New announcements, plus Jess Rothschild interviews Ilene Chaiken

Listen to Carolyn's new podcast Love's A Pitch on Spotify or Apple
Podcasts. Happy New Year! We've got a couple of updates and
announcements from Carolyn, plus, we're sharing an episode that
many of you will be interested in from friend of the pod Jess
Rothschild. On this episode of Hot Takes and Deep Dives, Jess is
joined by THE L WORD creator and show-runner Ilene Chaiken! Ilene
discusses running Aaron Spelling's production company, her
real-life version of The Planet, the head of Showtime wanting to
cast Leisha Hailey as Shane, Jennifer Beals choosing Laurel
Holloman as Tina, and Mia Kirshner's brilliant improv as Jenny.
Also discussed: Ilene's original plan for Bette & Tina,
contributions to Gen Q, is Gen Q canon, Sepideh Moafi as Gigi, the
mistreatment of Daniel Sea (Max) on set, Holland Taylor as Peggy
Peabody and a LOT more! Subscribe to her pod here. As a reminder,
you can listen to past Dyking Off Topic episodes with Carolyn and
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