Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAmy Sherman-Palladino made history by winning Emmys for Comedy Series program, writing and directing — the first woman to ever have that distinction — for Season 1 of The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel. She explained during the show’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event how the series came about because of her own family background.“It was basically all there for the taking,” she explained during the panel of the pitch for the show and the inspiration for Midge, the ’50s housewife-turned-stand-up comic, a profession she knew well since her father was a stand-up.“We took my Dad’s life, his stories, and a lot of stuff I heard about growing up.
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