Peaslee, John

PERSONAL

Born in New York, NY. Education: Northwestern University, B.S., television and film.

Addresses:

Agent—United Talent Agency, Inc., 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Producer and writer. NBC-TV, New York City, worked as a page; also worked as a documentary film producer. Writing partner with XXX.

Awards, Honors:

George Foster Peabody Television Award, Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia, 1978, for "Cartoon-a-Trail"; Annual CableACE Award (with Judd Pillot), National Cable Television Association, and Directors Guild of America Award nomination, best documentary, 1987, both for How to Raise a Street-Smart Kid; Humanitas Award (with Pillot), Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute, 1997, for Something So Right.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Creator and producer, Adam Smith's Money World, PBS, c. 1986.

Story editor, Coach, ABC, 1988-89.

Supervising producer, Coach, ABC, 1989-91.

Co-executive producer, Coach, ABC, 1989-93.

Creator and executive producer, Blue Skies, ABC, 1994.

Creator and executive producer, A Whole New Ballgame, ABC, 1995.

Creator and executive producer, Something So Right, NBC, 1996-98.

Creator and executive producer, Payne, CBS, 1999.

Executive producer, Some of My Best Friends, CBS, 2001.

Executive producer, The Random Years, UPN, 2002.

Co-executive producer, Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2002.

Executive producer, Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2003.

Co-executive producer, A Minute with Stan Hooper, 2003.

Executive producer, 8 Simple Rules … for Dating My Teenage Daughter (also known as 8 Simple Rules), ABC, 2004-2005.

Consulting producer, According to Jim, ABC, 2005-2006.

Consulting producer, Courting Alex, CBS, 2006.

Executive producer, According to Jim, ABC, 2006—.

Co-executive producer, According to Jim, ABC, 2006—.

Television Work; Movies:

True Love, 2001.

Television Work; Specials:

Producer and director, Native Land: Nomads of the Dawn, PBS, 1986.

Producer and director, How to Raise a Street-Smart Kid (documentary), 1987.

Contributing producer, "Coach" Retrospective: Mary Hart Goes One-on-One with "Coach," ABC, 1994.

WRITINGS

Television Episodes:

Duet, Fox, 1986-88.

Coach, ABC, 1989-92.

"Love and Death," Anything But Love, ABC, 1989.

Blue Skies, ABC, 1994.

"Opening Day," A Whole New Ballgame, ABC, 1995.

"Horace Morgan Is Dead and Living in Milwaukee," A Whole New Ballgame, ABC, 1995.

"Twisted," A Whole New Ballgame, ABC, 1995.

Something So Right, NBC, 1996.

Payne, CBS, 1999.

Some of My Best Friends, CBS, 2001.

The Random Years, UPN, 2002.

"Guess Who's Coming to Blush," Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 2002.

"Stan's Biggest Fan," A Minute with Stan Hooper, 2004.

"Old Flame," 8 Simple Rules … for Dating My Teenage Daughter (also known as 8 Simple Rules), ABC, 2005.

"Sleepover," 8 Simple Rules … for Dating My Teenage Daughter (also known as 8 Simple Rules), ABC, 2005.

According to Jim, ABC, 2005-2008.

"The Fix-Up," Courting Alex, CBS, 2006.

"Alex Looks Out for Steven," Courting Alex, CBS, 2006.

Television Specials:

How to Raise a Street-Smart Child, HBO, 1987.

(Contributing) "Coach" Retrospective: Mary Hart Goes One-on-One with "Coach," ABC, 1994.

Other Writings:

(With Judd Pillot and Barry Kemp) Coach: My World and Get the Hell Out of It; The Wit and Wisdom of Hayden Fox, Hyperion, 1993.

Author of "Cartoon-a-Trail" (animated political cartoon series), c. 1978.