Eric Gilliland, a longtime comedy writer best known for his work on Roseanne, died Sept. 1. The cause was cancer. Gilliland, an Illinois native and 1984 graduate of Northwestern University, wrote for the ABC comedy from 1992 to 1996.
He went on to consult on The Conners in 2019. His first big writing gig in TV was on Who’s the Boss? He went on to write for Living Dolls, The Wonder Years, Boogie Howser, M.D., That ’70s Show and My Boys.
His most recent project was the podcast The Cinnamon Bear: A Holiday Adventure. Gilliland received WGA Award nomination in 1994 for Roseanne.
In 2019, he received a Daytime Emmy nomination for writing the children’s show The Was Was? Show. Away from TV, Gilliland was quite the whistler.
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