Aaron Harberts

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Aaron Harberts
Born (1973-01-20) January 20, 1973 (age 50)
Iowa [1]
OccupationWriter/producer
Alma mater Northwestern University
Years active1998–present
PartnerScott (1996–present)

Aaron Harberts (born January 20, 1973) is an American television writer and producer. He was a co-showrunner of CBS's Star Trek: Discovery with Gretchen J. Berg [2] [3] [4] [5] until their departure in June 2018. [6] Harberts and Berg have been writing/producing partners since they met as students at Northwestern University. [2] In 2019, Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg teamed up again as writers and executive producers for Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist on NBC. [7]

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Career

Harberts and Berg's first staff writing job was on the ninth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1998. [8] When 90210 finished after its tenth season they were offered a producing role on Roswell which was then starting its second season. [8] At the end of Roswell's production they started work on Wonderfalls where they met Bryan Fuller who would later hire them to work on Pushing Daisies and Star Trek: Discovery. [2] They also wrote for and/or served as executive producers on Mercy , Off the Map , GCB , Revenge and Reign , and created their own series Pepper Dennis . [2] [9] [10]

In 2001, Harberts and Berg did three rewrites for the 2001 film Valentine which helped to get the film a green light. [1] But at the time they were just starting work on Roswell so were unavailable for further rewrites and other writers took over. [1] [11]

Harberts and Berg were initially brought onto the staff of Star Trek: Discovery in 2016 by its creator and initial showrunner Bryan Fuller as executive producers. [2] When Fuller left to concentrate on American Gods and a planned reboot of Amazing Stories , they were offered the chance to take on the showrunner role. [2] [12] But Harberts and Berg were later fired from the show due to alleged infighting and verbal altercations during production, with Harberts allegedly shouting expletives at a fellow writer. [13] [14]

As of July 2019, Harberts and Berg continue to work together as writers and executive producers for the current NBC hit show Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist . Berg and Harberts help navigate the decisions Zoey must make regarding whether to reveal her secrets, and the resulting impacts on her relationships. The characters on this hour-long musical drama express their inner-most feelings and desires to Zoey through frequent musical numbers. The first episode aired January 7, 2020. [15] [16]

Personal life

Harberts is openly gay and married, having been with his partner Scott since 1996. [2]

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