Gail Lerner
Writer Gail Lerner helped supply the barbed banter, bon mots, and double entendres that made "Will & Grace" one of the wittiest sitcoms of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The roommate comedy was also one of the biggest hits of NBC's post-"Seinfeld" Thursday-night lineup. In addition to serving as show scribe, Lerner also worked as a co-executive-producer for the series. When "Will & Grace" ended its top-rated run in 2006, Lerner wrote an episode for "Andy Barker, P.I.," a short-lived show that later attained cult status. Co-created by talk-show host Conan O'Brien, the sitcom featured Andy Richter (O'Brien's sidekick on "Late Night") as a mild-mannered accountant turned private investigator. Lerner later worked on the ill-fated Kelsey Grammer vehicle "Back to You" and the dead-in-the-water "Worst Week." But Lerner had been there before. Before landing her plum gig at "Will & Grace," she labored for the short-lived shows "The Trouble with Normal" (featuring Jon Cryer and Paget Brewster) and "Inside Schwartz," a terrible "Dream On" rip-off. Lerner had better luck as a co-executive-producer and writer on the Spanish-language import "Ugly Betty," which premiered in 2006 and ran for four seasons.
Filmography
Movies
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36% |
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Cheaper by the Dozen | Director | - | 2022 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 44% | grown-ish | Director | 2024 |
33% | 21% | Extended Family | Director | 2024 |
50% | 68% | Not Dead Yet | Director | 2023 |
90% | 87% | Grace and Frankie | Director | 2018 2021 |
76% | 59% | mixed-ish | Director | 2021 |
17% | 37% | Call Your Mother | Director | 2021 |
92% | 57% | black-ish |
Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2014-2021 |
78% | 90% | Awkward. | Director | 2016 |
76% | 76% | Trophy Wife |
Director, Writer |
2013-2014 |
76% | 85% | Happy Endings |
Director, Writer |
2011-2013 |
17% | 17% | Animal Practice | Executive Producer | 2012 |
97% | 83% | Ugly Betty | Writer | 2009-2010 |
68% | No Score Yet | Worst Week | Writer | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Writer | 2000 2003-2006 |