Jason Cahill is an American television writer and producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

, who is best known for his work on the acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

and on the FOX

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 science-fiction series Fringe

Fringe (TV series)

Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...

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Career

Jason Cahill began his writing career on the short-lived CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 series Two

Two (TV Series)

Two was a short-lived drama series which aired in 1996 and 1997. It featured Michael Easton as Gus McClain, a man framed for the murder of his wife by his twin brother Booth Hubbard . Hubbard, whose existence had previously been unknown to McClain, committed several murders while assuming...

in 1996 and then moved to NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 where he contribued scripts for ER

ER (TV series)

ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

 and Profiler

Profiler (TV series)

Profiler was an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia....

, where he also worked as an executive story editor. He has also worked on shows such as NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...

and Surface

Surface (TV series)

Surface is a science fiction television series that premiered on NBC on 19 September 2005. The program aired fifteen episodes before going on hiatus on February 6, 2006 due to NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics...

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Work on The Sopranos

• "Meadowlands" (1.04)
• "Boca" (1.09) (with Robin Green & Mitchell Burgess
  Mitchell Burgess
  Mitchell Burgess is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer. He worked extensively on the HBO hit-series The Sopranos. He was a creator and executive producer for Blue Bloods. He frequently works with his wife Robin Green.-Career:...
  
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• "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office..." (2.01)

Work on Fringe

• "Power Hungry
  Power Hungry (Fringe)
  "Power Hungry" is the 5th episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by Julia Cho and Jason Cahill, and directed by Christopher Misiano....
  
  " (1.05) (with co-written by co-executive producer Julia Cho
  Julia Cho
  Julia Cho is an American playwright and television writer who has won national awards for her work.-Biographical information:Cho was born in Los Angeles and is the daughter of Korean immigrants. Her mother is a nurse and her father worked for an aerospace company where his job relocation led the...
  
  )
• "Safe
  Safe (Fringe)
  "Safe" is the 10th episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by David H. Goodman and Jason Cahill, and directed by Michael Zinberg. It begins when a group use technology to walk through a bank's wall and steal a safe deposit...
  
  " (1.10) (co-written by co-executive producer David H. Goodman)

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