Jamila Hunter's guest appearances

Jamila Hunter

Dead Pilots Society

Unscripted and Unprepared: A Realscreen Podcast

The Process Podcast

Justin Halpern

Riki Lindhome

Anya Fernald

Pete Holmes

Jonathan Groff

JD Roth

Sarah Haskins

Matt Gourley

Amanda Lund

Joel Kim Booster

John Hodgman

Jon Moxley

Adam McKay

Matt Manfredi

Morgan Murphy

OwlTail

From the earliest days of NBC reality, to the pre-launch of OWN, to running ABC's comedy department, Jamila Hunter has a wealth of experience to share with our listeners in this engaging episode. What made her take a break from the reality business and move into scripted? What was her first meeting with Oprah like? And how key is a GREAT title to a buyer when hearing a pitch? (spoiler alert: VERY). Twitter: @IamJimmyFox // @realscreen Instagram: @Jimmybfox // @realscreen

From the earliest days of NBC reality, to the pre-launch of OWN, to running ABC's comedy department, Jamila Hunter has a wealth of experience to share with our listeners in this engaging episode. What made her take a break from the reality business and move into scripted? What was her first meeting with Oprah like? And how key is a GREAT title to a buyer when hearing a pitch? (spoiler alert: VERY). Twitter: @IamJimmyFox // @realscreen Instagram: @Jimmybfox // @realscreen

Jamila Hunter, Freeform's SVP of Current Series, Alternative Programming

Jamila Hunter has worked as a development executive at NBC, Bravo, Fox, and ABC. She's now the Senior VP of Current and Alternative Programming at Free Form.  Paul talked to Jamila about how she identifies stories that work and what she's learned about bringing those stories to the screen.

Jamila Hunter: How to Identify a Good Story

No dead pilot this month, but we have something special instead! On this episode we get to hear a network executive's side of the story. Andrew sat down with television comedy executive, Jamila Hunter. Jamila was the Senior Vice President of ABC Comedy before leaving to head up Kenya Barris's production company at Netflix. In this interview, you'll hear her speak openly about running a network comedy department... What it's like to hear 10 to 12 comedy pitches every single day for months...The number one thing she looks for in a pitch... Embarrassing mistakes writers make and how to avoid them... How the pilot pick-up decisions are actually made... She also reminisces about some of the great pitches she's heard in her career, like Kenya Barris' pitch for Black-ish. Lots of valuable insights for writers, and lots of great perspective for television fans. Enjoy, and we'll be back with a new dead pilot next month! For more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast! Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram @deadpilotspod, on twitter @deadpilotspod, and visit our website at deadpilotssociety.com.

No dead pilot this month, but we have something special instead! On this episode we get to hear a network executive's side of the story. Andrew sat down with television comedy executive, Jamila Hunter. Jamila was the Senior Vice President of ABC Comedy before leaving to head up Kenya Barris's production company at Netflix. In this interview, you'll hear her speak openly about running a network comedy department... What it's like to hear 10 to 12 comedy pitches every single day for months...The number one thing she looks for in a pitch... Embarrassing mistakes writers make and how to avoid them... How the pilot pick-up decisions are actually made... She also reminisces about some of the great pitches she's heard in her career, like Kenya Barris' pitch for Black-ish. Lots of valuable insights for writers, and lots of great perspective for television fans. Enjoy, and we'll be back with a new dead pilot next month! For more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast! Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deadpilotspod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@deadpilotspod</a>, on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/deadpilotspod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@deadpilotspod</a>, and visit our website at <a href="http://deadpilotssociety.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">deadpilotssociety.com</a>.

Episode 41: Special Executive Episode w/ Jamila Hunter (ABC Network, Khalabo Ink Society)