Tom Hertz is an American producer and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He is the creator of the American

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television series ''

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''. Hertz won an

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and was nominated for one more in the category Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for his work on the television program ''

Dennis Miller Live ''Dennis Miller Live'' was a weekly talk show on HBO, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. The show ran 215 episodes from 1994 to 2002, and received five Emmy awards and 11 Emmy nominations. It was also nominated six times for the Writers Guild of A ...

''.

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