Occupation Producer, writer Role Television producer | Name Allison Adler Years active 1991— | |
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Full Name Allison Beth Adler Born May 30, 1967 (age 57) ( 1967-05-30 ) California, U.S. Partner(s) Sara Gilbert (2002—2011)
Liz Brixius (2013–present; engaged) Books International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior Children Sawyer Gilbert-Adler, Levi Hank Gilbert-Adler Similar People Sara Gilbert, Greg Berlanti, Linda Perry, Andrew Kreisberg, Melissa Benoist Profiles | ||
TV shows Supergirl, The New Normal |
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Allison Beth Adler (born May 30, 1967) is an American television producer and writer. She is best known as the co-creator of Supergirl, The New Normal and her work on Chuck and Family Guy.
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Career

Adler began her career by working on a TV series named Veronica's Closet in 1997. From 2001 to 2002, Adler produced 13 episodes of Family Guy and 16 episodes of Just Shoot Me!; she was supervising producer for nine episodes of Still Standing. She was co-executive producer on various shows, including Life As We Know It, Women of a Certain Age, and Emily's Reasons Why Not.

Adler produced Chuck as co-executive and executive producer from 2007 to 2010. Adler then joined the ABC series No Ordinary Family in May 2010 and in 2011 became a part of Glee's writing team starting with the third season. She and Glee creator Ryan Murphy co-created The New Normal, which she worked on until it was cancelled in May 2013.

In 2015, Adler co-created Supergirl with Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg. The show is based on Superman's female cousin, Kara Zor-El. Adler is being represented by WME Entertainment Agency. After two seasons, in 2017 Adler left Supergirl full-time to join The CW's reboot of Dynasty and sign a development deal with CBS Studios.
Personal life
Adler was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 30, 1967. She later became an American citizen.
From 2001 to 2011, Adler was in a relationship with actress Sara Gilbert. They have two children—a son, Levi Hank, born to Adler in October 2004, and a daughter, Sawyer Jane, born to Gilbert on August 2, 2007. After the breakup they have joint custody of their two children.
In 2013, Adler began dating producer and writer Liz Brixius. The couple got engaged in November 2014.