Karen Joseph Adcock

Executive Story Editor, Showtime/Hulu/FX
Formats Interested In
TV
Particularly Interested In

Female driven broad and dark comedies; LGBTQIA+ stories; comedies from writers from fresh and/or marginalized identities

Women Writers
Writers of Color
LGBTQIA+ Writers
TV Formats
Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)
TV Homes
Network
Cable
Premium Cable
Streaming
TV Genres
Drama
Comedy
RomCom
Sub-Genres
Animation (adult)
Animation (family-friendly)
Anthology
Biopic
Book Adaptation
Buddy
Coming-of-Age
Dark Comedy
Episodic TV
Family-Friendly
Female-Driven
High-Concept
Irreverent
Mockumentary
Road Trip
Romance
Satire
Serialized TV
Spoof
Workplace
Young Adult (YA)
Specifically Not Interested In

Slave narratives

Exec Based In: United States
More about Karen Joseph Adcock

Karen Joseph Adcock is a drama comedy writer who’s not like other Karens— she’s black! Karen grew up in a small town in Louisiana, has a BA in film studies from Columbia University and an MFA in TV Writing and Producing from Loyola Marymount University. Her most recent credits include FX’s THE BEAR, Netflix's upcoming SCOOBY DOO series and Amazon Prime's BAIT starring Riz Ahmed. Her past work includes YELLOWJACKETS, SWARM, ATLANTA, HOW I MET YOUR FATHER and an unforgettable assistant stint on BOJACK HORSEMAN, UNDONE and TUCA & BERTIE. Karen writes about broken people doing the best they can and laughing along the way— because, what’s the saying? “Write what you know…”

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