Gail lerner joins new nbc comedy series 'animal practice' as showrunner


Gail lerner joins new nbc comedy series 'animal practice' as showrunner

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EXCLUSIVE: Gail Lerner has come aboard NBC‘s newly picked up comedy series _Animal Practice_ as executive producer/showrunner. Created by feature writers Brian Gatewood and Alessandro


Tanaka, _Animal Practice _is a single-camera office comedy centered on a “House”-like veterinarian (Justin Kirk) who loves animals but usually hates their owners (especially the new woman


who runs the clinic). This marks the first executive producer/showrunner gig for Lerner, who is coming off a stint as a co-executive producer on ABC’s _Happy Endings_ this season. On the


Universal TV/American Work-produced _Animal Practice_, she will serve as an executive producer alongside Gatewood, Alex Tanaka, Ravi Nandan, Scot Armstrong and the pilot’s directors Anthony


and Joe Russo. Lerner, repped by Vision Art’s Scott Schwartz, previously worked on _Will & Grace, Back To You_ and _Worst Week. _ RELATED: ‘Animal Practice’ To Recast Female Lead WATCH


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