According to Deadline, the novel Family Reservations by Liza Palmer is being made into a show by NBC. The rights were acquired by Universal TV. It will be written and executive produced by Ilene Chaiken and Keshet Studios.
Deadline also went on to say that the book “follows culinary pioneer and world-renowned restaurateur Maren Winter, who is nearing retirement. Each of her three daughters is eager to take the reins of running her restaurant empire, the Winter Group. Ruled by her deep insecurities about becoming irrelevant, Maren pits her three daughters against each other, beginning her own dangerous descent into madness and starting the Winter sisters on their journey to freedom.”
The book was published today, said Deadline. This makes the book quite new. Palmer discussed writing the book, saying, “Family Reservations is a labor of love that was written every morning from 5:30 to 8:30 during cancer surgeries and day-job headaches. Over those long months and years, the Winters became family to me. I’ve ugly cried more times than I’d like to admit because I now know my little complicated family are in the best of hands with the brilliant, creative teams at Universal Television, Keshet Studios and NBC. Having these precious, complex women in the capable hands of Ilene Chaiken is truly a dream come true.”
Chaiken also chimed in, Deadline said. She claimed, “Liza Palmer’s delicious book brings together the very things I love most in the world – food and family drama! I’m thrilled and grateful that she has entrusted us with the television adaptation.”
Deadline said that Palmer will executive produce the project with Chaiken, along with Avi Nir (Keshet Media Group), Keren Shahar (Keshet International), Lisa Roos (Keshet Studios), Peter Traugott (Keshet Studios), and Heather Brewster (Keshet Studios). Keshet Studios is repped by WME as well as Range Management