Jennifer Schuur

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Jennifer Schuur
Occupation Television writer, television producer
Notable works Big Love
Hellcats
Hannibal

Jennifer Schuur is an American television writer and producer best known for her work on series such as Big Love and Hellcats . She served as a producer on the NBC psychological thriller Hannibal . In 2015, she created and produced season one of the legal drama series The Catch alongside Shonda Rhimes for ABC, but exited as show runner due to creative differences. More recently, she signed an overall deal with HBO. [1]

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Television career

In addition to the above, Schuur has also written singular episodes for the series Big Shots and Valentine . [2] In 2013, Schuur's episode of Hannibal, entitled "Œuf", was pulled from broadcasting due to the episode's controversial content. [3] A portion of the episode was edited into a series of webisodes and made available online. [4]

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References

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  2. "Jennifer Schuur". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. Bibel, Sara (April 19, 2013). "NBC Pulls Episode of 'Hannibal' About Children Who Murder Other Children". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
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