Peter Brennan (producer)

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Peter Brennan is an American television producer, writer, journalist and author.

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Brennan is the creator and executive producer of A Current Affair , [1] Judge Judy and Good Day New York .[ citation needed ]

In 1996, Brennan created and produced Judge Judy, its companion show, Judge Joe Brown and Cristina's Court . [2] Created and produced the syndicated court show, Last Shot with Judge Gunn [3] in 2011.

Brennan created the morning news program Good Day New York [4] for Fox television station WNYW.

He also created, wrote and produced An American Story – Bad Night in Cottageville [5] (starring Bill Bixby and Calista Flockhart), as well as The Extraordinary , a one-hour series. [6]

Brennan revived A Current Affair for 20th Century Fox television in 2005. [7] [8] He is a former foreign correspondent for News Corporation in New York and city editor for the Sydney Daily Mirror .

Books

Authored two novels, Sudden Death [9] and Razorback . [10] The latter was made into a motion picture distributed by Warner Brothers in 1984.

Co-authored Those Wild, Wild Kennedy Boys! [11] with Steve Dunleavy. [12]

Awards

Brennan's Cristina's Court Emmys were awarded in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Last Shot With Judge Gunn took the Emmy in the same Legal/Courtroom category in 2012. [13]

Selected filmography

Writer

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