The L Word

Ilene Chaiken teams up with The CW for "Confessions of a Backup Dancer"

source: AfterEllen.com

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you stuck Princess Diaries, Center Stage and Ilene Chaiken in a blender and pressed "frappe"? Well, you're about to find out. The CW is teaming up with The L Word creator to produce a drama based on the teen novel Confessions of a Backup Dancer.

Published Thu, Oct 15

"The Real L Word" looks for lesbians like in that other "L Word"

source: AfterEllen.com

Hey, lesbians, wanna be on TV? Actually, do you wanna get real on TV? Well, more accurately, wanna get as real as you can get in Los Angeles in a production by The L Word impresario Ilene Chaiken on TV? See, there’s always a catch. Or, as they put it “proof the The L Word exists in real life.”

Published Tue, Sep 29

Showtime Falls Back Into Lesbian Drama (And This Time It's Real)

source: Gawker

First gay housewives, now lesbian housewives? We've seen everything. Or, we will, because Showtime picked up nine episodes of a new Sapphic reality show. Yay! It's title? Not so new: The L-Word: Los Angeles. So, yes, Showtime and Ilene Chaiken, creator of the lesbian soap The L Word, have ag...

Published Mon, Aug 31

Ilene Chaiken touches on plans for "The L Word" movie

source: AfterEllen.com

Several lesbian bloggers were in attendance so I'd like to give them a little plug right here, before I give you the goods on what keynote speaker, Ilene Chaiken, had to say about new media and the future of The L Word (yes, it apparently has one). Check out Recovering Straight Girl, Deb on the...

Published Mon, Jul 27

Out an On Air

source: Bay Windows

 MA September - The Ellen DeGeneres Show premieres, making the talk show industry's two major heavyweights a black woman and a white lesbian. Asian transgenders everywhere stand at the ready. January - The L Word debuts on Showtime. ...

Published Thu, May 28

Speakers at Fifth Annual Conference Include Some of the Biggest ... - Business Wire

source: businesswire.com

Business Wire (press release), CA On Saturday July 25 th , Tina Brown, founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast; Donna Byrd, publisher of The Root and Ilene Chaiken, creator of "The L Word" and OurChart.com will headline BlogHer '09, discussing how they are revolutionizing ...

Published Wed, May 27

Let the Sunshine In

source: San Francisco Chronicle

  USA The National Center for Lesbian Rights honors Ilene Chaiken, creator of "The L Word" and El-La, a program for transgender Latinas. $90. 8 pm Sat. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., SF www.nclrights.org/2009ann. ...

Published Fri, May 22

The Secretaries Returns to New York Stage May 22

source: Playbill.com

 NY If Russ Mayer and John Carpenter were characters on 'The L Word,' had a baby and moved to Stepford, perhaps that child would dream up The Secretaries." The cast of the 90-minute production includes Karis Danish, Laura Dillman, Brian Frank, ...

Published Fri, May 22