---
name: "Patricia Breen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patricia-breen"
fi1m_id: "patricia-breen"
imdb_id: "nm1931762"
tmdb_id: 1254636
wikidata_id: "Q7145479"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T10:28:22.873661+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."
---

# Patricia Breen

## Identity

Patricia Breen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patricia-breen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patricia-breen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1931762
- **TMDB ID:** 1254636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7145479
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Breen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7145479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1931762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254636

Writer and producer. Born in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 79 (1), 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 2, Family 1, Sport 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Breen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7145479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1931762/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1254636

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Somebody Somewhere*](https://film.one/tv/somebody-somewhere.md) (85), [*Betty*](https://film.one/tv/betty.md) (74)
- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*Suburgatory*](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Patricia Breen is an American television writer and producer. She began her career as a staff writer on the tenth season of the NBC sitcom *Frasier* in 2002 and served as story editor on the eleventh and final season, contributing four episodes.

Breen has written for series including *Big Love* (2009–2011), *Suburgatory* (2011–2014), *Wilfred* (2011), *Somebody Somewhere* (2022) and *Betty* (2020). She has also held producer roles on several of these programmes. In 2022 she received a Peabody Award nomination for her work on *Somebody Somewhere*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Somebody Somewhere* (2022), Fi1m 85, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/somebody-somewhere.md)
- *Betty* (2020), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/betty.md)
- *Suburgatory* (2011), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, Co-Producer, Producer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Somebody Somewhere* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/somebody-somewhere.md)
- *Betty* (2020), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/betty.md)
- *Shut Eye* (2016), series, Writer
- *Divorce* (2016), series, Writer
- *Suburgatory* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Wilfred* (2011), series, Writer
- *Twenty Good Years* (2006), series, Writer, Co-Producer
- *Pink Collar* (2006), Executive Producer, Creator
- *Big Love* (2006), series, Supervising Producer, Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Story Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

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