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Jan 28, 2021 · Jinny Howe — the Netflix exec who nurtured “Bridgerton” — discussed the cheeky, steamy period romance as well as several other dramas Netflix currently has in the works.
- Virgin River Meets Yellowstone in Ransom Canyon
- Virgin River Season 5… and Beyond?
- Partner Track Looks to Break Glass Ceiling & Go to Season 2
- Coming Up: New Seasons of Firefly Lane, You & Manifest
- More Period Romance?
- Licensingall American: Homecoming & Looking For An Ncis
As Virgin River, based on Robyn Carr’s romance novels, is filming its fifth season (more on that in a bit), Howe and her team are betting on another contemporary romance book series, Jodi Thomas’ Ransom Canyon,to potentially become Netflix’s next hit in the genre. “It’s a contemporary Western romance show, just looking for more in this comfort roma...
There was no learning curve for romance buff Howe in taking over Virgin River.“I was not with it from the beginning in terms of as an executive, but I’ve been with it from the beginning as a fan,” she said. There has been a major behind-the-scene change heading into Season 5, with Patrick Sean Smith taking the helm from original showrunner Sue Tenn...
Partner Trackstars Cho as Ingrid Yun, an idealistic young Korean American lawyer who struggles with her moral compass and her passions as she fights to climb the partner track at an elite New York City law firm. Howe was not familiar with Helen Wan’s novel when she first started developing the TV adaptation by Georgia Lee but then quickly devoured ...
Following Partner Track are the premieres ofFrom Scratch, based on Tambi Locke’s real-life love story, in October, and Season 2 of Firefly Lane, starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke as lifelong friends, later this year. Also coming up are Season 4 of Manifest and You,which both started as licensed series before becoming Netflix originals. OnFi...
There are no other series based on Netflix original movies currently in the works. But the streamer may tackle other period romance books following the success of Bridgerton, which is now filming Season 3, with a much buzzed about Queen Charlotte prequel from Shonda Rhimes in post-production. (Because of how Netflix’s programming operation is struc...
One of Howe’s first moves on the licensing front was a deal for the All American: Homecoming, the first CW show to get on Netflix after the 2019 end of the network’s output deal. All American, the CW’s flagship series created by All Americanshowrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, has been among Netflix’s top off-network draws. “I think given how wellAll A...
Jan 27, 2021 · In her first interview since being elevated to Netflix’s head of drama development last fall, Jinny Howe — the exec who nurtured the Shondaland series — discussed the cheeky, steamy period...
Jan 28, 2021 · In her first interview since being elevated to Netflix’s head of drama development last fall, Jinny Howe — the exec who nurtured the Shondaland series — discussed the cheeky, steamy period romance as well as several other dramas Netflix currently has in the works.
Jan 28, 2021 · One of the Netflix executives most closely associated with Bridgerton, VP Original Series Jinny Howe, a longtime — and proud — romance fan, provided her perspective on why the show, already...
Jan 26, 2024 · EXCLUSIVE: In her third promotion in a little over three years, Netflix‘s Head of Drama Jinny Howe is further expanding her oversight to all of the streamer’s drama areas, adding Spectacle ...
Jan 27, 2021 · Jinny Howe. VP, Original Series. Entertainment. 27 January 2021. Global United Kingdom (Great Britain) Link copied to clipboard. During my Netflix interviews I remember being asked: “If you could make any show, what kind would it be and why?”
