Terri Minsky
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Terri Minsky is an American
television
writer and producer who created Lizzie McGuire
, Less Than Perfect
, and The Geena Davis Show
as well as writing several episodes of Sex and the City
. Minsky is currently executive producer of "Sherri," the new Lifetime series starring Sherri Shepherd
that debuted in October 2009.
Her first writing credit was for the series Doctor Doctor in 1989, and she also worked on Flying Blind in 1992. She grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
.
A mother of two, Minsky published a reflection, "The Mother Load," on balancing time between her work and family in Literary Mama
.
Prior to working in television, Minsky was a writer for the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the New York Daily News
, Premiere
, New York
, and Esquire
.
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television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
writer and producer who created Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire is an American teen sitcom which premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001 and ended February 14, 2004. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents...
, Less Than Perfect
Less Than Perfect
Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002, to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee and her co-workers...
, and The Geena Davis Show
The Geena Davis Show
The Geena Davis Show was an American sitcom starring Geena Davis. The show lasted one season on ABC.- Background :Terri Minsky first pitched the idea of a Sex and the City-like character becoming a suburban housewife to ABC in early 2000. Basic plot details were drawn up, and the script eventually...
as well as writing several episodes of Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
. Minsky is currently executive producer of "Sherri," the new Lifetime series starring Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Evonne Shepherd is an American comedienne, actress, and television personality. She is one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View, as well as being the current host of the Newlywed Game and having a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock...
that debuted in October 2009.
Her first writing credit was for the series Doctor Doctor in 1989, and she also worked on Flying Blind in 1992. She grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Mt. Lebanon is a home rule municipality, formerly a township, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 33,137 at the 2010 census....
.
A mother of two, Minsky published a reflection, "The Mother Load," on balancing time between her work and family in Literary Mama
Literary Mama
Literary Mama is a U.S.-based online literary magazine focused on publishing writing about motherhood in a variety of genre. The writing found at Literary Mama challenges all types of media to rethink its narrow focus of what mothers think and do...
.
Prior to working in television, Minsky was a writer for the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
, Premiere
Premiere (magazine)
Premiere was an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., published between the years 1987 and 2007. The original version of the magazine, Première , was started in France in 1976 and is still being published there.-History:The magazine originally...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, and Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
.