David Graziano is an American television writer, producer and award-winning playwright born in New York. His career began when Acorn, one of his plays, was produced and performed at the

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in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998. After being interviewed on

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, he was invited by J.J. Abrams to write on his television show ''Felicity''. Since then, Graziano has written for numerous broadcast and cable dramatic television series, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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,'' the Neil Gaiman adaptation ''

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'', and Tom Clancy’s '' Jack Ryan'' in an Executive Producer capacity. Most recently, Graziano was the co-creator, Executive Producer and Showrunner of the CBS All Access drama ''Coyote'', directed by Emmy award-winning director Michelle MacLaren and starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner

Michael Chiklis Michael Charles Chiklis ( born August 30, 1963) is an American actor, television director, television producer and musician. He is best known for his role as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama ''The S ...

. His pilot "$alvage", developed under the auspices of ''

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'' creators at Counterbalance Entertainment is presently in development at Sony Pictures Entertainment, in addition to an untitled cop show set in 1970s-era New York with SK Global. In June 2022, he was named the new showrunner of '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', starting with its twenty fourth season.

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