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Nationality
  
American

Notable works
  

Name
  
Janet Leahy

Role
  
Television writer

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Occupation
  
Television producer and writer

Awards
  
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series

Shows
  
Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series

Similar
  
Lisa Albert, Erin Levy, Matthew Weiner, Semi Chellas, Maria Jacquemetton

The 2016 Writers Guild Award for Drama Series goes to Mad Men


Janet Leahy is an American television writer and producer. She has worked in both capacities on the AMC drama series Mad Men and won a WGA Award for her work on the show.

Contents

National Writers Series Presents: An Evening with the Writers of "Mad Men"


Biography

Leahy joined the crew of Mad Men as a consulting producer for the fourth season in 2010. She co-wrote the episode "The Summer Man" with series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and consulting producer Lisa Albert. Leahy and the writing staff won the WGA Award for Best Drama Series for their work on the fourth season. Some of Leahy's other television credits include The Cosby Show, Cheers, Roseanne, Boston Legal, Wings and Gilmore Girls.

Awards and nominations

  • 1987 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for Cheers
  • 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for Boston Legal
  • 2011 WGA Award for Best Drama Series for Mad Men
  • References

    Janet Leahy Wikipedia