Chris Black

Chris Black is a screenwriter and television producer, from Toledo, Ohio. Black is known for writing and producing mainly science fiction and action series, although he also was a part of the production team of the comedy-drama Desperate Housewives during its first two seasons. Black has produced and written episodes of Cleopatra 2525, The Huntress, Sliders, Star Trek: Enterprise, Hawaii and Standoff. In addition, he has written episodes of several other shows, including Weird Science, Xena: Warrior Princess and Vanished. He also co-wrote the 1997 action movie Masterminds starring Patrick Stewart. In 2022, Black and Matt Fraction co-created Monarch: Legacy of Monsters for Apple TV+. Black also serves as showrunner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Black (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory

This 90 minute documentary features all-new interviews with the show's cast and crew as well as behind the scenes archival content providing fans an inside look at the challenges faced during the second season of ENTERPRISE as the writing staff and creators struggled to find the right tone and creative course for the series, ultimately developing the controversial XINDI story-arc which kicks off with the season finale: THE EXPANSE.

Release Date2013-08-20

Charactersd Self

Vote Count2

Desperate Housewives

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

Release Date2004-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count1949

Star Trek: Enterprise

During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.

Release Date2001-09-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count864

INVINCIBLE

Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.

Release Date2021-03-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count5050

Severance

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

Release Date2022-02-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count9

Vote Count2103

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.

Release Date1995-09-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count1321

Sliders

In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?

Release Date1995-03-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count9

Vote Count449

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

After surviving Godzilla's attack on San Francisco, Cate is shaken yet again by a shocking secret. Amid monstrous threats, she embarks on a globetrotting adventure to learn the truth about her family—and the mysterious organization known as Monarch.

Release Date2023-11-16

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count917

Ugly Betty

Betty Suarez is smart, tough and tenacious, but also sensitive and loving. She hopes these skills will help her to get a job within the Meade Publishing Corporation. The fact that she isn’t traditionally attractive initially keeps her from getting hired by fashion bible, Mode. The magazine, however, is in flux, with power-hungry executives vying for dominance. Hoping to control the situation, the publisher gives his inexperienced son, Daniel, the position of Editor-in-Chief. He hires Betty as Daniel’s assistant after catching him in a compromising position with his secretary on his first day on the job. After a tough start, in which Daniel tries to force Betty into quitting by treating her terribly, he realizes her worth and the two pair up to be an effective team.

Release Date2006-09-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count250

Reaper

21 year-old slacker Sam Oliver learns that his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born, and now Sam has to repay the debt by becoming the Devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls that have somehow escaped from Hell.

Release Date2007-09-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count203

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show is an American syndicated science fiction sitcom based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. It expands upon the original film's concept of a shrinking experiment gone wrong to include a myriad of experiments gone awry. It debuted in first-run syndication on September 1, 1997 and ran for three consecutive seasons, concluding with the 66th episode on May 20, 2000. Peter Scolari took over the role as Wayne Szalinski, the wacky inventor in the original film, played by Rick Moranis. Each episode incorporates new technologies and digital effects to feature the family in various new adventures. The series was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, with its main studios located in Currie Barracks, a decommissioned Canadian Forces dormitory.

Release Date1997-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count33

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black and Frank Q. Dobbs, was filmed in Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone. Robert Vaughn, who had starred in the original 1960 movie, frequently guest-starred as a crusading judge.

Release Date1998-01-03

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Episode Count2

Vote Count14

Red Widow

When Marta Walraven's mob husband is brutally murdered, she takes on gangsters and the FBI to unveil the truth about his death. As she digs into this dark underworld, she'll test her own strength, relying on her resourcefulness, determination and family ties like never before. To get out of this mob, she needs to beat the bad guys at their own deadly game.

Release Date2013-03-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count30

Outcast

Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.

Release Date2016-06-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count463

Weird Science

Gary Wallace, a teenager who dreams of beautiful women and a cheerful life, and his only friend, the shy and geek Wyatt Donnelly, always serve as a target for ridicule and bullying of violent classmates. Once using a computer and mysterious electrical radiation, they manage to bring to life the "woman of their dreams." Her name is Lisa, and she is ready to fulfill the wishes of her creators ...

Release Date1994-03-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count9

Vote Count76

CHAOS

A comedic drama about a group of rogue CIA spies in the Office of Disruptive Services (ODS), who combat threats to national security amidst bureaucratic gridlock, rampant incompetence and political infighting.

Release Date2011-04-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count27

The Huntress

The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 Steve McQueen film, The Hunter.

Release Date2000-07-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count4

Poltergeist: The Legacy

The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers.

Release Date1996-04-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count34

Hawaii

Revolves around a fictional elite crime unit of the Honolulu Police Department headed by veteran detective and local legend Sean Harrison and John Declan, a former Chicago Police Department detective transferred to the state of Hawaii for his talents. The series was canceled in October 2004. Although eight episodes were filmed, only seven actually aired.

Release Date2004-09-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

K-Ville

K-Ville is an American television drama focused on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Release Date2007-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count9

Vanished

Sara Collins is gone. But before the FBI can solve the mystery of where she is, they first need to figure out who she really is. Nothing is as it seems. Everyone is a suspect. Everyone has a secret. And no one is safe. Sara is the beautiful young wife of prominent Georgia Senator Jeffrey Collins, and she has gone missing. Through the eyes of Senior FBI Agent Graham Kelton, ambitious reporter Judy Nash and the distraught members of the Collins family, viewers will journey inside a sensational, mysterious national soap opera.

Release Date2006-08-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count13

Cleopatra 2525

An exotic dancer is frozen in 2001 and unfrozen in 2525 by two female warriors fighting against robots that have taken over the world. The three join forces and try to escape from the underground caves to which humanity has been banished.

Release Date2000-01-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count26

Masterminds

A rebellious teen uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the students at his prestigious private school hostage.

Release Date1997-08-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenstory

Vote Count49

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