Dee Johnson is an American

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and writer. She has worked on the series '' ER'', ''

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'', '' Commander in Chief'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and was an executive producer and showrunner on ''

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'' for seasons one through four, exiting after the fourth season.

Life and career

Johnson began her career as a writer in Fox primetime soap opera ''

''. She was one of the major writers of ''Melrose Place'' from 1993 to 1995. She was writer of 19 episodes on '' ER'', and also worked in show as co-executive producer. In 2005, Johnson was nominated for

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Award for ''ER''. Her other credits include ''

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'', '' Profiler'', '' Any Day Now'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

''. From 2005 to 2006, Johnson was an executive producer on '' Commander in Chief'', which starred

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as the United States' first female President. In 2009, she joined the staff of police drama ''

'' as a writer and consulting producer for the first season. In 2010, she became an executive producer for the legal drama ''

''. In 2012, she was an executive producer for 10 episodes of second season on ''

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'', and took part by writing two episodes. She was later called in to work as showrunner and executive producer on ABC drama ''

'' starring

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and

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. For her work on ''Nashville'' and ''The Good Wife'', Johnson was nominated for

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