Josh Berman

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Joshua Berman is an American writer and producer for television. He was an executive producer on the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and consulting producer on Bones.

Career

Josh Berman was born in 1972. Berman's writing career began in comedy in 1998 when he won an NBC writing contest.[1]

Drop Dead Diva, created by Berman originally for Fox, premiered on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series stars stage actress Brooke Elliott as Jane, a brilliant, thoughtful, and overweight attorney whose body is inhabited by the soul of a vapid fashion model, and Margaret Cho as her loyal assistant, Teri. Berman's grandmother, who he described as having “carried herself as a supermodel,” inspired the character Jane, as Berman sought to bring his grandmother's self-acceptance and life-affirming energy to the screen.[2] His Osprey Productions company most recently signed a deal with Sony Pictures Television.[3]

Berman has written and directed Drop Dead Dave, an hour-long series that is still in development as of October 2021. It explores a similar concept to his popular series Drop Dead Diva; the new series follows the character Dave as he finds new perspective when reincarnated as a complicated Gen X lawyer.[4]

Personal life

Berman is a native of Encino and is gay.[2] His brother, David Berman, is head researcher for CSI, and occasionally plays assistant coroner "Super Dave" Phillips.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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  4. Rose, Michelle. "Molina’s mystery - Actor leads TV adaptation of Louise Penny series." Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN), sec. TV Times, 10 Oct. 2021, p. TV28. NewsBank: Access World News.