Dave Finkel (Writer)

30 Rock

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Release Date2006-10-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd 2nd AC

Episode Count3

Vote Count750

Baby Mama

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

Release Date2008-04-25

Charactersd Gay Couple

Vote Count677

Dean Quixote

A new comedy from the producer of Swingers!

Release Date2001-07-13

Charactersd Finkel

New Girl

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

Release Date2011-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count1579

Joey

Joey has struck out on his own and moved to Hollywood, hoping to truly make it as an actor. Joey says goodbye to a time when his friends were his family and welcomes the chance to turn his family into his friends. After reuniting with his high-strung sister Gina, a strong and sexy hairdresser, Joey moves in with her genius 20-year-old son, graduate student Michael, who literally is a rocket scientist. What Joey lacks in book smarts, however, he more than makes up for with his people skills, making him the best new friend his nephew could ask for.

Release Date2004-09-09

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Executive Producer

Episode Count22

Vote Count341

Just Shoot Me!

See the inner workings of a high-style magazine owned by Jack Gallo, who has hired his quick-tempered but talented daughter, Maya, to write for the publication. Challenging her at every turn is Nina, a vain and superficial former model. Then there's photographer Elliot, a man who is very popular with his portrait subjects as well as other women. completing the core staff is her father's assistant, Dennis, a glorified secretary who is generally disrespectful to one and all.

Release Date1997-03-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count166

Bad Sisters

The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.

Release Date2022-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Episode Count2

Vote Count250

Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feebleminded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world, which ultimately ends in failure, usually due to Pinky's idiocy, the impossibility of Brain's plan, Brain's own arrogance, or just circumstances beyond their control.

Release Date1995-09-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count731

United States of Tara

Tara's multiple personalities include "T" the wild-child teenager, "Buck" the rough and tumble biker dude, and "Alice" the type-A homemaker. But with a family that loves her just the way she is, Tara never gives up hope that someday she can just be herself.

Release Date2009-01-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count159

Center of the Universe

John Barnett is a good-natured and successful operator of a security company and his entire family depends on him for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision.

Release Date2004-10-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count2