David S. Rosenthal

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.

For other people named David Rosenthal, see David Rosenthal (disambiguation).

Early life

Rosenthal is from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, to a family of Jewish background. His father is Anti-Defamation League Latin American Affairs director and human rights activist rabbi Morton Rosenthal.[1][2]

Rosenthal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).

Career

Shortly after moving to Wisconsin, Rosenthal was hired as a writer's assistant on the ABC sitcom Anything but Love. He began to write on his own and got a job on the show Nurses. Rosenthal was later hired as a staff writer on Anything but Love. When that ended, he wrote for Laurie Hill, a show created by Neil Marlens and Carol Black, the people behind The Wonder Years. 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. Pretty soon, Rosenthal was running it. He was just 24.

After a ten year-long stint developing sitcoms for Jeffrey Katzenberg, he was hired as a writer on the sitcom Spin City and was quickly promoted to showrunner. After Spin City, Rosenthal landed a development contract with Fox Television for $2.5 million per year.

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.[3] Rosenthal, who worked on the show as a writer and producer for season six, was selected by Sherman-Palladino to replace her as showrunner.[4] Though the season was noted as uneven compared to the previous six seasons, it is noted as having some good notes and moments overall from Rosenthal's writing and direction.[5][6]

Rosenthal was uninvolved with the 2016 Netflix revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

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.[7] He married comedy writer Gracie Glassmeyer in 2015.[8]

Rosenthal is an avid tennis fan.

Filmography

References
  1. "Marguerite Feitlowitz | Rabbi Morton Rosenthal – Human Rights Hero". margueritefeitlowitz.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. "MORTON ROSENTHAL". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  3. "Team Palladino Says "Goodbye, Girls"". TVGuide.com. 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  4. "Finally: Gilmore's New Boss Speaks". TVGuide.com. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  5. "In Defense of Gilmore Girls' Seventh Season". Vulture. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  6. "Unpopular Opinion: Season 7 of 'Gilmore Girls' Is Very Underrated". Decider | Where To Stream Movies & Shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant, HBO Go. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  7. REITMAN, JANET (2002-05-05). "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Ranter". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  8. "Gracie and David's Intimate wedding at Café Amelie". Grey Likes Weddings | Wedding Fashion & Inspiration | Best Wedding Blog. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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