Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and series creator whose credits include ''Scrubs'' and ''

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''. He worked as a writing assistant on ''

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'' (U.S. version) and ''

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'' prior to serving as a writer on ''

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'' (U.S. version) for seven years. He is the creator of, and an executive producer on, the NBC sitcom '' Superstore,'' and served as the series'

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for its first three seasons.

Career

Spitzer was an assistant on ''

,'' and on fourteen episodes of ''

.'' In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on ''

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'' that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired. He is the creator, showrunner and executive producer for the NBC sitcom ''Superstore''. On January 23, 2020,

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ordered a pilot for Spitzer's comedy ''

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'' for Kapital Entertainment and

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. In August 2021, Spitzer had signed a new four-year overall deal with Universal Television.

Personal life

On November 24, 2007, he married producer and writer

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. They have two children named Lucy and Phoebe.

Credits

Producing

Writing

Directing

Nominations

External links

*
Justin Spitzer
on Twitter

References

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