Ted Mann (writer)

Ted Mann
Born	10/24
Occupation	Television writer and producer
Nationality	Canadian
Notable works	Deadwood

Ted Mann is a Canadian born television writer and producer. He has worked in both capacities on the series NYPD Blue, Deadwood and Crash. In 1995 he won the Emmy award for Best Drama Series for his work on the second season of NYPD Blue.

Mann was an editor of National Lampoon. He began working in the television industry with National Lampoon and HBO as a writer on the short film Disco Beaver from Outer Space in 1978. In 1979 he worked as a writer on Delta House – a short lived television variation on Lampoon's film Animal House.

In 1980 he worked as a writer on the animated series Drawing Power. He was the writer for O.C. and Stiggs a theatrical film based on characters he created with Tod Carrol for National Lampoon and directed by Robert Altman.

Mann worked as a writer on the crime drama The Street, Universal TV's innovative half-hour syndicated faux verite cop show, as well as Stephen J. Cannell's Wiseguy, Miami Vice, and a Saturday morning animated cartoon entitled Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (1990).

He became a producer on Steven Bochco's Civil Wars which air two short seasons on the ABC network commencing in 1991.

Following which, in 1993 he began working on the ABC police drama NYPD Blue which was created by David Milch and Steven Bochco. Mann was a writer and producer on the first season. He wrote or co-wrote eight episodes for the season and also had a cameo role as a prisoner in the episode "Emission Accomplished". He was nominated for two Emmy Award's for his work on the season. The first was for Best Drama Series and Mann shared the award with the production team. The second was for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series for his work on the episode "NYPD Lou" which featured Dan Hedaya as a troubed regular visitor to the police station named Lou who believes he is a werewolf. Mann returned as a writer and producer for the second season of NYPD Blue in 1994. He wrote or co-wrote a further eight episodes for the second season. Mann and the production team won the Emmy Award for best drama series in 1995 for their work on the second season. He left the production team with the close of the second season but continued to write for the series.

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