David Jenkins (television writer)

David Jenkins is an American television writer and producer.[1] He created and was an executive producer of the TBS television show People of Earth.

David Jenkins
Born (1981-10-08) October 8, 1981
Minneapolis, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBoston University, New York University
OccupationTelevision writer, television producer

Life and career

Jenkins was born in Minneapolis and grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He received undergraduate degrees in political science and philosophy from Boston University, and an MFA in acting from New York University. While working as an actor in both New York and Chicago, Jenkins began writing plays. He founded a theater company called "Human Animals" through which he could produce his own work.[1]

Plays

Jenkins' plays include middlemen, Post Office, and Small Claims. Post Office was named one of the top 10 off-Broadway shows of 2011 by Paper Magazine.[2] middlemen has been translated into several languages and produced internationally, including productions in Chile, Belarus (by the Belarus Free Theatre) and Norway.

Television

Jenkins wrote the pilot for People of Earth (originally titled The Group) with Wyatt Cenac in mind.[3] The script eventually made its way to Conan O'Brien. [4]

The pilot was shot in Toronto in September 2015, and the show was ordered to series by TBS in January 2016.[5] The series was subsequently renewed for a second and third season.[6][7]

gollark: What *happened* here?
gollark: bees.
gollark: I mean, normally it's just "random electronics I don't understand", now it seems to be "random chemistry and/or nuclear physics I don't understand much of".
gollark: Ooo, nice cyan color.
gollark: > i tried writing an operating system as my first rust project, so i might be a bit biased in hating itMaybe you should try not doing that. It's really quite nice, apart from the compile times.

References
  1. "David Jenkins on his career, working with Conan O'Brien and Greg Daniels, and his new show "People of Earth" > Sci-Fi Pulse". scifipulse.net. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. "Writer's Table: David Jenkins > Smith and Kraus Publishing". smithandkraus.com. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  3. "Wyatt Cenac and David Jenkins – People of Earth > Starrymag". starrymag.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  4. "Comic-Con: 'People of Earth' Exec Producers Reveal Surprising Story Behind TBS Comedy's Title > The Hollywood Reporter". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  5. "TBS' Wyatt Cenac Alien Comedy 'People of Earth' Ordered to Series > The Hollywood Reporter". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  6. "'People Of Earth' & 'Search Party' Renewed For Season 2 By TBS". deadline.com. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  7. "People Of Earth Season 3 And More Renewals Announced By TBS". CINEMABLEND. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-05-21.


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