Dan O'Shannon (born March 10, 1962) is an American television writer and producer who has worked on shows such as ''

Newhart ''Newhart'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. The series stars Bob Newhart and Mary Frann as an author and his wife, ...

'', '' Cheers'', and ''

Frasier ''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons. It premiered on September 16, 1993, and ended on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub ...

''. He was an executive producer of the ABC show ''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...

'', but left the show at the conclusion of season five to accept a development deal at CBS TV Studios. He grew up in

Euclid Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of ...

and

Painesville, Ohio Painesville is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Ohio, United States, located along the Grand River northeast of Cleveland. Its population was 19,563 at the 2010 census. Painesville is the home of Lake Erie College, Morley Libra ...

, graduating from Riverside High School in Painesville Township. Aside from television writing (since 1985), he is the author of two books, ''The Adventures of Mrs. Jesus'', published by Harper-Collins (2014) and ''What Are You Laughing At? A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event'', published by Continuum International Publishing Group in 2012.

Awards, nominations and honors

O'Shannon has won six Emmy awards for his TV work over the past 25+ years (five for ''

'', and one for '' Cheers''). He has earned five awards and five nominations for ''Modern Family'', three nominations for ''

'' and four nominations and one award for ''Cheers''. He has received five Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA) awards including three for ''Modern Family'', one for ''Frasier'', and one for a special television event, ''Time-Warner Presents the Earth Day Special''. He has received several Golden Globe Awards O'Shannon received an Academy Award writing nomination for ''Redux Riding Hood'', an animated short produced by Disney. That short film was nominated for an Annie Award. He wrote and produced ''The Fan and the Flower'', an animated short which received an Annie Award.Profile
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Television writing and producing credits

O'Shannon has several television writing and producing credits including ''

'', on which he served as an executive producer for seasons 3 through 5, a co-exec producer for seasons 1 and 2, and he is credited as the episode writer (or co-writer) of 10 episodes. Prior to joining the writing/producing staff of ''Modern Family'', he worked as a co-executive writer/producer for ''

Better Off Ted ''Better Off Ted'' is an American satirical sitcom series, created by Victor Fresco, who also served as the show's executive producer. The series ran on the ABC network from March 18, 2009, to January 26, 2010. ''Better Off Ted'' focuses on t ...

'', writing two episodes. He may be best known as a co-executive producer of ''

''; he also wrote/co-wrote seven episodes for that series. He was a writer/co-writer of 18 episodes, an exec story editor for season 8, a co-producer for season 9, a co-exec producer for season 10, and the exec producer/showrunner for season 11, for '' Cheers''. Other writing or producing credits include ''

The King of Queens ''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who also served as the show ...

'', as creative consultant for season 1; ''

Suddenly Susan ''Suddenly Susan'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000. The series was created by Clyde Phillips and starred Brooke Shields in her first regular series. Shields played Susan Keane, ...

'', on which he was a co-executive producer of season 1, a creative consultant for season 2, and a writer/co-writer of 4 episodes; ''The Boys'', on which he was creator and executive producer for 6 episodes and writer or co-writer of four episodes; ''

'', on which he was the story editor of season 7, and a writer or co-writer of 7 episodes; and ''

It's a Living ''It's a Living'' (renamed for season two as ''Making a Living'') is an American sitcom television series set in a restaurant at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The show aired on ABC from October 30, 1980, until June 11, 1982. ...

'', on which he was a staff writer for the 1985 season (and the writer of 1 episode).

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