Alumna returns to campus to speak about prime-time television | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Alumna returns to campus to speak about prime-time television Alumna returns to campus to speak about prime-time television Published: November 05, 2007 Author: Son Nguyen Katie OConnell, senior vice president of drama development for NBC Entertainment, will speak Nov. 13 (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. in the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Notre Dame.Her talk will include video clips from shows that she has developed and a discussion about the process of turning a program from a pilot idea into a television series. Admission to the event is free, but tickets are required.Ticket information is available at the performing arts center box office or by calling 574-631-2800. A 1991 Notre Dame graduate, OConnell has led the pilot development and launch of first-year seriesChuck,Life,Bionic WomanandJourneyman,as well as the popular series30 Rock,and currently is supervising a line-up of 60 potential drama projects, working with prominent writers and directors including Barry Sonnenfeld, Tom Fontana and Dick Wolf.OConnell previously worked at Imagine Television, where she developed several comedy and drama projects, most notably the Emmy Award-winning showsArrested Developmentand24. The lecture is sponsored by the Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Department of American Studies, Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, and Notre Dame Alumni Association.More information is available at http://www.nd.edu/~ftt/ on the Web. TopicID: 25307 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn