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Douglas Schwartz is an American television screenwriter and series creator who, along with Michael Berk, worked as a writer on the television series Manimal , and multiple made for television movies. He is most famous for creating co-producing, and writing The Wizard , as well as creating and writing the earlier scripts of Baywatch , [1] [2] a series which exceeded a global audience of 1 billion people. He also developed Sheena , based on the comic book of the same name.

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Douglas Schwartz is a nephew of Sherwood Schwartz, who created the TV show Gilligan's Island . [3]

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References

  1. "How a 15-Year-Old Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Ended Up on 'Baywatch,' and 6 Other Show Secrets". The Hollywood Reporter. July 2016. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. Observer, Culver City. "Baywatch Is Coming Back". Culver City Observer. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  3. "Sherwood Schwartz Obituary". The Times-Picayune. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2022-08-07.