Dave Caplan
{{Short description|American television writer and producer}}
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Dave Caplan (born May 6, 1959) is an American television writer and Executive Producer of prime-time comedies. He co-developed and serves as writer/executive producer of ABC's The Conners. He was a writer/co-Executive on the reboot of Roseanne, which was the most-watched scripted TV show of the 2018–2019 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/roseanne-was-2018s-most-watched-tv-series-averaging-20-million-viewers/|title=Roseanne Was 2018's Most-Watched TV Series, Averaging 20 Million Viewers|date=December 17, 2018|first=Jason|last=Lynch|website=www.adweek.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-01}}
Education
Born in Los Angeles, California, Caplan graduated from the TV/Film school at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Caplan began his career when he was accepted into the prestigious Warner Brothers Writers Workshop in 1989, having his script chosen out of thousands of submissions.{{cite news|work=Daily Variety|publisher=Variety|date=5 May 1989|ref=WB Skeds TV Writing Workshop}} Caplan also holds a doctoral degree in psychology, with a specialty in media psychology, from Fielding Graduate University.
Writing career
Caplan's early career saw him writing for such critically lauded comedies as Roseanne and Parker Lewis Can't Lose. He was promoted to writer/Producer on the acclaimed hit ABC-TV series Dinosaurs. Based on his work on that show, Caplan was rewarded with the first of three "overall" talent deals with Disney Television.
Moving on to Warner Brothers Television, Caplan served as writer/Executive Producer on the ABC hit comedies George Lopez and The Drew Carey Show. In addition to comedy, Caplan helped to launch the record-setting TNT drama Rizzoli & Isles{{cite web|last1=Gorman |first1=Bill |title=TNT's 'Rizzoli & Isles" Sets Record with Cable's Biggest Ad-SupportedPremiere |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/07/13/tnt%E2%80%99s-rizzoli-isles-sets-record-with-cable%E2%80%99s-biggest-ad-supported-premiere-draws-7-6-million-viewers/56989/ |website=TVByTheNumbers |publisher=Tribune Digital |accessdate=3 February 2015 |ref=Zap2It |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203082932/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/07/13/tnt%E2%80%99s-rizzoli-isles-sets-record-with-cable%E2%80%99s-biggest-ad-supported-premiere-draws-7-6-million-viewers/56989/ |archivedate=3 February 2015 }} by serving as Consulting Producer. Most recently, Caplan was writer/Executive Producer/co-showrunner for the unprecedented 90-episode pickup of FX comedy Anger Management, starring Charlie Sheen.{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2012/08/anger-management-gets-90-episode-back-order-from-fx-326503/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=29 August 2012|publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=3 February 2015}}
Awards
Caplan was awarded the Humanitas Certificate for the George Lopez episode, “The Kidney Stays in the Picture”.{{cite web|last1=Nordyke|first1=Kimberly|title=Humanitas Names Prize Finalists|url=http://www.backstage.com/news/humanitas-names-prize-finalists/|website=Backstage|date=6 June 2006 |accessdate=3 February 2015}} The award was for addressing the pressing need for organ donation. The Writers Guild of America West recognized Caplan for his writing contribution to Roseanne, which was feted as one of the 101 best written TV series.{{cite web|title=101 Best Written TV Series List|url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4925|website=WGA.org|accessdate=3 February 2015}} In 2011, Caplan was honored with the Cinematheque Award for Alumni by California State University, Northridge.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
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External links
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Category:Film people from Los Angeles
Category:California State University, Northridge alumni
Category:Television writers from California
Category:American male television writers