David S. Rosenthal

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David Samuel Rosenthal is an American writer and TV producer, best known as the executive producer of season seven of the popular comedy-drama Gilmore Girls and co-creator of the original Ellen TV series. He has also been known to work on The Middle and Jane the Virgin .

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Early life

Rosenthal is from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His father is Anti-Defamation League Latin American Affairs director and human rights activist rabbi Morton Rosenthal. [1] [2]

Career

Shortly after moving to Hollywood, Rosenthal was hired as a writer's assistant on the ABC sitcom Anything but Love . [3] He began to write on his own and got a job on the show Nurses. [3] Rosenthal was later hired as a staff writer on Anything but Love. When the show ended, he wrote for Laurie Hill, a program created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black, who also produced The Wonder Years . [3] With Marlens and Black, Rosenthal helped develop a sitcom for Laurie Hill co-star Ellen DeGeneres. The show, entitled These Friends of Mine, became Ellen . [3]

After a ten-year stint developing sitcoms for Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rosenthal was hired as a writer on the sitcom Spin City and was quickly promoted to showrunner. [3]

In April 2006, it was announced that Gilmore Girls executive producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband, Daniel, could not come to an agreement with The CW and would be leaving the show when their contracts expired that summer. [4] Rosenthal, who worked on the show as a writer and producer for season six, was selected by Sherman-Palladino to replace her as showrunner. [5] Though the season was considered uneven compared to the previous six, Rosenthal's writing and direction received praise. [6] [7]

Personal life

Rosenthal was married to fellow Spin City writer Sarah Dunn. They divorced in 2001. He later quit his job on Spin City to focus on writing a controversial play about supermodel Heidi Klum. [8] He married comedy writer Gracie Glassmeyer in 2015. [9]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "Marguerite Feitlowitz | Rabbi Morton Rosenthal – Human Rights Hero". margueritefeitlowitz.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Morton Rosenthal". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Gay, Jason (August 27, 2001). "They Call David Rosenthal Crazy When All He Wants Is Heidi Klum". The Observer.
  4. ↑ "Team Palladino Says "Goodbye, Girls"". TVGuide.com. April 20, 2006. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Finally: Gilmore's New Boss Speaks". TVGuide.com. July 18, 2006. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  6. ↑ "In Defense of Gilmore Girls' Seventh Season". Vulture. November 6, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Unpopular Opinion: Season 7 of 'Gilmore Girls' Is Very Underrated". Decider | Where To Stream Movies & Shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant, HBO Go. June 20, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ REITMAN, JANET (May 5, 2002). "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Ranter". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Gracie and David's Intimate wedding at Café Amelie". Grey Likes Weddings | Wedding Fashion & Inspiration | Best Wedding Blog. July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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