

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ABC Picks Up Suburban Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 14, 2011 @ 2:21pm PSTTags: ABC, ABC Pickups, ABC Pilots, Emily Kapnek, Suburgatory, Suburgatory Pilot, TV, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

ABC has given the green light to comedy pilot Suburgatory, from writer/executive producer Emily Kapnek and Warner Bros. TV. The single-camera project is described as a satirical look at life in the suburbs and centers on a quintessentially New York … Read More »

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Wilmer Valderrama Signs Deal With 20th TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 6, 2010 @ 2:31pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, Actors, Dana Walden, Emily Kapnek, From Prada to Nada, Larry Crowne, Producers, Wilmer Valderrama
Nellie Andreeva

WilmerValderramaEXCLUSIVE: Wilmer Valderrama has inked a talent holding/development deal with 20th Century Fox TV. Under the pact, That ‘70s Show alum Valderrama will star and executive produce a series project for the studio. The deal solidifies Valderrama’s ties with 20th TV. Two … Read More »

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