---
name: "Kerry Ehrin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kerry-ehrin"
fi1m_id: "kerry-ehrin"
imdb_id: "nm0251328"
tmdb_id: 1236253
wikidata_id: "Q6394516"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "8 October 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-13T21:40:43.183088+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."
---

# Kerry Ehrin

## Identity

Kerry Ehrin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kerry-ehrin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kerry-ehrin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0251328
- **TMDB ID:** 1236253
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6394516
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Ehrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6394516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251328/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236253

Writer and producer. Born 8 October 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 8 October 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1985–2019
- **Also known as:** Kerry Anne Ehrin
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Allison Liddi-Brown](https://film.one/person/allison-liddi-brown.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmy nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 2000s 81 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sport 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Ehrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6394516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251328/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236253

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Moonlighting*](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md) (82), [*Boston Legal*](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md) (76)
- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Kerry Ehrin, also credited as Kerry Anne Ehrin, is an American screenwriter, showrunner and producer. She began her career as a writer and co-producer on the series Moonlighting and The Wonder Years in the late 1980s.

Ehrin has worked extensively in television as a writer and producer on series including Friday Night Lights (2006), for which she received Writers Guild of America nominations, Parenthood, Bates Motel (2013), which she developed and ran, and The Morning Show (2019). She was the first writer to sign an overall deal with Apple TV+ and developed and ran the first two seasons of the latter series. She has also written screenplays for the feature films Mr. Wrong (1996) and Inspector Gadget (1999).

Ehrin was born on 8 October 1960 in Los Angeles, California. She has received Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for Outstanding Comedy Series for The Wonder Years and Outstanding Drama Series for Friday Night Lights, along with multiple Writers Guild of America nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Consulting Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Story, Writer, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Other
- *Rise* (2018), series, Writer
- *Chronicles Simpkins Will Cut Your Ass* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Bates Motel* (2013), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Creator
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, Consulting Producer, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay
- *Young Americans* (2000), series, Writer
- *Inspector Gadget* (1999), Screenplay, Story
- *Mr. Wrong* (1996), Screenplay
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, Writer, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *The Jetsons* (1962), series, Writer
- *Alpha Mom*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Kerry Ehrin](https://film.one/media/person/101750/gallery-7d24e25cfe60.jpg) Kerry Ehrin — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_8_%2852891064596%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_8_%2852891064596%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/101750/gallery-4984419b79de.jpg) NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift (2023) — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_%2852891520603%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_%2852891520603%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_10 (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/101750/gallery-25c4b1ce172d.jpg) NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_10 (2023) — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_10_%2852891520713%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_10_%2852891520713%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_14 (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/101750/gallery-200fd8ed95e8.jpg) NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_14 (2023) — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_14_%2852891520548%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_14_%2852891520548%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_15 (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/101750/gallery-5d0a0d590fb1.jpg) NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_15 (2023) — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_15_%2852891230704%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_15_%2852891230704%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_1 (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/101750/gallery-650b890eebc7.jpg) NMD The Morning Show foto Thor Brødreskift_1 (2023) — Nordiske Mediedager, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_1_%2852891453880%29.jpg/1280px-NMD_The_Morning_Show_foto_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_1_%2852891453880%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2011: Outstanding Drama Series (nominated), for *Friday Night Lights*
- 1990: Outstanding Comedy Series (nominated), for *The Wonder Years*

### Other awards — 0 won, 5 nominated

- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series 2011: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series (nominated), for *Friday Night Lights*
- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series 2010: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series (nominated), for *Friday Night Lights*
- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series 2009: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series (nominated), for *Friday Night Lights*
- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series 2008: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series (nominated), for *Friday Night Lights*
- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series 2007: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series (nominated), for *Friday Night Lights*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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