There are countless awesome tv series with female showrunners at the helm. Thus far, I've only covered "Gilmore Girls" in its entirety, but there's more TK! "My Brilliant Friend" is next.
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Steven Robman, written by Daniel Palladino. Robman also directed "Teach Me Tonight," the one where Kirk debuts his film, Rory breaks her arm, Lorelai loses her shit, and Christopher appears just to annoy us.
Two Daniel Palladino episodes in a row is
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Gail Mancuso, written by Daniel Palladino. Mancuso has directed two prior episodes of "GG":
"Red Light on the Wedding Night" - Lorelai has a few Long Island iced teas and decides that maybe she's not ready to commit
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Chris Long, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. You should remember Long from these previous episodes:
"Presenting Lorelai Gilmore" - One of the whitest episodes of the show. Rory "comes out" to society as ... a young lady, I guess? Emily is pleased,
Directing and writing credits:
This season opener was written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino. It features cameos from Barbara Boxer and Doug Ose, of all people.
I actually met Barbara Boxer in 2007 when I was in Washington, D.C. for Presidential Classroom, something similar to Chilton's Junior
Directing and writing credits:
Written and directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino. I love this episode and if I'm ever having a particularly bad day, I usually put it on in the background and listen to it while I do other things. I don't know why it cheers
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Jamie Babbit, written by Daniel Palladino. Babbit directed two other Season 2 episodes:
"The Road Trip to Harvard" - If Rory is such a genius, why doesn't she realize that Portsmouth New Hampshire is less than 1.5 hours away
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Chris Long, written by Allan Heinberg. Long has directed two previous Season Two episodes of "GG":
"Presenting Lorelai Gilmore" - Christopher returns to Stars Hollow with a Volvo, the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, a mild addiction to chai lattes, and
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Steven Robman, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. This is Robman's first episode of "GG," but he'll go on to direct two others: "One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes" and "Let the Games
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Kevin Dowling, written by Linda Loiselle Guzik. This is Dowling's only episode of "GG" but he's directed a bunch of random things over the years, like "Joan of Arcadia," "One Tree Hill," and "
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Jamie Babbit, written by Daniel Palladino. Fun fact: Babbit has directed more episodes of "GG" than ASP. You should remember her from "The Road Trip to Harvard" at the beginning of the season. She'll go on to direct
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino, written by Sheila R. Lawrence. ASP has actually only directed fifteen episodes of the original "Gilmore Girls," which kind of surprises me. In a 2013 Collider interview about "Bunheads," ASP was asked how she decides which episodes to
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Gail Mancuso, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. Mancuso also directed "Red Light on the Wedding Night" and I wrote a little bit about her career in that post.
In Sherman-Palladino news, here's a good article about her and "The Marvelous
