Tom Spezialy is an American

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and

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. In 2007, began serving as executive producer of ''

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''.

Career

Spezialy began his career in 1989 writing for the

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television series '' Doctor Doctor''. He has also written and produced for ''

Parker Lewis Can't Lose ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'' is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on Fox from September 1990 to June 1993. It was produced by Clyde Phillips Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television. During the last season, the s ...

'', '' Weird Science'', '' The District'', ''

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'', '' Jack & Jill'', '' Ed'', and ''

Dead Like Me ''Dead Like Me'' is an American comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for ...

''. He has directed a few numbers of television series such as ''

'' and '' Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show''. During the 2004–2005 television season, Spezialy became known as executive producer and writer for '' Desperate Housewives'', one of the season's best received premieres. Following the criticized second season of the show, "creative differences" arose between Spezialy and the series creator,

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, and in May 2006 Spezialy announced that he was leaving the crew of ''Desperate Housewives''. As of spring 2011, Spezialy created and served as an executive producer on the

comedy-drama television series ''

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''. More recently, he has a first look deal at Amazon Studios, joining the

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series ''

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''.

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