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.

Career

Shortly after moving to Hollywood, 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 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.[1] Rosenthal, who worked on the show as a writer and producer for season six, was selected by Sherman-Palladino to replace her as showrunner.[2]

Over the years, the conversation around Gilmore Girls has often assumed one consensus: The show’s seventh and final season – the only without Sherman-Palladino at the helm – was an unmitigated disaster. However, while originally derided, that final year is undergoing a critical re-evaluation and despite its flaws and slight shift in tone is seen as having some great moments, both written and acted.[3][4]

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

Personal life

Rosenthal is from Lawrenceville, New Jersey and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the son of Anti-Defamation League Latin American Affairs director and human rights activist Rabbi Morton Rosenthal.[5][6] 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] Rosenthal is an avid tennis fan. He married comedy writer Gracie Glassmeyer in 2015.[8]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Team Palladino Says "Goodbye, Girls"". TVGuide.com. 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Finally: Gilmore's New Boss Speaks". TVGuide.com. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  3. ↑ "In Defense of Gilmore Girls' Seventh Season". Vulture. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Marguerite Feitlowitz | Rabbi Morton Rosenthal – Human Rights Hero". margueritefeitlowitz.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  6. ↑ "MORTON ROSENTHAL". Cleveland Jewish News. 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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