Terry Louise Fisher is an L.A. Lawyer, American television producer and writer.
Biography
Fisher was born in Chicago and she attended at UCLA School in 1968. She later worked for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office and then move from into entertainment law. She is a lawyer and she wrote two novels. The first book was A Class Act, published in 1976. The second book Good Behavior was published in 1979. After 10 years in the law field, Fisher decided to pursue her true passion of writing a full-time and quitting the practice of law.
Fisher career began when she went to work as a writer and producer for CBS police procedural Cagney & Lacey in 1982. Between 1983-1987, she have wrote the other series and television films. In 1985, Fisher left Cagney & Lacey, but she returned many years later for the series' reunion films Cagney & Lacey: The Return in 1994, and Cagney & Lacey: Together Again in 1995, both of which she co-wrote.
Fisher then moved to 20th Century Fox where she co-created and produced with Bochco L.A. Law, which ran on NBC from 1986-1994. The hour-long legal drama, she served a a supervising producer and writer for many episodes in the early series. She won her Primetime Emmy Awards and shared with Bochco in 1987 and 1988.
In 1987, Fisher co-created the ABC half-hour dramedy Hooperman, starring John Ritter, which ended up getting canceled after two seasons.
In 1992, Fisher even wrote the short-lived summer series 2000 Malibu Road produced by Aaron Spelling.
Roles
Specials and Made-for-TV Movies
Talk, News and Game Show Appearances
Writer
Episodes Written
| Series |
Episode |
Airdate |
Credit
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
2x14 - Open and Shut Case |
January 31, 1983 |
|
| The Mississippi |
1x03 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt |
April 8, 1983 |
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
2x21 - A Cry for Help |
May 2, 1983 |
|
| Cutter to Houston |
1x08 - Don't Look for Zebras |
December 31, 1983 |
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
3x05 - Baby Broker |
April 30, 1984 |
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
3x07 - Choices |
May 14, 1984 |
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
4x13 - Happily Ever After |
January 14, 1985 |
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
4x20 - Con Games |
March 11, 1985 |
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
4x22 - Organized Crime |
April 8, 1985 |
|
| L.A. Law |
1x01 - Pilot |
September 15, 1986 |
|
| L.A. Law |
1x02 - Those Lips, That Eye |
October 3, 1986 |
|
| L.A. Law |
1x09 - The Venus Butterfly |
November 21, 1986 |
|
| Hooperman |
1x01 - Hooperman |
September 23, 1987 |
|
| Hooperman |
1x02 - The Answer My Friend Is Passing in the Wind |
September 30, 1987 |
|
| Hooperman |
1x03 - Don We Now Our Gay Apparel |
October 7, 1987 |
|
| L.A. Law |
2x13 - Beauty and Obese |
February 11, 1988 |
|
Movies Written
Teleplays
TV Movies
Episodes
Producer
Staff Producer
Story
Staff
Creator
Miscellaneous Crew
| Series |
Year(s) |
Credit |
Season(s)
|
| Cagney & Lacey |
1984 –1986 |
Creative Consultant |
3 |
5
|
Awards and Accolades
(4 Nominations/3 Wins)
- Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series (1983)
- Cagney & Lacey
- Won: Outstanding Drama Series (1985)
- Cagney & Lacey
- Won: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (1987)
- L.A. Law
- Won: Outstanding Drama Series (1987)
- L.A. Law
- Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series (1988)
- L.A. Law
- Nominated: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (1988)
- L.A. Law
- Nominated: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (1988)
- L.A. Law
- Nominated: Episodic Drama (1988)
- L.A. Law
- Nominated: Episodic Drama (1989)
- L.A. Law
Trivia
