Emily Kapnek (born March 27, 1972) is an American television creator, writer and producer. Kapnek is best known for creating the animated program '' As Told by Ginger'' as well as the television series ''

Suburgatory ''Suburgatory'' is an American television sitcom created by Emily Kapnek that aired on ABC from September 28, 2011, to May 14, 2014. The series originally aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following '' The Middle''. The title is a ...

'' and ''

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''. She was a consulting producer on the television series ''

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'' and has written the theme songs for several shows.

Career

In 1999, Kapnek created the Nickelodeon series '' As Told by Ginger'' produced by Eryk Casemiro, Gabor Csupo, and

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. Kapnek also voiced the character of Noelle Sussman. In 2005, Kapnek had two pilots produced. "Wiener Park" starred Donal Logue and Fred Willard for FOX and ''

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'' for ABC, which starred

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and was based on a novel of the same name. The latter was picked up to series and premiered on 9 January 2006, but was cancelled after the first episode. In 2007, Kapnek wrote and served as a consulting producer for ''

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'', which aired on

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. In 2008, Kapnek wrote a pilot for

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titled ''The Emancipation of Ernesto'', which starred

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. In 2009, Kapnek served as a co-executive producer and wrote two episodes for the

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show ''

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'' which premiered on 28 June 2009, and ran for three seasons. From 2010 to 2011, Kapnek served as a consulting producer on the third season of the

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series ''

'', which starred

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and

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. Kapnek penned the episode "Ron and Tammy Part Two." In January 2011, it was announced

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had picked up the pilot for ''

'', a show which Kapnek created. The series starred

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and

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. ''

'' premiered on 28 September 2011 and ran for three seasons. She had a

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-affiliated production company called Piece of Pie Productions. That same year, Kapnek created ''

'', which starred Karen Gillan and John Cho. Selfie ran for just one season but developed a

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after its cancellation. In 2015, Kapnek was given a pilot commitment for ''Front Man'', a new

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series created by Kapnek and to be produced by

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, and

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. In 2018, Kapnek wrote and produced the ABC pilot ''

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'', starring

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and

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which was picked up to series and ran for two seasons on ABC. Kapnek's new banner "Specifica Productions"
specificaproductions.com
launched in 2019 as part of her deal with ABC Studios, which was signed for a three-year contract. In February 2020, a comedy pilot was set to star

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. In November 2021, it was reported that Kapnek is working with ''Selfie'' star Karen Gillan again and

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on a musical animation for

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Personal life

In December 2008, Emily Kapnek married

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. They have two children: Oszkar Nosek and Guy Lagana.

Filmography

References

External links

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