Justin Spitzer Last updated September 06, 2025 Career Spitzer was an assistant on the sitcom Grounded for Life and on fourteen episodes of the American adaptation of Queer as Folk . [ 4] [ 5] From 2008 to 2013, he was a writer and producer for the American adaptation of The Office . [ 6] [ 1] In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on The Money Pit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired. [ 7] [ 8]
He created the workplace sitcom Superstore , starring America Ferrera and Ben Feldman , which had a midseason premiere on NBC in 2015. [ 9] He served as showrunner for three seasons before stepping down in 2019 while signing a multi-year deal with NBC and Universal Television . [ 10] The series continued to run for three more seasons after Spitzer's departure. [ 11]
In 2020, NBC ordered a pilot for Spitzer's comedy American Auto . [ 12] The series premiered in 2021 and ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2023. [ 13] In August 2021, Spitzer had signed a new four-year overall deal with Universal Television. [ 14]
Personal life On November 24, 2007, he married producer and writer Jenna Bans . They have two children named Lucy and Phoebe. [ 15]
He graduated from the Northwestern University School of Communication in 1999. [ 16]
Credits Producing Television Movie Year Title Notes 2013 Holding Patterns executive producer
Writing Films Year Title Notes 2006 What Are the Odds? short film
Television Show Episode Title Season Air Date Notes Scrubs "My Butterfly" 3 March 16, 2004 Committed "The Snap Out of it Episode" 1 February 1, 2005 Courting Alex "Birthday" March 6, 2006 The Office "Back from Vacation " 3 January 4, 2007 "Product Recall " April 26, 2007 co-written with Brent Forrester "Did I Stutter? " 4 May 1, 2008 "Moroccan Christmas " 5 December 11, 2008 "Michael Scott Paper Company " April 9, 2009 "Shareholder Meeting " 6 November 19, 2009 "Body Language " April 29, 2010 "Costume Contest " 7 October 28, 2010 "Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager " May 12, 2011 "Garden Party " 8 October 13, 2011 "Angry Andy " April 19, 2012 The Money Pit "Pilot" 1 unaired Mulaney "Patriot Acts" 1 November 23, 2014 Superstore "Pilot" 1 November 30, 2015 "Shots and Salsa" November 30, 2015 "Tornado" 2 May 4, 2017 "Grand Re-Opening" 3 September 28, 2017 "Town Hall" May 3, 2018 Story credit "Employee Appreciation Day" 4 May 16, 2019 "All Sales Final" 6 March 25, 2021 Story credit American Auto "Pilot" 1 December 13, 2021 "White Van" December 13, 2021 "Profile" March 8, 2022 co-written with Eric Ledgin "Crisis" 2 January 24, 2023 St. Denis Medical "Welcome to St. Denis" 1 November 12, 2024 "People Just Say Stuff Online" February 4, 2025
Television Movie Year Title Notes 2013 Holding Patterns also credited as creator
Directing Show Episode title Season Air date Notes Superstore "Employee App" 5 February 20, 2020
Nominations Television Year Association Category Work Result Credited As Ref. 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series The Office Nominated Producer [ 17] 2010 Nominated 2011 Nominated Supervising Producer 2022 Writers Guild of America Award Episodic Comedy Superstore Nominated Teleplay [ 18]
References 1 2 "Justin Spitzer" . NBC Universal Media Village . Retrieved December 29, 2015 . ↑ McLevy, Alex (April 19, 2019). "Showrunner Justin Spitzer quits his Superstore" . News . Retrieved April 19, 2019 . 1 2 "Justin Spitzer" . IMDb . Retrieved July 28, 2017 . ↑ Ferreira, Johanna (January 15, 2016). "Get to Know the Man Behind the Best Golden Globes Joke" . vivala.com . Vivala. Retrieved January 13, 2019 . ↑ "(article title missing)" . Newsweek , Volume 149, Issues 14–26 . 2007. p. 64. Retrieved May 7, 2011 . ↑ Dellecese, Dave (November 1, 2007). "A peek at the Utica Branch of NBC's "The Office" . WKTV . Retrieved May 7, 2011 . ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 4, 2013). "NBC Developing Comedy Based On Movie 'The Money Pit' With Justin Spitzer, Amblin" . Deadline . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 29, 2019 . ↑ Blacker, Ben (March 8, 2018). "Episode 23 – The Money Pit written by Justin Spitzer" . maximumfun.org . Dead Pilots Society. Retrieved January 29, 2019 . ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 19, 2015). "NBC Trims Orders For Midseason Comedies 'Superstore' & 'Hot & Bothered' . Deadline . Retrieved September 26, 2023 . ↑ Petski, Denise (April 19, 2019). " . Deadline . Retrieved September 26, 2023 . ↑ Framke, Caroline (March 26, 2021). "RIP 'Superstore,' a Sharp Workplace Comedy That Was Unafraid to Change With the Times" . Variety . Retrieved September 26, 2023 . ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (January 23, 2020). "Jim Jefferies-Suzanne Martin Comedy, Justin Spitzer's 'American Auto' Get NBC Pilot Orders" . Deadline . Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 20, 2020 . ↑ Porter, Rick (June 16, 2023). "NBC Cancels 'American Auto' After Two Seasons" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 26, 2023 . ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (August 18, 2021). "Justin Spitzer Re-Ups Overall Deal With Universal Television" . Deadline . Retrieved September 26, 2023 . ↑ Spitzer, Justin (March 3, 2016). "My wife @jennabans show @thefamily airs tonight ABC 9:00 EST. It's just like #Superstore but with abducted children and no store. Pls watch!" . twitter.com . Twitter. Retrieved January 12, 2019 . ↑ DailyNorthwestern; Friedman, Megan (April 25, 2007). "Write' On" . The Daily Northwestern . Retrieved September 5, 2025 . ↑ "Justin Spitzer" . emmys.com . Television Academy. Retrieved January 11, 2019 . ↑ Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2022). "WGA Awards TV Nominations: 'Yellowjackets', 'Hacks', 'Loki', 'Only Murders In The Building' Join Usual Suspects On List" . Deadline . Retrieved August 1, 2025 . This page is based on this
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