Warren Littlefield On “Chilling” ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Final Season, Expanding Into Comedy & Unscripted And Threat Of TV Producers Becoming Extinct

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Warren Littlefield has now been a producer longer than he has been an executive. In his second career, Littlefield, who, as entertainment president and head of comedy at NBC developed and put on the air such series as The Golden Girls, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Seinfeld, ER, Friends, Frasier, Homicide and Law & Order, has produced shows like FX/Hulu’s Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale, Dopesick, The Old Man and the upcoming Amanda Knox.

As his The Littlefield Company turns 25, Littlefield takes a look at the bumpy transition from executive to producer, the state of broadcast, and a potential return to network TV amid a push in comedy and unscripted.

He also discusses whether the ongoing contraction is here to stay and if non-writing producer remains a viable profession. He also teases the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale, gives a status update on potential sequel The Testaments and evaluates the prospects for more Fargo and The Old Man. Early stumbles & shedding “the network guy” image Littlefield became a producer following his 1998 exit from NBC after 19 years.

Right off the bat, he got a slew of pilot orders, a number of which went to series: Do Over and Dan Fogelman’s first series, Like Family, on the CW, and Sienna Miller’s first show Keen Eddie on Fox.