{{Short description|American television producer and writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Robin Bernheim | image = | caption = | birth_name = Robin Jill Bernheim | other_names = Robin Bernheim Burger | birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S. | occupation = Television screenwriter & producer | years_active = 1983–present | spouse = David Burger | family = Douglas Bernheim (brother) | children = | website = | alma_mater = {{hlist|Stanford University|UCLA}} }} '''Robin Jill Bernheim''' is an American television producer and writer, as well as a story editor and creative consultant.
== Career ==
Bernheim was born in Santa Monica, California, and is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA, the latter of which she received her MBA. She broke into television by submitting a spec script to ''Remington Steele'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weimarworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/blade-runner-making-of-classic-starlog.html|title=Leap Years: 'Robin Bernheim Is Doing Her Part to Make You Watch Quantum Leap|work=Starlog Magazine #184 November 1992 |date=2 February 2011 |language=en}}</ref> which starred Stephanie Zimbalist, her friend since childhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com|title=Zimbalist Writes Her Way Through Steele|work=Tampa Tribune |date=29 July 1984| language=en}}</ref> Executive producer Michael Gleason then hired Bernheim on staff, leading to her career as one of the few women writing and producing hour-long, network television dramas in the 1980s and 1990s, including shows like ''Quantum Leap'', ''Crazy Like a Fox'', ''Houston Knights'', ''MacGyver'', ''Renegade'' and ''Tekwar''. One of her ''Star Trek:Voyager'' episodes was chosen in 2020 by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' as one of the most memorable in the series' history <ref>{{cite news |title=The Forgotten 'Star Trek: Voyager' Episode Worth Revisiting |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/forgotten-star-trek-voyager-episode-worth-revisiting-1290700 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}</ref>
Her work also includes several forays into animation, writing episodes of the ''Men In Black: The Series'' and ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' cartoons. In 2015, she co-produced and wrote the acclaimed PBS documentary feature ''Little House On The Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder''.<ref name="littlehouseontheprairie.com">{{cite web|url=http://littlehouseontheprairie.com/about-us/laura-ingalls-wilder-documentary/|title=Laura Ingalls Wilder Documentary|work=littlehouseontheprairie.com|date=25 December 2014 }}</ref> She was the executive producer of the hit Hallmark series ''When Calls the Heart'' from 2015 to 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/when-calls-the-heart-renewed-season-4-hallmark-channel-1201738554/|title='When Calls The Heart' Renewed for Season 4'|date=5 April 2016|website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> the writer-producer of several Hallmark movies (including ''I'll Be Home For Christmas'' and ''Royal Hearts'') <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=550563&ver=html5&p=46|title=A Hallmark of Christmas|date= January 2019|website=Written By Magazine}}</ref> and in 2019 co-wrote & co-created the network's ''Mystery 101'' series of movies with Lee Goldberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kingsriverlife.com/02/09/new-hallmark-movies-mysteries-movie-mystery-101|title=Interview with Lee Goldberg about 'Mystery 101'|date=9 February 2019|website=Kings River Life Magazine}}</ref> Most recently, Bernheim co-wrote and co-produced the 2019 Netflix movie ''The Princess Switch'' starring Vanessa Hudgens, as well as a sequel, ''The Princess Switch: Switched Again'', that was scheduled for release for Christmas 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/film/princess-switch-fans-hyped-sequel-207633871|title=The Princess Switch fans hyped for sequel with Vanessa Hudgens in three roles|date=31 October 2019|website=The Mirror UK}}</ref>
In 2025, she wrote & created ''You're Killing Me'' (fka ''Allie & Andi''), a new six-episode mystery series starring Brooke Shields, Amalia Williamson, and Tom Cavanagh that will air on AMC/Acorn in early 2026. Lee Goldberg, with whom she co-created and co-wrote ''Mystery 101'', is also a writer/producer on the series <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/brooke-shields-allie-and-andi-acorn-tv-1236359020/|title=Brooke Shields To Headline Crime Drama Series 'Allie & Andi' At Acorn TV|publisher=Deadline|date=2025-04-07}}</ref> .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/amalia-williamson-tom-cavanagh-cast-youre-killing-me-1236492372/|title=Amalia Williamson & Tom Cavanagh Join Brooke Shields In Acorn TV's Crime Drama 'You're Killing Me'|publisher=Deadline|date=2025-08-20}}</ref>
==Personal life== Bernheim lives in Dublin, California, with her husband David Burger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Frances Burger |url=https://www.alzinfo.org/memory-wall/janefrancesburger/activity/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211001148/https://www.alzinfo.org/memory-wall/janefrancesburger/activity/ |archive-date=2024-12-11 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation |language=en-us}}</ref> Her brother is Douglas Bernheim, currently the Edward Ames Edmunds Professor of Economics at Stanford University.
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! Year !! Title !! Role/Job !! Episodes/<br>Notes |- |rowspan=2 | 1986 |''Crazy Like a Fox'' |Writer, Story Editor |2 episodes |- |''MacGyver'' |Writer, executive story consultant | 2 episodes, "The Eraser" & "The Human Factor" |- |1986–87 | ''Remington Steele'' |Writer, executive story editor |7 episodes |- | rowspan=3 | 1987 | ''Beauty and the Beast'' | Writer | Episode: "Dark Spirit" |- |''Houston Knights'' | Co-producer, writer | Wrote/produced episode "Mirrors" |- |''Matlock'' |Writer, executive story consultant | 7 episodes |- |1990 | ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' |Writer | Episode: "The Hunted" |- |1990–91 |''Over My Dead Body'' | Writer / Teleplay | 2 episodes |- |1992 |''Tequila and Bonetti'' | Producer, writer (Teleplay/Story) | 5 episodes |- |1991–92 |''Beyond Reality'' | Writer | 3 episodes |- |1992–93 |''Quantum Leap'' | Producer, writer | 5 episodes |- |1993–96 |''Renegade'' |Supervising producer, writer |6 episodes |- | 1994–96 |''TekWar'' |Writer, supervising creative consultant |22 episodes |- |1994–98 | ''Diagnosis: Murder'' | Writer | 3 episodes |- |1995 | ''Silk Stalkings'' |Writer | Episode: "Tricks of the Trade" |- |1995–96 |''Renegade'' |Supervising producer |20 episodes |- |1997 | ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' | Writer | Episode: "Witchy Woman" |- |1997–98 | ''Ghost Stories'' | Writer / Teleplay writer | 5 episodes |- | 1998 | ''Men in Black: The Series'' | Writer | Episode: "The Jack O'Lantern Syndrome" |- |1999–2000 |''Star Trek: Voyager'' |Producer, writer | 29 episodes |- |1999 | ''Soldier of Fortune, Inc.'' | Writer | Episode: "Critical List" |- |2000–01 |''Earth: Final Conflict'' | Writer | 22 episodes |- |2003 | ''Wild Card'' |Writer |TV series; Credited as Robin Jill Burger |- |2003–04 |''She Spies'' |Supervising producer, writer |23 episodes |- |2015–2017 |''When Calls the Heart'' | Executive producer, Writer, Showrunner | 29 episodes total |- |2018 |''The Princess Switch'' | Writer / Producer | Netflix film |- |2018 |''A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding'' | Writer | Netflix film |- |2019–2021 |''Mystery 101'' | Co-Creator | 7 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries films |- |2020 |''The Princess Switch: Switched Again'' | Writer / Producer | Netflix film |- |2021 |''The Princess Switch 3'' | Writer / Executive Producer | Netflix film |- |2023 |''When Calls the Heart'' | Consulting producer | Season 10; 6 episodes |- |2024 |''Mother of the Bride'' | Writer | Netflix film<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Courtney |date=2024-05-09 |title='Mother of the Bride' Review: Brooke Shields Says I Do to Netflix's Aggressively Inoffensive Rom-Com |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/mother-of-the-bride-review-1235995420/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |2025 |''You're Killing Me'' | Creator, Executive Producer | 6 episodes, AMC/Acorn, airing in early 2026 |}
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==External links== * {{Twitter|showrunnerrobin}} * {{IMDb name|0076820}} * [https://www.80stvladies.com/episode/episode-108-writing-remington-steele-with-robin-bernheim-part-one Episode 108: “Writing Remington Steele with Robin Bernheim – Part One”] 80s TV Ladies (interview) * [https://www.80stvladies.com/episode/episode-109-writing-remington-steele-with-robin-bernheim-part-two Episode 109: “Writing Remington Steele with Robin Bernheim – Part Two”] 80s TV Ladies (interview)
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