Patricia Green is an American television producer and writer.

Career

Green worked as a writer and producer on ''

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'' and won two Emmy Awards for her work on the series. The first was in 1985 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The second was in 1986 for Outstanding Drama Series. She became a supervising producer and writer on ''

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''. In 1989 she won a

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for her work on ''China Beach'' and was also nominated for an Emmy Award. She moved on to become a writer and supervising producer for '' L.A. Law'' in 1990. She was promoted to executive producer after one season. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing in 1991 for her work on the ''L.A. Law'' episode "Mutinies On The Banzai". She then became a writer and producer for '' Chicago Hope'' and was again nominated for best drama series at the 1996 Emmy Awards. Green also developed '' Christy'' (1994–95), which included a major role for ''

'' co-star Tyne Daly. She became a consulting producer for '' The District'' in 2002.

Awards and nominations

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