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“For a Show’s Mother, the Wait Was Labor”
May 23rd
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.
The Life Unexpected Crew back for Season 2!
May 20th
Austin Basis, Kerr Smith, Shiri Appleby & Kristoffer Polaha at the CW Upfront 2010
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- Austin Basis, Kerr Smith, Shiri Appleby & Kristoffer Polaha at the CW Upfront 2010
Show is renewed for Season 2: Fall
May 18th
Life UNEXPECTED promo photo
We are delighted to report that Life Unexpected will be back for a second season this coming fall! So, keep checking back for all the lastest news on Season 2!
May 14th
This excerpt was taken from a wonderful article by Cultural Learnings.
Perhaps it’s for the best, though, as I can focus on the one bubble show that I’d say I’d be legitimately angry to see canceled 
early next week. It isn’t that Life Unexpected is my favourite show on television, or even that it had a particularly spectacular first season (it was good, not great); rather, it’s that it’s a young show with a strong cast that grew beyond its premise to become a solid drama series, and it has a great deal of creative and commercial potential yet untapped. And while The CW has been trapped within an identity crisis since its inception, that’s no excuse to turn away a show with the potential to grow into something which complements their brand just so that they can focus on “hype.”
The CW doesn’t need hype at this point, they need something capable of being fresh and standing out from their lineup marked by vapidity, nostalgia marketed to teenagers, and genre programs being run into the ground (exceptions made for Vampire Diaries and Supernatural within this description of their lineup). Life Unexpected is that show, and I really hope they come around to this fact before they make the same mistake they made last year. Read more: cultural_learnings.com.
