John Eisendrath is an American television series producer and writer. He created and served as the executive producer and showrunner for the series ''

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'', and currently serves as executive producer on

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's ''

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''. More recently, Eisendrath signed a new three-year overall deal with

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through 2025.

Personal life

John Eisendrath was born into a well-known

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family, the son of Edwin W. Eisendrath Jr. and Susan Rosenberg. He is the younger brother of

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(former alderman of Chicago and CEO of the ''

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''). His father was an attorney and his mother came from a powerful West Side political family. He joined WBBM in the mid 1980s, only to leave with friend Kathryn Pratt to start a TV writing career. He and Kathryn Pratt married in 1992 and had two children. Their marriage was dissolved in 2002. Following the dissolution he married television writer Jennifer Levin. In 2003, his Thanksgiving Day production company created a show for

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, ''

''. In 2008, he was signed to a deal with Universal Media Studios.

Credits

Writer

* '' Beverly Hills Buntz'' (1988) (story - 1 episode) * '' TV 101'' (1989) (writer - 2 episodes) * '' WIOU'' (1990) (creator - 14 episodes) (story - 1 episode) (teleplay - 1 episode) * '' Models Inc.'' (1994) (writer - 3 episodes) * ''

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'' (1996) (writer - 2 episodes) (story - 1 episode) * ''

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'' (1990) (writer - 34 episodes) (teleplay - 2 episodes) (story - 1 episode) * '' Felicity'' (1998) (writer - 3 episodes) * '' Alias'' (2001) (writer - 8 episodes) * ''

'' (2003) (creator) (writer - 3 episodes) * '' The Catch'' (2005) (TV movie - creator) * '' K-Ville'' (2007) (writer - 1 episode) * ''

'' (2010) (creator) (writer - 3 episodes) * ''

'' (2013) (writer - 16 episodes) (teleplay - 8 episodes) (story - 3 episodes) * '' The Blacklist: Redemption'' (2017) (creator) (story - 1 episode) (teleplay - 1 episode)

Executive producer

* '' WIOU'' (1990) (executive producer) * '' Models Inc.'' (1994) (co-supervising producer - 17 episodes) * ''

'' (1996) (co-executive producer - 8 episodes) * ''

'' (1990) (supervising producer - 25 episodes) (co-executive producer - 32 episodes) (executive producer - 85 episodes) * '' Felicity'' (1998) (executive producer - 15 episodes) * ''

'' (2003) (executive producer - 11 episodes) * '' Alias'' (2001) (executive producer - 66 episodes) * '' The Catch'' (2005) (TV movie - executive producer) * '' Supreme Courtships'' (2007) (TV Movie - executive producer) * '' K-Ville'' (2007) (consulting producer - 8 episodes) * '' My Own Worst Enemy'' (2008) (executive producer - 9 episodes) * ''

'' (2010) (executive producer - 3 episodes) * ''

'' (2013) (executive producer - 114 episodes) * '' The Blacklist: Redemption'' (2017) (producer - 5 episodes) (executive producer - 3 episodes)

Self

* The Story Behind: Beverly Hills, 90210 (2015)

References

External links

* Living people American television producers American television writers American Jews Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-bio-stub