Susan Beavers is the only female writer on the hit television show, Two and a Half Men, and she’s brilliant. Meet the lady behind the scenes whose stories bring laughter to many homes around the world.
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Susan Beavers is the only female writer on the hit television show, Two and a Half Men, and she’s brilliant. Meet the lady behind the scenes whose stories bring laughter to many homes around the world. Susan Beavers is currently a writer and one of the executive producers on CBS’s hit sitcom, Two and a Half Men. She began her career in television answering phones but soon worked her way up to script supervisor on such shows as Soap and Night Court. It was on Night Court that Susan decided she would try writing and wrote a spec script for It’s a Living. The script sold and she worked for a year writing freelance episodes for shows such as Newhart and Golden Girls. Her first staff position was on Growing Pains, and moved from there to Empty Nest. Upon leaving Empty Nest, Susan began to create and produce her own shows. In doing this she had the opportunity of working with some wonderful people including Valerie Harper and Dudley Moore. Working long hours and still unmarried, Susan decided that this would not stop her from having a family, so about 14 years ago she began the process of artificial insemination. This procedure was new and not all that popular at the time and it was her experience with this and her new life as a single mother that inspired her to write a spec script called Oh Baby. Much to her surprise, the Lifetime Network ordered two years of the series. To date this has been Susan’s favorite television experience saying that it was truly a refreshing and fulfilling experience to be able to raise a baby and write a comedy about it at the same time. It was at this point that Susan was introduced to Chuck Lorre, the creator of Dharma and Greg, and Two and a Half Men. She spent two years on Dharma and Greg and is currently working on the sixth year of Two and a Half Men. Come meet Susan as she will be kicking off the Ladies in Business Conference with a Conversation with Susan where audience members will have the opportunity to ask her questions and learn more about her experiences behind the scenes. |
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