Emily Kapnek is a television showrunner, writer and producer. She created the animated program As Told by Ginger, the television seriesEmily's Reasons Why Not and the sitcoms Suburgatory and Selfie. She was a consulting producer on the television series Parks and Recreation.
Career
In 2000, Kapnek created the Nickelodeon series As Told by Ginger with Eryk Casemiro, Gabor Csupo, and Arlene Klasky. Kapnek also voiced the character of Noelle Sussman. In 2007, Kapnek wrote and served as a consulting producer for Aliens in America, which aired on The CW. However, it was cancelled after only one season. In 2006, Kapnek created Emily's Reasons Why Not for ABC, which starred Heather Graham, and was based on a novel of the same name. It premiered on 9 January 2006, but it was cancelled after the first episode had aired. The remaining episodes were released in May 2012, through a DVD set. Later that year, Kapnek wrote a pilot for Fox titled The Emancipation of Ernesto, which starred Wilmer Valderrama; however, it was not picked up to a series. In 2009, Kapnek served as a co-executive producer and wrote two episodes for the HBO show Hung; it premiered on 28 June 2009, and lasted three seasons until its series finale aired on 4 December 2011. From 2010 to 2011, Kapnek served as a consulting producer and wrote an episode for the NBC series Parks and Recreation, which starred Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman. In January 2011, it was announced ABC had picked up the pilot for Suburgatory, a show which Kapnek created. The series starred Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy, it premiered on 28 September 2011. The series was cancelled after three seasons in May 2014; it was also announced that the series would be shopped around for a potential new network to pick it up. That same year, Kapnek created Selfie, which starred Karen Gillan and John Cho; it was cancelled after its first season, and was pulled from the schedule. In 2015, Kapnek was given a pilot commitment for Front Man, a new FOX series, created by Kapnek, Elizabeth Banks, and Max Handelman. She also developed, wrote and produced the ABC series Splitting Up Together, starring Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson which ran for two seasons on ABC. Emily Kapnek's new banner "Specifica Productions" launched in 2019 as part of her deal with ABC Studios. Her latest pilot stars Quintessa Swindell https://deadline.com/2020/02/quintessa-swindel-star-headline-abc-comedy-pilot-emily-kapnek-dean-holland-1202864950/
Personal life
In December 2008, Emily Kapnek married Dan Lagana. They have two children: Oszkar Nosek and Guy Lagana.
