Jason Cahill

{{short description|American television writer and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Jason Cahill is an American television writer and producer, who is best known for his work on the acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos and on the FOX science fiction series Fringe.

Career

Jason Cahill began his writing career on the short-lived CTV series Two in 1996 and then moved to NBC where he contributed scripts for ER and Profiler, where he also worked as an executive story editor. He has also worked on series such as NYPD Blue and Surface.{{Cite web|url=http://www.film.com/celebrities/jason-cahill/14658829|title=Jason Cahill from Fringe|work=Film.com|access-date=December 1, 2010}}

= Work on ''The Sopranos'' =

Cahill served as executive story editor on 5 episodes of the first season of The Sopranos. He wrote 3 episodes of the show:

"Meadowlands" (1.04)
"Boca" (1.09) (with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess)
"Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office..." (2.01)

= Work on ''Fringe'' =

"Power Hungry" (1.05) (with co-written by co-executive producer Julia Cho)
"Safe" (1.10) (co-written by co-executive producer David H. Goodman)

Filmography

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Title ! colspan="2" \|Credited as ! rowspan="2" \|Notes
Writer !Producer
1996 \|Two \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|Wrote: "No Man's Land"
1996–97 \|ER \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|Wrote 3 episodes
1997 \|Nothing Sacred \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|Wrote: "Calling"
1997 \|NYPD Blue \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|Wrote: "Dead Man Talking"
1998–99 \|Profiler \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|Co-producer, wrote 4 episodes Also executive story editor
1999–2000 \|The Sopranos \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \|Co-producer, wrote 3 episodes
2005–06 \|Surface \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|Consulting producer, wrote: "Episode 5"
2007 \|Cane \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \|Co-executive producer
2008–09 \|Fringe \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|Consulting producer, wrote 2 episodes
2014–15 \|Halt and Catch Fire \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|Co-executive producer, wrote 4 episodes
2017 \|Fear the Walking Dead \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \|Consulting producer
2022–present \|The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|Wrote 3 episodes

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! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Title

! colspan="2" |Credited as

! rowspan="2" |Notes

Writer

!Producer

1996

|Two

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Wrote: "No Man's Land"