Michael Zinberg

Michael Zinberg is an American film and television director, writer and producer.

Works

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Release Date1999-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count4057

NCIS

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

Release Date2003-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count29

Vote Count2415

The Blacklist

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

Release Date2013-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count3414

Lost

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

Release Date2004-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count4755

Young Sheldon

The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

Release Date2017-09-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2830

Charmed

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

Release Date1998-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2442

Monk

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

Release Date2002-07-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count1179

Gilmore Girls

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.

Release Date2000-10-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count1166

JAG

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.

Release Date1995-09-23

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count227

Vote Count374

The Good Wife

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.

Release Date2009-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count639

Fringe

FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.

Release Date2008-09-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2647

Psych

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.

Release Date2006-07-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count908

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

Release Date2013-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3676

Cheers

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

Release Date1982-09-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count629

The Practice

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

Release Date1997-03-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count107

Rizzoli & Isles

Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.

Release Date2010-07-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count458

Everybody Loves Raymond

Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the good news. The bad news? Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, live directly across the street and embrace the motto "Su casa es mi casa," infiltrating their son's home to an extent unparalleled in television history.

Release Date1996-09-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count612

Quantum Leap

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

Release Date1989-03-26

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count44

Vote Count742

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Release Date2001-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count154

Family Ties

Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

Release Date1982-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count249

Evil

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

Release Date2019-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count928

Private Practice

Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.

Release Date2007-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count344

L.A. Law

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

Release Date1986-09-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count74

The Good Fight

Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.

Release Date2017-02-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count321

NCIS: New Orleans

A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.

Release Date2014-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count450

Burn Notice

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.

Release Date2007-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count553

Lie to Me

The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.

Release Date2009-01-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count1603

Coach

Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.

Release Date1989-02-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count57

Who's the Boss?

A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.

Release Date1984-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count287

Taxi

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Release Date1978-09-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count164

The Guardian

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.

Release Date2001-09-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count51

90210

90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood home with his family to care for his mother, former television and theater actress Tabitha Wilson, who has a drinking problem and clashes with his wife Debbie Wilson. Annie and Dixon struggle to adjust to their new lives while making friends and yet adhering to their parents' wishes.

Release Date2008-09-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count203

Boston Public

Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

Release Date2000-10-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count48

The Pretender

Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.

Release Date1996-09-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count202

Franklin & Bash

When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest clients...sometimes literally. With business cards in hand, they're ready to nab a client within seconds after a car accident, arrest for solicitation or any other incident where their legal services may be needed. Once in the courtroom, they show their flair for the dramatic and the shocking.

Release Date2011-06-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count85

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

Release Date1970-09-19

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count168

Vote Count77

Newhart

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.

Release Date1982-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count54

The Unit

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

Release Date2006-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count202

Lou Grant

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

Release Date1977-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count27

Rosewood

Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. is a brilliant private pathologist who uses wildly sophisticated technology and his drive to live life to the fullest to help a tough-as-nails detective and the Miami PD uncover clues no one else can see.

Release Date2015-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count169

Caroline in the City

Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran on the NBC television network. It stars Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan in New York City. The series premiered on September 21, 1995 in the "Must See TV" Thursday night block after Seinfeld. The show ran for 97 episodes over four seasons, before it was cancelled; its final episode was broadcast on April 26, 1999.

Release Date1995-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count30

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

Release Date1972-09-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count15

Vote Count60

The Commish

Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.

Release Date1991-09-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count25

In Plain Sight

U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.

Release Date2008-06-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count94

WKRP in Cincinnati

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.

Release Date1978-09-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count85

Yes, Dear

A comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although her husband, Greg, is a success in his career, his more difficult job is keeping his wife calm as they raise their two young children. While Kim is determined to be the perfect mother and perfect wife and to raise the perfect children, her sister, Christine Hughes, a very down-to-earth mother of two, continually reminds her that life will never be perfect. Christine's husband, Jimmy, often feels compelled to share with his brother-in-law his philosophy about being a husband and a parent while still remaining a man.

Release Date2000-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count41

She Spies

She Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's second season led to its cancellation after season two ended. She Spies bore noticeable production and directive similarities with Charlie's Angels.

Release Date2002-07-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count26

Accidental Meeting

Jennifer's husband is committing adultery. Maryanne's boss treats her like dirt. After an accidental meeting, the women decide to kill each other's men.

Release Date1994-03-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Hack

When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police.

Release Date2002-09-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count9

Mr. Belvedere

Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.

Release Date1985-03-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count39

Any Day Now

Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.

Release Date1998-08-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count7

Wes Kennedy is a cop who works long hours at night in order to spend the daytime with his two teenage kids Robin and Kevin... Heart of the City was a crime drama that aired on the ABC television network from September 1986 to January 1987.

Release Date1986-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Emily (Sarah Paulson) and Ben (Eric Mabius) find their plans to marry on Christmas day coming apart at the seams when Ben is left to plan the wedding details after Emily is forced to go on a business trip. Though Emily, a perfectionist, is determined to have a fairytale wedding, she realizes that love is all that really matters when a freak storm threatens to keep her from making it home in time for the big day.

Release Date2006-12-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count31

The Wedding Bells

The Wedding Bells is an American television comedy-drama that ran on Fox from March 7 to April 6, 2007. The series was greenlighted after the network became interested in a series centered on wedding planners. The network approached David E. Kelley to create the show, and he essentially remade a rejected pilot he created for ABC in 2004 entitled DeMarco Affairs which starred Selma Blair, Lindsay Sloane and Sabrina Lloyd as three sisters who inherit a wedding planner service. Though the show had a moderately strong premiere, it faded in the ratings and was cancelled after seven episodes had been produced and five episodes were aired.

Release Date2007-03-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Aliens in America

Justin Tolchuk is a sensitive, lanky 16-year-old just trying to make it through the social nightmare of high school in Medora, Wisconsin. When his well-meaning mom Franny signs up for the school's international exchange student program, she pictures an athletic, brilliant Nordic teen who will bestow instant coolness on her outsider son. However, when the Tolchuk's exchange student arrives, he turns out to be Raja Musharaff, a 16-year-old Pakistani Muslim. It's going to be a very interesting year for Raja, Justin, his family and the entire population of Medora.

Release Date2007-10-01

In-Laws is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 2002 until January 2003. Newlyweds Matt and Alex move in with her parents, Victor and Marlene, to save money so Matt can attend cooking school, thus beginning a fight to the death between son and father-in-law over the affections of Daddy's little girl.

Release Date2002-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Holding the Baby

Holding the Baby is an American sitcom television series that aired from August 23 until December 15, 1998. The series is an American version of the British show of the same name.

Release Date1998-08-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Payne

Payne is an American television series, patterned after the British program Fawlty Towers. It starred American actor John Larroquette, who portrayed assistant district attorney Dan Fielding on the American television program Night Court. Larroquette was also an executive producer for the series. Payne was a mid-season replacement on CBS and aired in March and April 1999. The show also starred JoBeth Williams, Julie Benz and Rick Batalla. Despite fairly positive reception, and receiving the blessing of John Cleese, who agreed to take a recurring role if the show was renewed, Payne was quickly cancelled. Nine episodes were filmed; eight were aired. The show is not available on DVD.

Release Date1999-03-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Tequila and Bonetti

Release Date1992-01-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count11

The Tortellis

The Tortellis is an American sitcom that aired from January to May 1987 on NBC. A spin-off of the hit series Cheers, The Tortellis stars Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem. Nick Tortelli, the loutish ex-husband of Cheers waitress Carla Tortelli, moves to Las Vegas to try and reconcile with his bimbo second wife Loretta, who now lives with her more sensible, divorced sister Charlotte and nephew Mark.

Release Date1987-01-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count2

We've Got Each Other

We've Got Each Other is an American sitcom that aired from October 1, 1977 until January 7, 1978.

Release Date1977-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Built to Last

Built to Last is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on Wednesday from September 24, 1997, to October 15, 1997.

Release Date1997-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons is an American sitcom that aired from April 6 until May 4, 1986.

Release Date1986-04-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1