David Zuckerman

[b]David J. Zuckerman[/b] (b. 28 August 1962, Danville, California) is an American television producer and writer who served as the original showrunner and executive producer of [a=Seth MacFarlane]'s adult animation sitcom [i][a=Family Guy][/i] between 1999 and 2003. Zuckerman graduated from the [l=University Of California-Los Angeles] and began his TV career as a writer on [i][url=https://discogs.com/master/325449]The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air[/url][/i] sitcom before joining [url=https://discogs.com/label/573227]FOX[/url], where he worked on [i][url=https://discogs.com/master/776315]King of the Hill[/url][/i]. In 1999, David Zuckerman partnered with [a=Seth MacFarlane] and his [l=Fuzzy Door Productions, Inc.] in launching critically and commercially acclaimed adult animation sitcom series [i][a=Family Guy][/i]; he subsequently worked on MacFarlane's second FOX cartoon series, [i][url=https://discogs.com/artist/4748383]American Dad![/url][/i]. In 2011, Zuckerman adopted an Australian sitcom [i]Wilfred[/i] from [url=https://discogs.com/label/788868]SBS One[/url] and launched an eponymous US version starring [a=Elijah Wood] on [url=https://discogs.com/label/1308737]FX[/url] channel.