---
name: "Chuck Ranberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chuck-ranberg"
fi1m_id: "chuck-ranberg"
imdb_id: "nm0709398"
tmdb_id: 1219614
wikidata_id: "Q5115675"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:09:47.045734+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chuck Ranberg

## Identity

Chuck Ranberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chuck-ranberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chuck-ranberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0709398
- **TMDB ID:** 1219614
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5115675
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Ranberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219614

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Anne Flett-Giordano](https://film.one/person/anne-flett-giordano.md), [Bob Daily](https://film.one/person/bob-daily.md), [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Jeffrey Richman](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-richman.md), [Joe Keenan](https://film.one/person/joe-keenan.md), [Lori Kirkland Baker](https://film.one/person/lori-kirkland-baker.md), [Scott Ellis](https://film.one/person/scott-ellis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Ranberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219614

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chuck Ranberg is an American screenwriter, producer and playwright. He began his television career writing for the sitcom *Kate & Allie* in the 1980s, often in collaboration with Anne Flett-Giordano.

Ranberg wrote and produced for *Frasier* (1993) from 1993 to 1998, contributing to 16 episodes as a writer and serving in producing roles. The series earned him five Primetime Emmy Awards, including wins for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. He later wrote for *Becker*, *Desperate Housewives* and *Hot in Cleveland*, and created the series *Encore! Encore!* and *It's All Relative*.

In the 2000s Ranberg wrote the Off-Broadway play *End of the World Party*, which premiered at the 47th Street Theater in New York.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, csmonitor.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Hot Properties* (2005), series, Writer
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *It's All Relative* (2003), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Becker* (1998), series, Writer
- *Encore! Encore!* (1998), series, Creator
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Working It Out* (1990), series, Writer
- *Kate & Allie* (1984), series, Writer

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