Michael S. Chernuchin

Michael S. Chernuchin
Born	1954 (age 62–63)
Occupation	Television writer
Nationality	American
Notable works	Law & Order

Michael S. Chernuchin (born 1954) is an American television writer and producer. He has worked on the NBC crime dramas Law & Order and Brooklyn South. He has won a Producers Guild of America (PGA) Award and an Edgar Award.

He has a graduate degree in English and also has a law degree.

Chernuchin began his television as the creator of short-lived series Eddie Dodd in 1991.

He was also hired as a writer for the first season of Law & Order in Spring 1991. The series was created by television producer Dick Wolf. He contributed to three episodes of the season as a writer. He wrote the teleplay and co-wrote the story (with Michael Duggan) for the two part episode "The Torrents of Greed". He co-wrote the teleplay for the season's penultimate episode "Sonata for Solo Organ" with Joe Morgenstern based on a story by Morgenstern and Duggan. Chernuchin and Morgenstern were nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series in 1992 for writing "Sonata for Solo Organ".

He was hired as a story editor for the second season of Law & Order in fall 1991. He wrote the story for the episode "Aria" (teleplay by Christine Roum). He co-wrote the story (with Duggan) and wrote the teleplay for the episode "Misconceptions". He co-wrote the episode "Renunciations" with Morgenstern. He was promoted to executive story editor at the mid-season break. He co-wrote the story and teleplay for the episode "Severance" (with William N. Fordes). He co-wrote the story (with Peter S. Greenberg) and the teleplay (with René Balcer) for the episode "Vengeance". He co-wrote the episode "The Fertile Fields" with Balcer. Finally, he co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Silence" from a story by Balcer and Duggan. He co-wrote seven episodes for the second season.

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