Posted on 10/09/2015 1:22:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Wendy Davis made national headlines in 2013 for filibustering anti-abortion legislation in the Texas Senate. Now the former Democratic state senator is poised for more national attention as the inspiration for a dramedy series in development at NBC.
Written by Jennifer Cecil, the untitled project centers on a female Democratic senator who, after losing the Texas governor’s race, gets her world turned upside down. In the vein of The Good Wife, while she pieces her pride back together, she goes to work in the law firm of her best friend — a black male Republican — and discovers that with no political future to protect, she can unshackle her inner badass.
Cecil and Davis executive produce alongside Sue Naegle via her Naegle Ink banner and Karen Sherwood. Universal TV is the studio.
A Harvard-educated lawyer, Davis represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2009-15. She made national news in June 2013 when she staged an 11-hour filibuster to block a Senate bill imposing major new restrictions on abortions. The filibuster, which drew support from President Obama, was successful, but the bill ultimately passed. The move made Davis a political star, leading to a run for governor last year, which she lost in the general election. Since then, Davis had been working on a new women’s equality initiative targeting millennials.
Former Private Practice executive producer/co-head writer Cecil is an executive producer on NBC’s upcoming medical drama Heartbreaker. Her résumé also includes stints as a co-executive producer on AMC’s Hell On Wheels and CBS’ Hostages.
Davis and Cecil are repped by UTA.
NBC wants Jon Stewart’s audience, they’re real easy to please.
They’ll laugh at anything, as long as they think its insulting to their political opponents.
Not plausible.
Not watching.
Dramedy? Is that like a dramatic comedy?
I’m guessin’.
Will the lead actress wear pink sequined sneakers and a catheter?
Supporting infanticide means you get a tv show based off of you?
I can’t stand what has become of this country.
Are they going to show the scene where her husband cashed in his 401K and took out a huge loan, so that she could go to law school only to have her divorce him just the next day after he finished paying off her student loans?
SEE HERE:
Laugh out loud funny, huh?
Ouch!
Network tv is made for womyn of the democrat party. Straight NORMAL families are NOT WELCOME. click.
Alan Sorkin’s anchorman in the TV series The Network started out as a Republican, but “got better.” It was unbelievable, but there it was. As for Sorkin’s other stuff, I loved Sportsnight. He’s a dyed in the wool lefty, tho.
They should show some examples of the baby killing and vivisection that the heroic Davis represents.
Dramedy???
Sounds like a drug that will put you to sleep....
A comedy that you need to take Dramamine to get through?
What is it?
I'm an idiotic liberal politician, laugh at all the stupid things I say.
Windy Davis , a girls journey to find the ultimate gas reliever
She made national news in June 2013 when she staged an 11-hour filibuster to block a Senate bill imposing major new restrictions on abortions. The filibuster, which drew support from President Obama, was successful, but the bill ultimately passed.Media shills just can't help themselves.
Is there an episode in which a rat gnaws that thing off her face?
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