David Samuel Rosenthal is an American writer and TV producer, best known as the executive producer of season seven of the popular

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'' and co-creator of the original ''Ellen'' TV series. He has also been known to work on '' The Middle'' and '' Jane the Virgin''.

Early life

Rosenthal is from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His father is

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Latin American Affairs director and human rights activist rabbi Morton Rosenthal.

Career

Shortly after moving to Wisconsin, Rosenthal was hired as a writer's assistant on the ABC sitcom ''

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''. He began to write on his own and got a job on the show ''Nurses''. Rosenthal was later hired as a staff writer on ''Anything but Love''. When the show ended, he wrote for ''Laurie Hill'', a program created by

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and Carol Black, the people behind '' The Wonder Years''. With Marlens and Black, Rosenthal helped develop a sitcom for Laurie Hill co-star Ellen DeGeneres. The show, entitled ''These Friends of Mine'', became ''Ellen''. After a ten-year stint developing sitcoms for Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rosenthal was hired as a writer on the sitcom '' Spin City'' and was quickly promoted to

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. In April 2006, it was announced that ''Gilmore Girls'' executive producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband,

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, could not come to an agreement with

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and would be leaving the show when their contracts expired that summer. Rosenthal, who worked on the show as a writer and producer for season six, was selected by Sherman-Palladino to replace her as showrunner. Though the season was considered uneven compared to the previous six, Rosenthal's writing and direction received praise.

Personal life

Rosenthal was married to fellow ''Spin City'' writer Sarah Dunn. They divorced in 2001. He later quit his job on ''Spin City'' to focus on writing a controversial play about supermodel

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. He married comedy writer Gracie Glassmeyer in 2015.

Selected filmography

* '' Jane the Virgin'' * '' The Middle'' * '' 90210'' * ''

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'' * '' Accidentally on Purpose'' * '' Eastwick'' * '' Men in Trees'' * ''

'' * '' Hope & Faith'' * '' Good Morning, Miami'' * '' Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place'' * '' Spin City'' * '' Arsenio'' * ''

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'' * ''

'' * '' Laurie Hill'' * '' Nurses''

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