50 Fun Facts About The Bold Type

The actress behind Scarlet boss Jacqueline Carlyle in The Bold Type also played Jan Levinson on which NBC sitcom?

The Office made her famous as Michael Scott's corporate boss and love interest; years earlier she was cast in Back to the Future, then replaced for being too tall beside its new lead.

The Bold Type was inspired by a British journalist, later its executive producer, who ran which women's magazine?

Cosmopolitan was hers from 2012 to 2016, and she rose to run content across its publisher, Hearst, in the same year the pilot was ordered.

In The Bold Type, what does Sutton Brady have made from the melted-down shotgun she kept in her apartment?

Earrings were the answer after roommate Jane, who lived close to a school shooting as a child, asked for the gun to go; Sutton had taken up shooting as a way to cope with her mother's drinking.

Where do Jane, Kat and Sutton spend most of a dinner party at Richard Hunter's apartment in The Bold Type?

In the bathtub is where the three end up, which gives the episode Three Girls in a Tub its name; by the end of it Sutton has broken up with Richard over the strain of secrecy.

Meghann Fahy, Sutton Brady in The Bold Type, earned an Emmy nomination for playing Daphne Sullivan in which HBO series?

The White Lotus cast her in its second season after she had auditioned for a part in the first; before her screen career she was a standby in the Broadway musical Next to Normal.

What nickname does Jane Sloan give writer Ryan Decker in The Bold Type, taken from the magazine he works for?

Pinstripe is the magazine where Ryan writes, and the name sticks through an on-off romance with Jane that is later rocked by his infidelity.

Katie Stevens, who plays Jane Sloan in The Bold Type, first found fame finishing eighth on which talent show?

American Idol put her through at 16, with judge Kara DioGuardi tipping her as a potential winner; she went on to sing on the show's 2010 summer tour.

Which job at Scarlet does Kat Edison land in the series finale of The Bold Type, after Jane Sloan turns it down?

Editor-in-chief had been lined up for Jane, who told Jacqueline the role should go to Kat instead, a striking return for someone the company had forced out a season earlier.

Which one-time Disney Channel star joined The Bold Type in season four as beauty influencer Alice Knight?

Raven-Symoné, a child star on The Cosby Show before her own Disney sitcom That's So Raven, was announced for the recurring role in October 2019.

Why was the fourth season of The Bold Type cut from a planned 18 episodes down to 16?

The COVID-19 pandemic shut the set in March 2020, news that Meghann Fahy announced herself; the 16 episodes that survived were enough to make it the show's longest season.

Jane, Kat and Sutton all end up in which city in The Bold Type's season two finale, as Scarlet covers Fashion Week?

Paris is where Richard flies in to tell Sutton how he feels, and where Kat learns that Adena has produced no new work since moving to New York.

What does Kat Edison run for in season three of The Bold Type, with her campaign managed by Tia Clayton?

City council was the goal, but Kat lost on election night; she had begun as a campaign volunteer before deciding to stand herself.

Which post does Kat Edison already hold at Scarlet when The Bold Type begins, two years after her promotion?

Social media director put Kat ahead of her friends at the start: Jane had just been promoted and Sutton was an assistant. Kat later hired a candidate first rejected for lacking a degree.

Adena El-Amin, the artist Kat Edison falls for in The Bold Type, works in which creative profession?

Photographer Adena first clashes with Kat by pulling her feature from the magazine; by the end of season three Scarlet has hired her as its in-house photographer.

Which preventive operation does Jane Sloan undergo in season four of The Bold Type because of her BRCA gene mutation?

A double mastectomy follows years of worry that began in season one, when Jane, whose mother died of breast cancer, hesitated even to take the test.

Which dispute splits up Sutton Brady and Richard Hunter in The Bold Type before their reunion in the finale?

Having children was Richard's dream and, after a miscarriage, not Sutton's; in the finale he decides he would rather be happy with her and no kids than with anyone else.

After Jacqueline Carlyle is briefly ousted in The Bold Type's fourth season, Scarlet returns in what new form?

Digital only was the price RJ Safford set for bringing Jacqueline back, after Jane, Kat and Sutton got pages of a suppressed print edition out to the public.

Which job is Sutton Brady promoted to in The Bold Type's fourth season, after years as Oliver Grayson's assistant?

Stylist was the promotion Oliver offered on her wedding day, just as she planned to follow Richard west; an earlier detour into design had taught her she preferred working behind the scenes.

In The Bold Type's pilot, whom is newly promoted Jane Sloan told to track down in person for a story?

Her ex-boyfriend was the assignment: Jacqueline wanted a piece on why he had broken up with her, a brief that unsettled Jane in her first days as a writer.

Which Canadian city doubled for New York when the pilot of The Bold Type was filmed in 2016?

Toronto hosted the pilot; later filming also took in Montreal, with New York itself used for exterior shots such as the Brooklyn Bridge.

Sam Page, Richard Hunter in The Bold Type, played Joan Holloway's husband Greg Harris in which 1960s-set drama?

Mad Men cast him as Joan's fiancé and then husband; off screen he holds a Princeton degree in ecology and evolutionary biology and had no acting experience at high school.

In The Bold Type, Richard Hunter first turns down, then accepts, a job offer in which distant city?

San Francisco first lost out to staying with Sutton, until she urged him to go; the two got engaged during the long-distance stretch that followed.

Which streaming service offered each new episode of The Bold Type in the US the day after its Freeform broadcast?

Hulu got the second season's premiere a week before cable did, and the network's president said the streamer's marketing helped because it liked the show a lot.

Aisha Dee, who plays New Yorker Kat Edison in The Bold Type, was born and raised in which country?

Australia's Gold Coast is her home; the daughter of an opera singer and a jazz musician, she landed her first big role on the kids' series The Saddle Club.

What is the profession of Ben Chau, the religious love interest Jane Sloan meets in The Bold Type's second season?

Doctor Ben, an OB/GYN, is first met as the subject of a freelance article; Jane is thrown to learn he is religious, as she turned against faith after her mother's death.

What job does Kat Edison take at The Belle after being forced out of Scarlet in The Bold Type's fourth season?

Bartender Kat had been pushed out for exposing a board member's support for conversion therapy; a blizzard later traps her at the bar with a rival.

Which online publication does Jane Sloan quit Scarlet to join at the end of The Bold Type's first season?

Incite soon fired her, after a voicemail apology to an interview subject ended up online; Jacqueline made her wait before taking her back at Scarlet.

Jane Sloan is sued for defamation in The Bold Type after profiling a woman who quit finance to become what?

A stripper was the subject of the piece, in an episode called No Feminism in the Champagne Room; at the settlement hearing Jane learns what the article has cost the woman.

In The Bold Type, Adena El-Amin asks Kat Edison for a letter of recommendation to help extend what?

Her work visa hangs over the whole romance: Adena is later held up re-entering the country, and Kat buys a plane ticket just to reach her beyond customs.

Which famous list of rising young talent names Jane Sloan in the fourth season of The Bold Type?

Forbes 30 Under 30 arrives in a season when Jane also gets her own vertical to run, even as her private life falls apart.

Which step does Jane Sloan decide on in The Bold Type's second season, only to find her health insurance won't cover it?

Freezing her eggs became urgent once a gynecologist warned that her BRCA mutation meant planning for a family early; two men then offered to help her afford it.

What does Jane Sloan decide to do at the end of The Bold Type, prompted by a postcard of her late mother?

Leave to travel is her choice, following in her mother's footsteps, and the new boss at Scarlet promises there will always be a job waiting for her.

Which star of The Bold Type also directed Snow Day, an episode from the show's fourth season?

Melora Hardin stepped behind the camera for the blizzard episode; her real-life husband, Gildart Jackson, plays her character's husband on the show.

Why does Kat Edison move in with Jane and Sutton for a while in the first season of The Bold Type?

Bed bugs had to be cleared from her apartment, in the same episode that sees layoff rumours sweep Scarlet and all three friends single at once.

What does newcomer Patrick Duchand take over from Jacqueline Carlyle at the start of The Bold Type's third season?

The website went to Patrick, played by Peter Vack, leaving Jacqueline with print alone; a season later he briefly took the top job before public outcry brought her back.

What is the first name of Jacqueline Carlyle's husband in The Bold Type, played by the real-life spouse of her actress?

Ian Carlyle is played by Gildart Jackson, an English actor married to his on-screen wife since 1997; the Carlyles' marriage is strained as her workload grows in season four.

How does Jacqueline Carlyle's assistant Andrew surprise Jane, Kat and Sutton at a bar in The Bold Type's fourth season?

Performing in drag is the secret about a coworker that the three stumble on, during a night out that follows Jane's first mammogram.

Where does Sutton Brady lose a $5,000 necklace she was trusted to obtain for Oliver Grayson in The Bold Type?

In a cab is where it vanishes, sending Sutton on a search with Alex's help in the episode where Jane weighs testing for a cancer gene.

Whose assistant is Sutton Brady when The Bold Type begins, before she wins a place in the fashion department?

Lauren Park, a blunt and overworked Scarlet executive, backed Sutton's ambitions by arranging an informational interview with Richard, of all people.

In The Bold Type's final season, Kat Edison and Adena El-Amin build a project to support which group of people?

Former prisoners rejoining society are the focus, and working side by side again rekindles the pair's romance by the finale.

Which executive producer of The Bold Type, the model for Jacqueline Carlyle, voices each episode's opening recap?

Joanna Coles reads the recap of earlier events herself; the Yorkshire-born journalist had her first article published at the age of ten, in the Yorkshire Post.

Which Pennsylvania city is Sutton Brady's hometown, visited by all three friends on a road trip in The Bold Type?

Harrisburg is where Sutton's mother, Babs, shows she has changed by holding down a job and going back to school after years of drinking.

Alexis Floyd, campaign manager Tia Clayton in The Bold Type, later played hotel concierge Neff in which Netflix series?

Inventing Anna was her breakout; she met the real Neff several times to prepare, and at the time of her audition she was herself working a front desk at a yoga studio.

Which LGBTQ advocacy group's annual awards nominated The Bold Type for Outstanding Comedy Series?

GLAAD nominated it in 2018, after a first season in which Kat falls for Adena, a character introduced as a proud Muslim lesbian artist.

What hits Scarlet in The Bold Type's third season, threatening to expose a model who confided in Jane Sloan?

A ransomware hack halts the magazine and spills old emails, which sends the story back to the day the three friends first met.

Which working title did the pilot that became The Bold Type carry when Freeform ordered it?

Issues was the name on the pilot order in April 2016; the series title arrived only after the full-season pickup the following January.

Which writer created The Bold Type and scripted its pilot, then stepped down as showrunner after the first season?

Sarah Watson left over what were reported as creative differences with the network, handing the second season to Amanda Lasher.

Which studio produced The Bold Type for Freeform, after developing the project since 2015?

Universal Television made the show even though Freeform belongs to Disney; the project started out at NBC before the cable network ordered a pilot.

Meghann Fahy, Sutton Brady in The Bold Type, first drew notice as student Hannah O'Connor on which daytime soap?

One Life to Live hired her in 2010 as a college student whose storylines ran from stalking an ex to witnessing a crime; she returned for two episodes in 2012.

Dan Jeannotte, Ryan Decker in The Bold Type, performed the hero Arno Dorian in which video game series?

Assassin's Creed Unity cast him as its lead through performance capture; on television he is also known as James Stuart in Reign and Sam Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.