Chuck Ranberg is an American playwright, producer and screenwriter. He won five Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for his work on the television program Frasier.[1][2]

Chuck Ranberg
Occupation(s)Playwright, producer, screenwriter

Ranberg produced and wrote for television programs including Kate & Allie,[3] Becker, Desperate Housewives, The Game and Hot in Cleveland.[4] In the 2000s, he wrote the Off-Broadway play End of the World Party, starring Jim J. Bullock and David Drake.[5]

Ranberg is openly[6] gay.[7][8][9][a]

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  1. ^ Ranberg was one of the five gay writers for the television series Frasier

References

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  1. ^ "Chuck Ranberg". Television Academy. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Franks, Don (December 3, 2014). Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 Through 2003, 3d Ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476608068 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Klobas, Lauri E. (1988). Disability Drama in Television and Film. McFarland. p. 339. ISBN 9780899503097 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Chuck Ranberg". TV Guide. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Shewey, Don (February 13, 2001). "Fantasy island". The Advocate. Here Publishing. p. 59. ISSN 0001-8996 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "All In The "Family"". Out. Here Publishing. October 2003. p. 40. ISSN 1062-7928 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Kirby, David (June 17, 2001). "TELEVISION/RADIO; The Boys in the Writers' Room". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Not that there's anything wrong with that: Will & Grace bought gay humour into the mainstream, but it's always been a part of the American sitcom, writes David Kirby". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. June 25, 2001. p. 52. Retrieved July 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.  
  9. ^ "No monopoly on wit". The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. July 8, 2001. p. 126. Retrieved July 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.  
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