Edward Allen Bernero
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Edward Allen Bernero in 2013.
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August 29, 1962 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Television writer, producer, and director |
Edward Allen Bernero (born August 29, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American television writer, producer, and director. He co-created the series Third Watch and has worked as an executive producer on Criminal Minds. He co-created the spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, which premièred on February 16, 2011 and canceled on May 25, 2011, due to low ratings.
Before his work in television, he worked as a police officer in Chicago.
He began his television career as a freelance writer for the CBS police drama Brooklyn South in 1997. The series was created by Steven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein, David Milch and retired police officer Bill Clark. Bochco, Finkelstein and Milch served as executive producers for the series along with Michael S. Chernuchin. The show focused on a single precinct of patrol officers in New York. Bernero wrote the teleplay for the episode "Why Can't Even a Couple of Us Get Along?" from a story by Bocho & Milch. Bernero & Chernuchin co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "A Reverend Runs Through It" from a story by Clark & Bochco. Bernero and Chernuchin co-wrote the episode "Exposing Johnson". Bernero and Scott A. Williams co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Fisticuffs" from a story by William M. Finkelstein, Bill Clark & David Milch. The series was canceled after completing a 22 episode season. Bernero contributed to four episodes as a writer.
He created the series Third Watch (with John Wells) based on his experiences as a police officer and served as a producer, writer and director for the show. He eventually became the show runner and was the series' most prolific writer over the course of its six seasons, contributing to thirty seven episodes in total. He made his directing début on the series and became a regular director in later seasons helming a total of four episodes.
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