Liz Tigelaar, producer of “Life Unexpected,” could finally relax a little in New York this week after her show was renewed by CW.
For the last month the CW show she created, “Life Unexpected,” has sat “on the bubble”: in television industry parlance, the stressful time when networks decide whether to renew shows. Trying to convey what it’s like, she said: “I kind of imagine it’s like wanting people to love your kid. You don’t want people telling you your kid is ugly and not good enough.”
In other words, the process is deeply personal for thousands of writers, producers and actors, a fact often lost in the breathless talk about new television shows during the annual upfront week, which just concluded in New York.
“It’s about getting another year to do something you love,” Ms. Tigelaar said. “Or about looking for a new job.”
This week her story had a happy ending. On Thursday she was in New York to celebrate the order for a second season of “Life Unexpected.” “I feel like a proud parent,” she said, grinning.
But just 72 hours earlier, on the last full day of an attempted vacation in Mexico, she was on the verge of tears, knowing she would soon find out whether she had lost her job and whether all of her work was for naught. READ MORE AT NYTIMES.COM.
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