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The producer duo's first original series for
Amazon - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" starring Rachel Brosnahan
and set in 1958 New York City - will debut this fall on Amazon
Prime video.
"We're excited about the next two seasons of 'The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel' with them and, with this deal, we can't wait to do a lot
more together," said Joe Lewis, head of Comedy, Drama and VR at
Amazon Studios on Monday.
Amazon has been spending billions of dollars a year on creating
and licensing TV shows and films, as the retailer gears up to
better compete with market leader, Netflix Inc.
Other technology firms such as Apple Inc and Facebook Inc were
also getting into producing original shows.
Wall Street analysts estimate Amazon's spending on content would
triple to more than $4.5 billion by the end of this year from
2014.
Sherman-Palladino created in 2000 "Gilmore Girls" that focused
on mother-daughter relationship in an imaginary town. Time
magazine listed the show among its "100 Best TV Shows of All
Time."
Her husband, Daniel Palladino, started working for TV series in
1989 with ABC hit "Who's the Boss?" starring Tony Danza, Judith
Light and Alyssa Milano.
He also worked on shows such as "The Return of Jezebel James",
dance drama "Bunheads", "Gilmore Girls" and Fox animated hit
"Family Guy."
"Amazon is the future of television and we are thrilled to tag
along for the ride," the Palladinos said a statement.
(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun
Koyyur)
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