---
name: "Dan O'Shannon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-oshannon"
fi1m_id: "dan-oshannon"
imdb_id: "nm0642591"
tmdb_id: 160428
wikidata_id: "Q5214134"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "10 March 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:45:30.103006+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."
---

# Dan O'Shannon

## Identity

Dan O'Shannon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-oshannon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-oshannon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0642591
- **TMDB ID:** 160428
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5214134
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O%27Shannon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160428

Writer and producer. Born 10 March 1962 in Ohio.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 10 March 1962, Ohio
- **Active:** 1982–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Ackerman](https://film.one/person/andy-ackerman.md), [Audra Sielaff](https://film.one/person/audra-sielaff.md), [Becky Mann](https://film.one/person/becky-mann.md), [Chris Koch](https://film.one/person/chris-koch.md), [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd-1205496.md), [David Angell](https://film.one/person/david-angell.md), [David Isaacs](https://film.one/person/david-isaacs.md), [David Lee](https://film.one/person/david-clark-lee.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O%27Shannon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0642591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160428

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Cheers*](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Modern Family*](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Dan O'Shannon is an American television writer and producer. He began his career in the mid-1980s and worked as a writer on series including *Newhart* and *Cheers* (1982), where he spent four seasons as a writer and later executive producer.

He joined *Frasier* (1993) as co-executive producer, wrote or co-wrote seven episodes, and later served as showrunner. O'Shannon was an executive producer on *Modern Family* (2009) for its first five seasons. Other credits include *Suddenly Susan*, *Better Off Ted*, *The Odd Couple* (2015), *Jericho* (2006) and *Threshold* (2005). He has received six Primetime Emmy Awards, including five for *Modern Family* and one for *Cheers*, as well as Writers Guild of America Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), Fi1m 77, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), Fi1m 88, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Rotten* (2024), Thanks
- *Falling Up* (2022), Executive Producer
- *B Positive* (2020), series, Teleplay, Story
- *The History of Us* (2015), Writer
- *The Odd Couple* (2015), series, Writer
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Back to You* (2007), series, Writer
- *Jericho* (2006), series, Writer
- *Threshold* (2005), series, Producer, Writer
- *The Fan and the Flower* (2005), Writer, Producer
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, Story
- *Maggie* (1998), series, Writer, Creator
- *Redux Riding Hood* (1997), Writer, Producer
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, Producer, Writer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Boys* (1993), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Charmings* (1987), series, Writer
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Writer
- *Cheers* (1982), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *It's a Living* (1980), series, Writer
- *The Simunaut's Tale*, as Prospective Investor #2

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