Video: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Danielle Pistotnik & Lisa Filipelli

The buzzy new series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has translated social media success to the screen. Its debut broke streaming records on Hulu, becoming its most-watched unscripted season premiere this year so far.

Executive producer Danielle Pistotnik began managing the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Mayci Neeley, Taylor Frankie Paul, Whitney Leavitt and Mikayla Matthews in 2020 when they were first starting to pop as TikTok influencers. Pistotnik, along with colleagues Lisa Filipelli (a partner at the company) and Georgia Berger, saw perfect potential to bring their stories to reality TV.

Pistotnik and Filipelli talk to TV Real Weekly about developing, packaging and selling the series to Hulu and what makes for compelling reality television.