David Isaacs is an American screenwriter and producer. He has written episodes of ''

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'', '' Cheers'', its spin-off ''

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'', and ''

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'' with Ken Levine. Isaacs became a consulting producer and writer for the

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'' for the show's second season. He won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the second season. He is currently a professor and Chair of the writing division at the

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in Los Angeles, where he teaches comedy and screenwriting.

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