David Kohan

{{Infobox person

| name = David Kohan

| birth_name = David Sanford Kohan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|16}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| alma_mater = Wesleyan University (1986)

| parents = Buz Kohan
Rhea Kohan

| relatives = Jenji Kohan (sister)
Christopher Noxon (brother-in-law)

| occupation = Television producer, writer

| spouse = Blair Kohan

| children = 2

}}

David Sanford Kohan (born April 16, 1964) is an American television producer and writer.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Kind of Like 'Will & Grace,' but Both Guys This Time|first=Mike|last=Hale|date=September 23, 2012|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/arts/television/cbss-partners-from-david-kohan-and-max-mutchnick.html?_r=0}} After writing for The Wonder Years and The Dennis Miller Show, Kohan co-created and produced Will & Grace, Boston Common, Good Morning, Miami, Twins and Four Kings with Max Mutchnick. Kohan has won an Emmy and a People's Choice Award. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He and his business partner Max Mutchnick worked on a half-hour comedy series for CBS called Partners.

Biography

Kohan was born to a Jewish family in New York City and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1986.Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/about/alumni.html |title=NOTABLE ALUMNI |publisher=Wesleyan University |access-date=November 15, 2014 }}{{Cite web|last=Bloom |first=Nate |title=Jews in the News: Ahmed Zayat, Eric Balfour and Ashley Tisdale |publisher=Jewish Federation of Tampa|date=June 10, 2015|url=https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-ahmed-zayat }} He is the son of writer Buz Kohan and novelist Rhea Kohan and the brother of writer/producer Jenji Kohan. He also has a twin brother, Jono.

Kohan and Mutchnick formed a name with their two last names: KoMut Entertainment, which would be the name of the company they own, making Boston Common, Will & Grace, $#*! My Dad Says and Partners. In 1999, it signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television.{{Cite web|last1=Hontz|first1=Jenny|date=1999-02-17|title=WB's Roth signs up 'W&G' co-creators|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/wb-s-roth-signs-up-w-g-co-creators-1117491380/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Variety|language=en}}

On December 11, 2003, NBC filed a lawsuit against Kohan and Mutchnick, claiming that they had to fail to negotiate a contract and a licensee fee for Will & Grace.{{Cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2003-12-12|title=NBC sued by gurus of 'Grace'|url=https://variety.com/2003/biz/markets-festivals/nbc-sued-by-gurus-of-grace-1117897038/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=Variety|language=en-US}} Both sides were settled on April 29, 2007.{{Cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2007-04-29|title=Both sides settle in 'Grace' case|url=https://variety.com/2007/biz/news/both-sides-settle-in-grace-case-1117963958/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

He is married to Blair Kohan, a partner and motion picture agent at UTA. He has two daughters (one daughter from a previous marriage).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/blair-kohan-56465 |title=Women in Entertainment 2010 – Power 100 List |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=November 15, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/sklarbro-county-37/ |title=Sklarbro County 37 |publisher=Earwolf |date=February 5, 2013 |access-date=November 15, 2014 }}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/blair-kohan-268615 |title=THR's Women in Entertainment 2011: Power 100 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=November 15, 2014 }}

Filmography

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!! width="33" | Year !! Title !! width=65 | Writer !! width=65 | Executive producer !! Notes !! Network

1993–1994

|Good Advice

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|CBS

1995–1996

|The Single Guy

|{{no}}

|Co-producer

|rowspan="4"|NBC

1996–1997

|Boston Common

|{{yes}}

1998–2006,
2017–2020

|Will & Grace

|{{yes}}

|Writers of 23 episodes

2002–2003

|Good Morning, Miami

|{{yes}}

|Writers of 3 episodes
Director of 1 episode

2004

|The Stones

|{{yes}}

|CBS

2005–2006

|Twins

|{{yes}}

|The WB

2006

|Four Kings

|{{yes}}

|NBC

2010–2011

|$#*! My Dad Says

|{{yes}}

|rowspan="2"|CBS

2012–2013

|Partners

|{{yes}}

2015

|Clipped

|{{yes}}

|Writers of 8 episodes

|TBS

2020

|Wilde Things{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|title=Stephanie Koenig Joins CBS Comedy Pilot 'The Big Bad Wolfes' From 'Will & Grace' Creators|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/stephanie-koenig-cbs-comedy-pilot-the-big-bad-wolfes-will-and-grace-creators-1234568130/|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 1, 2020|access-date=September 2, 2020}}

|{{yes}}

|Pilot

|CBS

2025

|Mid-Century Modern

|{{yes}}

|Writers of 4 episodes

|Hulu