Amy Sherman-Palladino Working on "The Nanny Diaries" Series for ABC

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Exclusive: "Gilmore Girls" Creator Adapts "The Nanny Diaries" for ABC
Aug 9, 2011
by Michael Schneider


"Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is busy working on a new drama project for ABC. Sherman-Palladino is looking to adapt the 2002 book The Nanny Diaries into a TV series for the network.

ABC is close to ordering a script from Sherman-Palladino through its sister studio, ABC Studios, which is behind the project.



The Nanny Diaries centers on a group of nannies who work for upper class Manhattan parents; Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus wrote the book, which was published in 2002.

(A sequel, Nanny Returns, was released in 2009.)



The Nanny Diaries has already been turned into a 2007 feature film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys and Chris Evans.

The movie took in a little more than $25 million at the domestic box office — a small amount, but ABC is likely more interested tapping into the success of the book, which was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller.

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