John Eisendrath is an American television series producer and writer. He created and served as the executive producer and showrunner for the series Outlaw, Playmakers, and currently serves as executive producer on
NBC's The Blacklist. More recently, Eisendrath signed a new three-year overall deal with
Sony Pictures Television through 2025.[1]
Personal life
John Eisendrath was born into a well-known
Jewish family,[2] the son of Edwin W. Eisendrath Jr.[3] and Susan Rosenberg. He is the younger brother of
Edwin Eisendrath (former
alderman of Chicago and CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times).[4] His father was an attorney and his mother came from a powerful West Side political family.[5] He joined
WBBM in the mid-1980s, only to leave with friend Kathryn Pratt to start a TV writing career.[6]
He and Kathryn Pratt married in 1992 and had two children. Their marriage was dissolved in 2002. Following the dissolution he married television writer Jennifer Levin.[7] In 2003, his Thanksgiving Day production company created a show for
ESPN, Playmakers.[8] In 2008, he was signed to a deal with Universal Media Studios.[9]
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