Dave Hackel is an American producer and

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. He is best known for creating, writing and producing the

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sitcom ''

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'', which starred

Ted Danson Edward Bridge Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1982–1993), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe A ...

and ran from 1998 until 2004. Hackel grew up in

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. He later moved to

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in the 1970s, where he had started working as a game show staffer. He started writing with Steve Hattman as a writing partner for television shows and for projects such as the 1980 television movie ''

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''. Aside from all his work on ''Becker'', Hackel has also worked on episodes of ''

Frasier ''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey (screenwriter), Peter Casey, and David Lee (scr ...

'', ''

The Love Boat ''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes that originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1977, to May 24, 1986. In addition, three TV movies aired before the regular series pre ...

'', ''

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'', '' Dear John'', '' Out of This World'', '' Webster'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Harper Valley PTA'', ''

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'', '' Shirley'' and '' The Pursuit of Happiness''. Hackel wrote columns for ''

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'', in 2011.

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