Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and

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. He is best known for creating the sitcoms '' Superstore,'' '' American Auto,'' and '' St. Denis Medical.'' His other credits include ''Scrubs'', ''

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Career

Spitzer was an assistant on the sitcom ''

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'' and on fourteen episodes of the American adaptation of ''

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.'' From 2008 to 2013, he was a writer and producer for the American adaptation of ''

''. In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on ''

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'' that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired. He created the workplace

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'' Superstore'', starring

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, which had a midseason premiere on NBC in 2015. He served as showrunner for three seasons before stepping down in 2019 while signing a multi-year deal with NBC and

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. The series continued to run for three more seasons after Spitzer's departure. In 2020, NBC ordered a pilot for Spitzer's comedy '' American Auto''. The series premiered in 2021 and ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2023. In August 2021, Spitzer had signed a new four-year overall deal with Universal Television.

Personal life

On November 24, 2007, he married producer and writer Jenna Bans. They have two children named Lucy and Phoebe.

Credits

Producing

Writing

Directing

Nominations

References

External links

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