Terri Minsky is an American television writer and producer who created ''

The Geena Davis Show ''The Geena Davis Show'' is an American sitcom television series created by Terri Minsky starring Geena Davis. The show aired for one season on ABC from October 10, 2000, to July 20, 2001, during the 2000–01 U.S. television season. Plot Se ...

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Lizzie McGuire ''Lizzie McGuire'' is an American comedy television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on January 12, 2001. The series stars Hilary Duff as the titular character, who navigates the personal and social issues of her te ...

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Less Than Perfect ''Less than Perfect'' is an American television sitcom created by Terri Minsky and starring Sara Rue and Sherri Shepherd which originally aired on ABC from October 1, 2002, to June 20, 2006. It follows Claude (Rue), who works at a television netw ...

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Andi Mack ''Andi Mack'' is an American family comedy-drama television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on April 7, 2017. It ran for three seasons and 57 episodes, concluding on July 26, 2019. The series stars Peyton Elizabe ...

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Early and personal life

Minsky grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. A mother of two, Minsky published a reflection, "The Mother Load," on balancing time between her work and family in ''

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''. Minsky is Jewish.

Career

Minsky was a writer for the ''

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Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

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''. Minsky's first writing credits were for episodes of '' Doctor Doctor'' in 1989 and '' Flying Blind'' in 1992–1993. Minsky was the executive producer of ''

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'', a Lifetime series that ran for one season in 2009. In 2014, Minsky co-wrote the pilot for MTV's ''

Finding Carter ''Finding Carter'' is an American teen drama television series that aired on MTV for two seasons from July 8, 2014, to December 15, 2015. The series stars Kathryn Prescott as Carter Stevens, a teenage girl whose life is torn apart when she disco ...

'', which debuted on July 8, 2014, and was the show's executive producer for its first season. Minsky created and executive produced the

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Award-winning

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series, ''Andi Mack'', which began development in 2015, production in 2016, and aired from 2017 to 2019. It was also her second TV series for the Disney Channel following 2001's ''Lizzie McGuire''. Following the end of ''Andi Mack'', in August 2019, it was announced that Minsky had signed a deal to create future series and films for Disney Channel and the upcoming

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streaming service, as her first project under this deal being a revival of ''Lizzie McGuire''. Minsky exited her role as showrunner of the revival on January 9, 2020 after the first two episodes of the series had been filmed due to creative differences with Disney, and the revival has since been cancelled.

Filmography

References

External links

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"The Mother Load" by Terri Minsky in Literary Mama
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