Daniel Palladino is an American television executive producer, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his work on the television seriesGilmore Girls (2000–2007) andThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), which earned him aWGA Award, twoPGA Awards, and fourPrimetime Emmy Awards. He has worked on both series with his wifeAmy Sherman Palladino.
Palladino began working in series television in 1989, spending three years on theABC programWho's the Boss? starringTony Danza,Judith Light andAlyssa Milano.[1] Along with stints as a producer of theDavid Keith seriesFlesh 'n' Blood and as a writer for an episode ofCheers, Palladino wrote a half-dozen episodes ofThe Upper Hand, the British version ofWho's The Boss?.[2]
Palladino spent two years in the mid-1990s onRoseanne, serving as a writer, co-executive producer, then executive producer.[1]
In 2000 he began a half-dozen years onGilmore Girls on theWB Television Network. He wrote and eventually segued into directing.Gilmore Girls was the story of a thirty-something single mom (Lauren Graham) who runs an inn in a small Connecticut town while raising her teenage daughter (Alexis Bledel).[2]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 asThe Return of Jezebel James and the dance dramaBunheads.[2]
Just prior and for a time concurrent withGilmore Girls, Palladino was executive producer and showrunner of theFox animated sitcomFamily Guy for its initial two seasons, earning anEmmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program for its second season. From 2012 to 2013, he returned toFamily Guy as a consulting producer.[2]
In 2016, Palladino helped navigate the return ofGilmore Girls, toNetflix, writing and directing two of the four installments forGilmore 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 creatorAmy Sherman-Palladino.[2]
Palladino then served as executive producer on theAmazon Prime Video pilotThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.[2] The series went on to win twentyEmmy Awards, includingOutstanding Comedy Series,[4] threeGolden Globes and fiveCritics' Choice Awards, as well as thePeabody andWGA award.[2] He is executive producer, writer, and director of the series' fourth season.[2]
Palladino is married to writer and directorAmy Sherman-Palladino, with whom he frequently collaborates.
Palladino has received fourPrimetime Emmy Awards for his work onThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel includingOutstanding Music Supervision andOutstanding Comedy Series,[4] two PGA Awards[5] and aWGA Award.[6]
Nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award forFamily Guy along withSeth MacFarlane,David Zuckerman, Craig Hoffman,Danny Smith, Billiam Coronel,Matt Weitzman,Mike Barker,Sherry Gunther,Gary Janetti,Pete Michels,Peter Shin, andDan 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 twoDGA Award Nominations in theOutstanding 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 thePGA Award in theOutstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy category forThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alongsideAmy 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 twoPGA Award nominations forThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 2019 alongsideAmy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, and Sheila R. Lawrence, and in 2020 alongsideAmy Sherman-Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Daniel Goldfarb,Kate Fodor, Sono Patel, and Matthew Shapiro.
He won theWGA Award in 2019 in the categoryComedy Series for his work onThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel alongsideAmy Sherman-Palladino, Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb, Jen Kirkman, and Sheila R. Lawrence. He received a nomination in 2020 alongsideAmy Sherman-Palladino, Kate Fodor, Noah Gardenswartz, Daniel Goldfarb,Alison Leiby, Sono Patel, and Jordan Temple.[7]
Palladino won aPeabody Award along withAmy Sherman-Palladino in the Entertainment category for first season ofThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 2017.[8]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | Director | Other | |||
| 1986 | Benson | No | No | No | Yes | Assistant to the producers |
| 1987 | One Big Family | Yes | No | No | No | Wrote 2 episodes |
| 1989–91 | Who's the Boss? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Co-producer, wrote 10 episodes Also executive script consultant, story editor, and executive story editor |
| 1989 | Nearly Departed | Yes | No | No | No | Wrote: "Altared States" |
| 1991 | Flesh 'n' Blood | Yes | Yes | No | No | Wrote 2 episodes |
| 1991–93 | The Upper Hand | Yes | No | No | No | Wrote 5 episodes |
| 1992 | Cheers | Yes | No | No | No | Wrote: "Rich Man, Wood Man" |
| 1992 | Davis Rules | Yes | No | No | No | Wrote: "The Girl with Someone Extra" |
| 1993 | Good Advice | Yes | Yes | No | No | Co-executive producer, wrote: "Special Session" |
| 1993–94 | The Sinbad Show | Yes | Yes | No | No | Supervising producer, wrote: "Shades of Acceptance" |
| 1994 | Muddling Through | Yes | Yes | No | No | Supervising producer, wrote: "Let It Be Normal" |
| 1995–97 | Roseanne | Yes | Executive | No | No | Wrote 3 episodes, also co-executive producer |
| 1997 | Over the Top | No | Executive | No | No | |
| 2000–06 | Gilmore Girls | Yes | Executive | Yes | Yes | Wrote 44 episodes and directed six episodes Also executive consultant |
| 2000–13 | Family Guy | Yes | Executive | No | No | Wrote 2 episodes, also consulting and co-executive producer |
| 2008 | The Return of Jezebel James | Yes | Executive | No | No | Wrote 2 episodes |
| 2010 | The Wyoming Story | No | Yes | No | No | TV movie |
| 2012–13 | Bunheads | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Consulting producer, wrote and directed 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Yes | Executive | Yes | No | Wrote and directed 2 episodes |
| 2017–23 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Yes | Executive | Yes | No | Wrote 20 episodes and directed 14 episodes |
| 2025 | Étoile | Yes | Executive | Yes | No | |
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