Lillah McCarthy

About Lillah

The Simpsons, Get a Life, Saving Grace, The Closer, Men of A Certain Age.  These breakthrough television series are among the most successful in television history and what they have in common is Lillah McCarthy.  As Senior Vice President of Original Programming for TNT and TBS, Senior Vice President of Series Programming for the Fox Network and Executive Producer for Sony Television, McCarthy developed, produced and launched an extraordinary roster of hit shows.  Among McCarthy’s other successful television series credits are Early Edition starring Kyle Chandler,  the long-running hit Rizzoli & Isles, Stephen Spielberg’s Falling Skies, and Michael Bay’s The Last Ship. 

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McCarthy’s career extends from network executive to executive producer, studio executive, manager, actor, and director. Presently, an independent producer and manager with projects in development with various venues, Lillah is also an active entertainment industry consultant, a script consultant, a career and life coach, a mentor and an adjunct professor at the America Film Institute.   

The daughter of actors Kevin McCarthy and Augusta Dabney, Ms. McCarthy is Vice President of GreenLight Women, a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Hollywood Radio & Television Society, and Women In Film.