Joey Murphy is an American screenwriter and

television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon ...

. Murphy has written episodes of the cartoon, '' Doug'', '' The Crew'', and

Cybill Shepherd Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971) alongside Jeff Bridges. ...

's sitcom, ''

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'', the last two for which he also served as producer. He also collaborated with

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on the sitcom, ''

The Five Mrs. Buchanans ''The 5 Mrs. Buchanans'' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 24, 1994 to March 25, 1995. Set in the fictional town of Mercy, Indiana, the show centers on the small-town misadventures of four diverse women with one th ...

.'' When ''Desperate Housewives'' began in 2004, Murphy was one of the staff writers, and for the second year, he was promoted to co-executive producer. Starting with the first episode of season four, he was executive producer. Throughout his career, Murphy has worked with

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, and the two also have written the script to the upcoming remake of ''

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''.

Filmography

Producer

* ''The Crew'' (Producer, unknown episodes) * ''Cybill'' (Supervising producer, 8 episodes, 1997–1998; consulting producer 5 episodes, 1997) * ''Desperate Housewives'' (Co-executive producer, 38 episodes, 2005–2007; executive producer, 14 episodes, 2007–2008; consulting producer, 7 episodes, 2004–2005)

Writer

* ''Doug'' (1 episode, 1991) * ''

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans ''The 5 Mrs. Buchanans'' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 24, 1994 to March 25, 1995. Set in the fictional town of Mercy, Indiana, the show centers on the small-town misadventures of four diverse women with one th ...

'' (3 episodes, 1994) * ''The Crew'' (2 episodes, 1995) * ''Cybill'' (1 episode, 1997) * ''Desperate Housewives'' (12 episodes, 2004–2008) * ''Mad Monster Party'' (2008)

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