Peter Brennan (producer)
American journalist
Peter Brennan is an American television producer, writer, journalist and author.
Brennan is the creator and executive producer of A Current Affair, Judge Judy and Good Day New York.
In 1996, Brennan created and produced Judge Judy, its companion show, Judge Joe Brown and Cristina's Court. Created and produced the syndicated court show, Last Shot with Judge Gunn in 2011.
Brennan created the morning news program Good Day New York for Fox television station WNYW.
He also created, wrote and produced An American Story – Bad Night in Cottageville (starring Bill Bixby and Calista Flockhart), as well as The Extraordinary, a one-hour series.
Brennan revived A Current Affair for 20th Century Fox television in 2005. He is a former foreign correspondent for News Corporation in New York and city editor for the Sydney Daily Mirror.
Books
Authored two novels, Sudden Death and Razorback. The latter was made into a motion picture distributed by Warner Brothers in 1984.
Co-authored Those Wild, Wild Kennedy Boys!
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