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

POWER UP! opens itself up to gay men

source: AfterEllen.com

And it's not just any gay men — it's the gay men of the entertainment industry: Dustin Lance Black (Oscar winner for the screenplay of Milk), Peter Paige (Queer as Folk) and Richard Greenblatt, the president of Showtime Networks are all now part of the Honorary Board of Directors. Talk abou...

Published Mon, May 18