David M. Israel
David M. Israel is an Emmy and Golden Globe award winning[1] television producer and writer as well as a former sportscaster for the New York Mets.[2] ("Before moving to Los Angeles from New York, Israel was a writer, producer and editor for Major League Baseball, working on such projects as This Week in Baseball, the 1986 New York Mets Highlight Film, and several World Series Highlight Films."[3]). He has worked on The Tracy Morgan Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Grounded for Life and the Nickelodeon sitcom How to Rock.[4] He is currently a writer and co-executive producer on the NBC show About a Boy (TV series)
In 2005, Israel and his partner Jim O'Doherty were signed to a two-year development deal with NBC Universal.[5]
Education
He is a 1980 graduate of George W. Hewlett High School in Hewlett, New York and a 1984 graduate of Syracuse University.[2]