Biography
Tracy Newman is an American television writer and producer. A founding member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings, she began her screenwriting career with writing partner Jonathan Stark. Their first staff writing job was on the tenth season of Cheers (1982).
Newman and Stark went on to write for Bob (1992), The Nanny (1993), Ellen (1994) and The Drew Carey Show (1995). They won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for co-writing the 1997 “coming out” episode of Ellen. In 2001 they created the sitcom According to Jim, which ran for eight seasons. Newman has also worked as a singer-songwriter.
