David Samuel Rosenthal is an American writer and TV producer, best known as the executive producer of season seven of the popular comedy-drama Gilmore Girls and co-creator of the original Ellen TV series. He has also been known to work on The Middle and Jane the Virgin.
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Early life
Rosenthal is from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. His father is Anti-Defamation League Latin American Affairs director and human rights activist rabbi Morton Rosenthal.[1][2]
Career
Shortly after moving to Hollywood, Rosenthal was hired as a writer's assistant on the ABC sitcom Anything but Love.[3] He began to write on his own and got a job on the show Nurses.[3] Rosenthal was later hired as a staff writer on Anything but Love. When the show ended, he wrote for Laurie Hill, a program created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black, who also produced The Wonder Years.[3] With Marlens and Black, Rosenthal helped develop a sitcom for Laurie Hill co-star Ellen DeGeneres. The show, entitled These Friends of Mine, became Ellen.[3]
After a ten-year stint developing sitcoms for Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rosenthal was hired as a writer on the sitcom Spin City and was quickly promoted to showrunner.[3]
In April 2006, it was announced that Gilmore Girls executive producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband, Daniel, could not come to an agreement with The CW and would be leaving the show when their contracts expired that summer.[4] Rosenthal, who worked on the show as a writer and producer for season six, was selected by Sherman-Palladino to replace her as showrunner.[5] Though the season was considered uneven compared to the previous six, Rosenthal's writing and direction received praise.[6][7]
Personal life
Rosenthal was married to fellow Spin City writer Sarah Dunn. They divorced in 2001. He later quit his job on Spin City to focus on writing a controversial play about supermodel Heidi Klum.[8] He married comedy writer Gracie Glassmeyer in 2015.[9]
Selected filmography
References
- ^ "Marguerite Feitlowitz | Rabbi Morton Rosenthal – Human Rights Hero". margueritefeitlowitz.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Morton Rosenthal". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Gay, Jason (August 27, 2001). "They Call David Rosenthal Crazy When All He Wants Is Heidi Klum". The Observer.
- ^ "Team Palladino Says "Goodbye, Girls"". TVGuide.com. April 20, 2006. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Finally: Gilmore's New Boss Speaks". TVGuide.com. July 18, 2006. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "In Defense of Gilmore Girls' Seventh Season". Vulture. November 6, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Unpopular Opinion: Season 7 of 'Gilmore Girls' Is Very Underrated". Decider | Where To Stream Movies & Shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant, HBO Go. June 20, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ REITMAN, JANET (May 5, 2002). "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Ranter". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Gracie and David's Intimate wedding at Café Amelie". Grey Likes Weddings | Wedding Fashion & Inspiration | Best Wedding Blog. July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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