Karl Schaefer

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| occupation = Television producer and writer

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Karl Schaefer is an American television producer and writer.

He is best known for co-creating the 1990s series Eerie, Indiana with José Rivera. Prior to working on Eerie, Indiana. Schaefer created the series TV 101. His other television credits include Strange Luck, Monk, Small Shots, The Dead Zone, Eureka, Ghost Whisperer and the television film The Apartment Complex (1999), directed by Tobe Hooper. He was Executive Producer and Showrunner for Z Nation, a zombie series he co-created with Craig Engler, and its prequel spin-off, Black Summer.{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/914291/credits;_ylt=Ao.quKKgDm4a.Erl.rsjHyO.o9EF|title=Karl Schaefer|website=Yahoo! TV}}

Schaefer is the CEO of Unreality Inc, an Intellectual Property Creator.https://www.linkedin.com/pub/karl-schaefer/2b/1a0/751 {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}

Filmography

=Television=

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Year ! colspan="4" scope="col"\| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Network ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"\| Notes
Creator ! Director ! Writer ! Executive Producer
scope=row\| TV 101 \| 1988–89 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (3) \| {{yes}} \| CBS \|
scope=row\| Eerie, Indiana \| 1991–92 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (4) \| {{yes}} \| NBC \|
scope=row\| Strange Luck \| 1995–96 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (2) \| {{yes}} \| Fox \| Executive producer {{small\|(13 episodes)}}
scope=row\| Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension \| 1998 \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (1) \| {{no}} \| Fox Kids Network \|
scope=row\| Ghosts of Fear Street \| 1998 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| ABC \| Pilot episode
scope=row\| The Apartment Complex \| 1999 \| {{n/a}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Showtime Networks \| Television film
scope=row\| Small Shots \| 2001 \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| The New TNN \|
scope=row\| The Dead Zone \| 2003–06 \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (1) \| {{yes}} (8) \| {{no}} \| USA Network \| Co-executive producer {{small\|(season 2: 4 episodes)}} Executive producer {{small\|(season 3: 11 episodes; season 4: 2 episodes)}} Executive consultant {{small\|(season 4: 8 episodes; season 5: 2 episodes)}}
scope=row\| Monk \| 2003 \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (1) \| {{no}} \| USA Network \|
scope=row\| Eureka \| 2006 \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (2) \| {{no}} \| Sci Fi \| Co-executive producer {{small\|(season 1: 11 episodes)}}
scope=row\| Ghost Whisperer \| 2007–08 \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (2) \| {{no}} \| CBS \| Consulting producer {{small\|(season 3: 13 episodes)}}
scope=row\| Z Nation \| 2014–18 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (11) \| {{yes}} \| Syfy \|
scope=row\| Black Summer \| 2019–2021 \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} (4) \| {{yes}} \| Netflix \|

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! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year

! colspan="4" scope="col"| Credited as

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Network

! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes

Creator

! Director

! Writer

! Executive
Producer

scope=row| TV 101

| 1988–89

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (3)

| {{yes}}

| CBS

|

scope=row| Eerie, Indiana

| 1991–92

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (4)

| {{yes}}

| NBC

|

scope=row| Strange Luck

| 1995–96

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (2)

| {{yes}}

| Fox

| Executive producer {{small|(13 episodes)}}

scope=row| Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension

| 1998

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (1)

| {{no}}

| Fox Kids Network

|

scope=row| Ghosts of Fear Street

| 1998

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| ABC

| Pilot episode

scope=row| The Apartment Complex

| 1999

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Showtime Networks

| Television film

scope=row| Small Shots

| 2001

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| The New TNN

|

scope=row| The Dead Zone

| 2003–06

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (1)

| {{yes}} (8)

| {{no}}

| USA Network

| Co-executive producer {{small|(season 2: 4 episodes)}}
Executive producer {{small|(season 3: 11 episodes; season 4: 2 episodes)}}
Executive consultant {{small|(season 4: 8 episodes; season 5: 2 episodes)}}

scope=row| Monk

| 2003

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (1)

| {{no}}

| USA Network

|

scope=row| Eureka

| 2006

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (2)

| {{no}}