David Michael Israel is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning

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and

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as well as a former sportscaster for the

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.Classmates bio
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'', the 1986 New York Mets Highlight Film, and several World Series Highlight Films."). He has worked on ''

The Tracy Morgan Show ''The Tracy Morgan Show'' is an American television sitcom created by David M. Israel and Jim O'Doherty, that aired on NBC from December 2, 2003 to March 20, 2004. The series stars Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. The show was canceled in its firs ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the

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sitcom ''

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'' and

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. He was a writer and co-executive producer on the NBC show About a Boy. In 2005, Israel and his partner

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were signed to a two-year development deal with

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. In 2016, Israel founded David Israel Productions, a TV shingle focused on scripted reality programming. Their LA offices are located on the CBS Radford lot in Studio City.

Education

He is a 1980 graduate of

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and a 1984 graduate of

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Career

*MARVIN MARVIN NICKELODEON CONSULTANT/CONSULTING PRODUCER COMPLETED 2012-2013David M. Israel, Variety
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