“And he said, ‘Danny, they’re the new kid on the block; they’re going to back this series to the hilt.’<br />“I said, ‘Terrific!’”<br />Bruce Miller, the new showrunner for “The Handmaid’s Tale,” wrote scripts that they adored.<br />How Hulu and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Revived 2 Careers -<br />By JOHN KOBLINAPRIL 26, 2017<br />On Wednesday, one of the most anticipated television shows of the year, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” had its premiere on the streaming service Hulu.<br />“For me, Hulu is where you can watch old episodes of ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ if you’re so inclined,” Ms. Sears said.<br />Though Mr. Wilson and Ms. Sears were not in charge of making “The Handmaid’s Tale,”<br />they found themselves, somewhat surprisingly, in the role of executive producers.<br />The show was originally written for Showtime by Ilene Chaiken, a veteran of “The L Word.”<br />Mr. Wilson did not like her script, which he said was far too “graphic sexually.”<br />“They wanted bare-breasted women running around,” he said, sounding exasperated.<br />“We just looked at each other and said, ‘Oh, God, we better do this,’” Ms. Sears said, about creating a website.
