Joshua "Josh" Berman is a writer and producer for television. He was an executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 on the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

and consulting producer on Bones

Bones (TV series)

Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

.

CSI

Berman worked on the series CSI since its first season. He has worked on a number of episodes including "Crow's Feet", "Mea Culpa", "Unbearable" and "Compulsion".

Killer Instinct

Berman developed the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 drama series Deviant Behavior, which was later renamed and broadcast under the title Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct (TV series)

Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005....

. The show was cancelled after 13 episodes were shot, of which 9 were ultimately broadcast.

Vanished

On June 4, 2006, Berman negotiated an early release from CSI to focus on the thriller Vanished

Vanished

Vanished is an American serial drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox. The series premiered on August 21, 2006 on Fox and its last episode aired on November 10, 2006. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the series begins with the sudden disappearance of the wife of a Georgia senator, which is...

, the first project to be greenlighted from his four year pact with 20th Century Fox Television

20th Century Fox Television

20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and a production arm of the Fox Broadcasting Company...

. The show, which starred Gale Harold

Gale Harold

Gale Morgan Harold III is an American actor widely known for his roles on Queer as Folk, Desperate Housewives and Hellcats.-Early life:...

 and Ming-Na

Ming-Na

Ming-Na is a Macanese-born American actress. She has been credited with and without her family name, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it...

 as FBI agents investigating the disappearance of a U.S. Senator's wife, premiered August 2006 on the Fox network. The show was cancelled.

Bones

Berman was a writer and consulting producer on Bones has written a number of episodes including "Death in the Saddle", "The Wannabe in the Weeds", "The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond" and "The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck".

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva is an American legal comedy-drama/fantasy television series that debuted on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. The hour-long series, which was created by Josh Berman, is produced by Sony Pictures Television...

, created by Berman originally for Fox, premiered on Lifetime on July 12, 2009. Produced by Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...

, the series stars stage actress Brooke Elliott

Brooke Elliott

Brooke Elliott is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Jane Bingum on Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva.- Life and career :...

 as Jane, a brilliant, thoughtful and overweight attorney whose body is inhabited by the soul of a vapid fashion model, and Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music...

 as her loyal assistant, Teri. Storyline Entertainment's Craig Zadan

Craig Zadan

Craig Zadan is an American executive producer, director, and writer. Zadan is openly gay and is one half of the successful production team Storyline Entertainment with partner Neil Meron since their meeting many years ago in the New York theatrical community.-Early life:Zadan was born in Miami,...

 and Neil Meron

Neil Meron

Neil Meron is an American film producer known for producing the 2002 film Chicago and the 2007 film Hairspray. With partner Craig Zadan he runs the production company "Storyline Entertainment".-Life and career:...

 serve as exec producers alongside Berman.

Personal life

Berman is a native of Encino. His brother, David Berman

David Berman (actor)

David Berman is an actor and full-time researcher on the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In the show he plays the role of Assistant Coroner David "Super Dave" Phillips...

, is head researcher for CSI, and occasionally plays assistant coroner

Coroner

A coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...

"Super Dave" Phillips. He is openly gay.

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