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Chris Brancato
Chris Brancato (born July 24, 1962) is an American television and film writer and producer. Brancato grew up in Teaneck, New JerseyProfile of Chris Brancato: Writer / Creator
of Sci Fi Channel (United States), Sci Fi Channel's ''First Wave (TV series), First Wave'', accessed January 1, 2007. "Brancato always knew he was going to be a writer – but not for the movies. He grew up in Teaneck, N.J., with school-teacher parents."
and graduated in 1980 from Teaneck High School. He subsequently attended and graduated from Brown University.


Career

Brancato wrote or was story editor for several episodes of the 1992 season of ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. He co-wrote the ''X-Files'' episode ”Eve (The X-Files), Eve“, which first aired on December 10 ...
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Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. The town is know for their pancake throwing contest held every September. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 41,246, an increase of 1,470 (+3.7%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 39,776, which in turn reflected an increase of 516 (+1.3%) from the 39,260 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. As of 2020, Teaneck was the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County, behind Hackensack, New Jersey, Hackensack, which had a population of 46,030. Teaneck was created on February 19, 1895, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature from portions of Englewood Township, New Jersey, Englewood Township and Ridgefield Township, New Jersey, Ridgefield Township, both of which are now defunct (despite existing municipa ...
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Criminal Intent (season 10)
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The Outer Limits (1995 TV Series)
''The Outer Limits'' is a science fiction film, science fiction anthology series, anthology television series that originally aired between 1995 and 2002 on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, Syfy, Seven Network, Channel 7 and in syndication. The series is a revival of the original ''The Outer Limits (1963 TV series), The Outer Limits'' series that aired from 1963 to 1965. ''The Outer Limits'' is an anthology series, anthology of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. The revival series maintained an anthology format but occasionally featured recurring story arcs that were then tied together during season-finale clip shows. History After an attempt to bring back ''The Outer Limits'' during the early 1980s, it was finally relaunched in 1995. The success of television speculative fiction such as ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''The X-Files'' and anthology shows such as ''Tales from the Crypt (TV series), Tales from the Crypt'' convinced rights hold ...
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Burke's Law (1994 TV Series)
''Burkes Law'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS during the 1993–94 and 1994–95 television seasons. It was a revival of original ''Burkes Law'' television series, and starred Gene Barry as millionaire cop Amos Burke, now deputy chief instead of a captain, and Peter Barton as his son Det. Peter Burke. It was produced by Spelling Television. Background The revival of the show, which ran on CBS from 1994 to 1995, was produced by Aaron Spelling's production company. Although the final season of the original series had the character become an agent for the government, the revival retconned this and continued the premise of the first two seasons. In the second incarnation, Burke is now a deputy chief, assisted by his son Peter ( Peter Barton). The two are assisted by Medical Examiner Lily Morgan (Bever-Leigh Banfield), and Burke's Filipino driver Henry ( Danny Kamekona). Burke and Henry raised Peter after the death of his mother when he was ...
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Robin's Hoods
''Robins Hoods'' is an American drama series that aired in first-run syndication from August 22, 1994 until March 13, 1995. Overview Brett Robin is a prosecutor whose husband is a policeman. After he is killed, she learns he bought a bar and hired five first time offenders to work there as part of their parole. She keeps the bar open and occasionally her five employees take it upon themselves to help her using their criminal skills. In the last few episodes, Purl was frequently absent due to her pregnancy and Rick Springfield was featured as the bar manager Nick Collins. Cast * Linda Purl as Brett Robin * Jennifer Campbell as Annie Beckett * David Gail as Eddie Bartlett * Mayte Vilán as Maria Alvarez (1994) * Julie McCullough as Stacey Wright *Gretchen Palmer as K.T. Parker (1995) * Claire Yarlett as Mackenzie "Mac" Magnuson *Rick Springfield Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and acto ...
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The X-Files
''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox, spanning List of The X-Files episodes, nine seasons, with 202 episodes. A The X-Files season 10, tenth season of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, ''The X-Files'' returned for an The X-Files season 11, eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: the 1998 film ''The X-Files (film), The X-Files'' and the stand-alone film ''The X-Files: I Want to Believe'', released in 2008, six years after the original television run ended. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent, Special Agents Fox Mulder (David ...
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Forest Whitaker
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. His accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. After making his film debut in '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as ''Platoon'' (1986), '' Good Morning, Vietnam'' (1987), ''Bird'' (1988), '' The Crying Game'' (1992), ''Phenomenon'' (1996), '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999), '' The Great Debaters'' (2007), '' The Butler'' (2013), '' Arrival'' (2016), and ''Respect'' (2021)."In general, he rules."
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Godfather Of Harlem
''Godfather of Harlem'' is an American crime drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. The series is created by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson. Whitaker is also executive producer alongside Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, John Ridley and Markuann Smith. Chris Brancato acts as showrunner. On February 12, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on April 18, 2021. On January 13, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on January 15, 2023, on the rebranded MGM+. On November 29, 2023, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on April 13, 2025. A documentary series titled ''By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem'' premiered on November 8, 2020. Premise ''Godfather of Harlem'' tells the fictionalized story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, "who in the early 1960s returned from ten ye ...
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Doug Miro
Doug Miro (born January 20, 1972) is an American screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Miro studied screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and graduated with a degree in English from Stanford University. Life and career Miro's screenplays include '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', and the '' Sorcerer's Apprentice'', both which were written with his longtime collaborator, Carlo Bernard. Their credits also include '' The Uninvited'' for DreamWorks and producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, and '' The Great Raid'' for Miramax. While he was intended to work on ''National Treasure 3,'' it did not come to happen. Miro and Bernard first made their mark with ''Motor City'', an adaptation of the novel ''Edsel'', (Loren Estleman) a film noir set in 1950s Detroit. The team also adapted Dean King's ''Skeletons of the Zahara: A True Story of Survival'', which chronicles the wreck of a Connecticut merchant ship and the crew's subsequent adventures in the Sahara Dese ...
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Mexico
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