Was nominated for a Humanitas Prize in the 30 Minute Category for "Frasier" in 2003
Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for "Frasier" in 2003
Started out as an assembly line worker at a brush factory during college
Worked in temp jobs in studios, observing all parts of the industry, before getting her first writers' assistant job on "Perfect Strangers․"
Quote: "It doesn't bother me that the [TV writing] staffs are dominated by men․ But when I offer a female point of view, I don't like to be shouted down by men who don't know what it's like to be a woman․․․I think my perspective should be respected․"
President of development and writer and producer at Dirty Blonde Media, Inc․ since 2000
Best known as the writer and executive producer of "Frasier" and co-executive producer of "Desperate Housewives․"
Is an adjunct Film and Television professor at UCLA's School of Theatre and the writer and creator of Walt Disney's "Sauce Boss․"