Diane English

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Diane English (born May 18, 1948) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known for creating the television show Murphy Brown and writing and directing the 2008 feature film The Women.

Early life

English was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Anne English and Richard English who was an electrical engineer. She graduated from Nardin Academy in Buffalo, and then from Buffalo State College in 1970.

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Career

English began her career at WNET, the PBS affiliate in New York City, first as a story editor for The Theatre in America series and then as associate director of TV Lab. She wrote a monthly column on television for Vogue magazine from 1977 to 1980.

She co-wrote PBS' The Lathe of Heaven, an adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin's science fiction book of the same name, in 1980, and she received her first Writers Guild Award Nomination. She continued with the television series Her Life as a Man (1984) and Classified Love (1986).

English created Foley Square, her first half-hour comedy series on CBS in 1985-1986. Margaret Colin, Hector Elizondo, Michael Lembeck, and Jon Lovitz appeared in the film. In the weeks that followed, the show premiered on December 11, 1985, and it fell near the bottom of the Nielsen charts. After being put on hold for only 11 episodes, CBS rescheduled it to another night and broadcasted the three remaining episodes of the season. With ratings poor, CBS cancelled the show after just 14 episodes, with the last episode airing on April 8, 1986. During 1986 and 1987, the English executive produced and wrote the CBS comedy series My Sister Sam, starring Pam Dawber, which lasted for two seasons and 12 episodes that never aired before being cancelled.

Murphy Brown created the CBS television show Murphy Brown, for which she received three Emmy Awards (one for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and two for Outstanding Comedy Series). There were 247 episodes in the series from 1988 to 1998. From 62 nominations, 18 Emmy Awards were received. When the title character decided to have a child out of wedlock in 1992, English sparked controversies. Vice President Dan Quayle spoke to the Commonwealth Club of California, "Reflections on Urban America," in response to the Los Angeles riots. Quayle attributed the violence to a loss of moral values and family systems in American society. Murphy Brown portrayed the title character in the television series Murphy Brown as an example of how popular culture contributes to this "poverty of values," he said. "It doesn't help if prime time television has Murphy Brown, a woman who ostensibly ridicules today's educated, highly paid, professional woman, mocking fathers's importance by having a child alone and calling it merely another "lifestyle choice."

"If the vice president thinks it's disgraceful for an unmarried woman to have children (out of wedlock), and if a woman can adequately raise a child without a father, then she'd better make sure abortion remains safe and legal," English responded with a tweet. Candice Bergen, the actress who played Brown, said "I never really said anything about the whole episode, although others did not agree with that." During the election year in which Bill Clinton and Al Gore ran against George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle, this controversy, as well as the changing times of the decade, ignited a discussion about the meaning of "family values" of Americans.

Murphy Brown, her company, together with Joel Shukovsky, Shukovsky English Entertainment, had reached an agreement with CBS for a non-exclusive license, giving them exclusive rights to future Shukovsky/English series.

Love & War (1992-1995), starring Susan Dey and Jay Thomas, was also produced by English, which was also starring Susan Dey and Jay Thomas - after the first season, Annie Potts replaced Dey. Double Rush (1995), Ink (1996), and The Louie Show, starring Louie Anderson (1996), are among the many series she co-created and/or executive produced. Unfortunately, none of the series was picked up for more than a single season of The Louie Show, which lasted six episodes. She took over Ink's role as the series's director, Jeffrey Lane.

English wrote, produced, and directed The Women, her debut feature film, in 2008. Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, and Jada Pinkett Smith appear in the comedy, which is a recreation of the 1939 George Cukor film of the same name. Its arrival in mostly critical feedback, but it tripled its budget when international markets were factored in. The Women in Film Crystal award, which recognizes women in journalism and media, was given to English and the ensemble cast of The Women in the same year.

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