Jeffrey Klarik

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Jeffrey Klarik
Occupation(s)Director, writer, producer
Known for Mad About You (television series)
Episodes (television series)
Partner David Crane

Jeffrey Klarik is an American writer and producer. With his partner David Crane [1] [2] [3] (co-creator of Friends ), Klarik co-created the award-winning BBC/Showtime comedy Episodes featuring Friends star Matt LeBlanc and Green Wing's Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig, the fifth and final series of which aired in 2017.

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Klarik and Crane also created the ensemble sitcom The Class . [4] He was a co-producer of the NBC television sitcom Mad About You . In 2002 he created the UPN series Half & Half , which ran for four seasons.

Personal life

Klarik is Jewish. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
1990-1996 Dream On Writer
1992-1999 Mad About You Writer, co-producer
1995-1998 The Naked Truth Producer, writer
1996-1997 Ink Producer, writer
unknownFourplay (pilot)Creator, executive producer
unknownBy Anne Nivel (pilot)Creator, executive producer
unknownKiss the Bride (pilot)Creator, executive producer
2001Carly (pilot)Creator, executive producer
2002B.S (pilot)Creator, executive producer
2002-2006 Half & Half Creator, consulting producer [6]
2006-2007 The Class Creator, writer, executive producer [7]
2011-2017 Episodes Creator, writer, executive producer [8]

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