The Writers Guild of America West entered Living alone Creator and showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser for the 2023 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Achievement as a Television Writer. At the 75th annual WGA Awards on March 5, she will receive the career award, presented to a WGA member who has “advanced television literature and made outstanding contributions to the television writing profession.”
Bowser, a 35-year guild member with more than 600 hours of television viewing, began her career as a trainee writer at NBC Cosby show spin-off series Another world, writing 25 episodes in five years. After a run with ABC Hanging out with Mr. Cooper In the early ’90s, at the age of 27, Bowser became the first black female series creator with her groundbreaking Fox sitcom Living alone. The show was the No. 1 comedy show in Black and Hispanic homes for its entire five seasons from 1993 to 1997, and has maintained a strong cultural following through three decades of syndication and streaming.
Bowser quickly became a sought-after showrunner and created the multiracial WB/NBC romantic comedy for your love and executive producer of the hit UPN comedy Fifty fifty. Her leadership experience led Bowser to NBC drama consulting roles Lipstick Jungle and that of ABC blackness before directing the Netflix series Dear white people. She is currently executive producer and showrunner Not caughta drama premiering on Onyx for Hulu in March.
“I am deeply moved to join such a prestigious organization and to be recognized for telling a diverse range of stories,” said Bowser. “There is no greater professional reward than being seen by my peers.”
The Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award is the WGAW’s highest award for television writers. Past honorees include Merrill Markoe, Jenji Kohan, Diane English, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Bochco, Susan Harris, Stephen J. Cannell, Shonda Rhimes, David Chase, Marta Kauffman & David Crane, Larry David, Garry Marshall and Alison Cross.
Source: Deadline
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