EXCLUSIVE: In one of many the highest-profile showrunner strikes between main studios/streamers in awhile, Barry co-creator/government producer Alec Berg has signed a giant general cope with ABC Signature. Beneath the wealthy, three-year pact, the highest comedy writer-producer-director will develop new sequence initiatives for the studio throughout all platforms.
Berg is coming from HBO the place he has been based mostly for greater than 15 years, the final eight underneath general offers. He continues as an government producer on Barry, which he co-created with sequence’ star and fellow government producer Invoice Hader. It’s unclear but whether or not the upcoming fourth season of the acclaimed darkish comedy will probably be its final.
A 23-time Emmy nominee, Berg has spent the majority of his TV profession to this point in two locations, NBC and HBO.
An alum of the famed Harvard Lampoon, Berg, together with Jeff Schaffer, moved to Los Angeles to pursue careers in comedy writing. After a few small sitcom gigs, they landed jobs on NBC’s Late Night time With Conan O’Brien after which on the community’s flagship comedy sequence Seinfeld the place Berg labored for the present’s final 4 seasons, rising from a workers author to government producer. After a break to deal with options, Berg reunited with Seinfeld co-creator/exec producer Larry David on David’s followup sequence, HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, on which Berg labored for 4 seasons as author/director/government producer. He went on to affix HBO’s Silicon Valley after the pilot and served as author/director/government producer in addition to showrunner earlier than teaming up with Hader to co-create Barry.
“Alec is a comedic genius and artistic power behind a few of the best award-winning comedies of all time. His dexterity in humor is plain – as a author, showrunner and director – and we’re past thrilled that he’ll name ABC Signature his new residence,” mentioned Jonnie Davis, President of ABC Signature, a part of Disney Tv Studios.
For Berg, there’s a sentimental side to his transfer to ABC Signature the place he will probably be joined by Amy Solomon, head of growth for his manufacturing firm and producer on Silicon Valley and Barry.
“I’ve a definite reminiscence of being about seven years outdated and sitting on the sofa with my older brother, scrubbed and prepared for mattress, each carrying pajamas with toes on them, watching ABC’s The Fantastic World of Disney on a 19” TV and being enrapt,” Berg mentioned. “Now, fifteen years later, I’ve the distinct honor of working for that exact same firm. I’m thrilled they determined to rent me, and I’m wanting ahead to working as laborious as I can to supply the type of high quality leisure that has made Disney the best model in media historical past.”
Berg’s characteristic resume consists of a substantial amount of rewrite work and co-writing screenplays for The Cat within the Hat, EuroTrip and The Dictator. Along with his 23 profession Emmy nominations to this point, he has gained three WGA awards and one Peabody award for Barry, and has been nominated for eleven WGA awards, a DGA award, a Golden Globe in addition to a Razzie, which he lists alongside its different accolades. Berg is repped by UTA and Hansen and Jacobson.
