Daniel Palladino

Emmy Award nominee Daniel Palladino broke into series television in 1989, spending three years on the ABC hit Who's the Boss? starring Tony Danza, Judith Light and Alyssa Milano.[1] Along with stints as a producer of the David Keith series Flesh ‘n’ Blood and as a writer for an episode of the legendary Cheers, Palladino wrote a half-dozen episodes of The Upper Hand, the British version of Who's The Boss?, helping to establish a show which would go on to run seven seasons.[2]

Palladino spent two years in the mid-1990s on Roseanne, serving as a writer, co-executive producer, then executive producer.[1]

In 2000 he began a half-dozen years on Gilmore Girls on the WB Television Network. He wrote some of its most popular episodes and eventually segued into directing, guiding the ship on six episodes. Gilmore Girls skillfully wove the engaging story of a thirtysomething single mom (Lauren Graham) running a bed-and-breakfast in a small Connecticut town while raising her teenage daughter (Alexis Bledel).[2] Palladino was involved in casting a show that has gone on to establish the careers of Milo Ventimiglia, Melissa McCarthy, Matt Czuchry and a host of others. The show, with its strong relationships and dense, fast- paced dialogue, earned widespread critical acclaim, with Time magazine listing it among the “100 Best TV Shows of All Time.”[3] He went on to serve in producing roles on such original series as The Return of Jezebel James and the dance drama Bunheads.[2]

Just prior and for a time concurrent with Gilmore Girls, Palladino was executive producer and showrunner of the Fox animated hit Family Guy for its initial two seasons, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program for its second season. More recently, from 2012- 2013, he returned to Family Guy as a consulting producer.[2]

In 2016, Palladino helped navigate the return of Gilmore Girls, to Netflix, writing and directing two of the four installments for Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life. Much of the cast reunited for the four-part mini-series, with each episode tracing the characters’ lives across one season: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Palladino served as executive producer, writer and director alongside his wife, series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.[2]

Palladino then served as Executive Producer on the Amazon Prime Video pilot The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.[2] The series has gone on to win twenty Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series,[4] three Golden Globes and five Critics’ Choice Awards, as well as the Peabody and WGA award.[2] He is currently Executive Producer, writer, and director of the series’ fourth season.[2]

Before writing, he was active in the Los Angeles music scene playing keyboards for a number of bands, including local favorite The Naughty Sweetie. Daniel is married to Amy Sherman-Palladino with whom he frequently collaborates. He was raised in Reseda, Los Angeles where he graduated from Reseda High School.

• Wrote 11 and directed 8 episodes of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
• Directed 6 episodes between 2004-2006 on Gilmore Girls.
• Wrote 10 episodes of Who's the Boss?
• Wrote 3 episodes of Roseanne.
• Wrote 44 episodes of Gilmore Girls.
• Family Guy (co-executive producer) (14 episodes, 2000–2001) (executive producer) (13 episodes, 2001–2002).
• Bunheads (consulting producer) (8 episodes, 2012-2013) (writer) (5 episodes, 2012-2013) (director) (5 episodes, 2012-2013).

Palladino has received four Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel including Outstanding Music Supervision and Outstanding Comedy Series,[4] two PGA Awards[5] and a WGA Award.[6]

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Family Guy along with Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman, Craig Hoffman, Danny Smith, Billiam Coronel, Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker, Sherry Gunther, Gary Janetti, Pete Michels, Peter Shin, and Dan Povenmire in the "Outstanding Animated Program (For One Hour or Less) category for the episode "Road to Rhode Island" in the year 2000.[2]

Palladino has received two DGA Award Nominations in the “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series” category for the episode “We’re Going To The Catskills!” in 2019 and in the same category in 2020 for “Marvelous Radio”.

In 2018, he won the PGA Award in the “Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy” category for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Sheila R. Lawrence, Matthew Shapiro, Sal Carino, Francesca M. Mannix, Frank Covino, Rachel Jablin, Parker Chehak, and Molly Pabin. He received two PGA Award nominations for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 2019 alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, and Sheila R. Lawrence, and in 2020 alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Daniel Goldfarb, Kate Fodor, Sono Patel, and Matthew Shapiro.

He won the WGA Award in 2019 in the category “Comedy Series” for his work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb, Jen Kirkman, and Sheila R. Lawrence. He received a nomination in 2020 alongside Amy Sherman-Palladino, Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb, Alison Leiby, Sono Patel, and Jordan Temple.[7]

Palladino won a Peabody Award along with Amy Sherman-Palladino in the "Entertainment" category for first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 2017.[8]