Tracy Newman is an American television producer and writer. Her credits include Cheers, The Nanny, The Drew Carey Show and Ellen for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for co-writing "The Puppy Episode".[1] All of the aforementioned work was with fellow writer and producer Jonathan Stark. In 2001, Newman co-created the sitcom According to Jim with Stark starring Jim Belushi.
Newman is a founding member of The Groundlings, an improvisational theater troupe. She is also a singer-songwriter, as well as an original member of The New Christy Minstrels. She is the lead singer of her band Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements. In 2007, they released the album A Place in the Sun.[2]