Eric Weinberg (born 1959/1960) is an American television producer and screenwriter best known for his work on the television series '' Scrubs''.

Biography

Weinberg is a graduate of the

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. After school, he worked in finance at the investment bank Oppenheimer & Co. In the mid-1990s, he earned his first writing credits. Weinberg has served as co-executive producer on ''Scrubs'' for over a hundred episodes since 2002, and is credited as supervising producer and writer for an additional twenty episodes since the show's debut in 2001. Also notably, he was both the writer and executive producer of 2005 made-for-television movie '' Confessions of a Dog'', and has both produced and written episodes for the series ''

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''. His other credits including writing for the series ''

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''. He has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, two for the crew of ''Scrubs'', and three for ''Politically Incorrect'', which was also nominated for a

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Personal life

On July 14, 2022, Weinberg was arrested by the

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on multiple charges of sexual assault between 2012 and 2019. He is being held on bail of $3.225 million.

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