---
name: "Nell Scovell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nell-scovell"
fi1m_id: "nell-scovell"
imdb_id: "nm0780051"
tmdb_id: 69396
wikidata_id: "Q3337908"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 November 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:28:07.146345+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."
---

# Nell Scovell

## Identity

Nell Scovell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nell-scovell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nell-scovell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0780051
- **TMDB ID:** 69396
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3337908
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Scovell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337908, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69396

Writer. Born 8 November 1960 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 November 1960, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2003
- **Also known as:** Helen Vivian Scovell
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Scovell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337908, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69396

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*NCIS*](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Nell Scovell, also credited as Helen Vivian Scovell, is an American television and magazine writer and producer. Born on 8 November 1960 in Newton, Massachusetts, she graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1982. She began her career as the first staff writer at Spy magazine before moving into television.

Scovell wrote for series including The Simpsons, for which she contributed the season two episode 'One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish' in 1991. She created Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which ran from 1996 to 2003, and has written episodes of Coach, Murphy Brown, Monk, Charmed and NCIS. She has also produced on several of these shows.

Scovell co-authored the book Lean In with Sheryl Sandberg. She has directed made-for-television films and contributed to magazines such as Vanity Fair and The New York Times Magazine.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Jealous Bride* (2026), Story
- *Command Z* (2023), series, Story
- *Mystery Science Theater 3000* (2017), series, Writer
- *The Muppets* (2015), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *Awkward.* (2011), series, Director
- *Warehouse 13* (2009), series, Writer
- *Betrayals* (2007), Director, Writer
- *Hello Sister, Goodbye Life* (2006), Teleplay
- *NCIS* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Criminology 101* (2003), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Monk* (2002), series, Writer
- *Hayley Wagner, Star* (1999), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Charmed* (1998), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves* (1997), Screenplay
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, Teleplay, Writer, Story, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The TV Wheel* (1995), Writer
- *The Critic* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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