Allison Adler

Allison Beth Adler (born May 30, 1967) is an American-Canadian television producer and writer. She is best known as the co-creator of Supergirl, The New Normal and her work on Chuck and Family Guy. 2Career Adler began her career by working on a TV series named Veronica's Closet in 1997. From 2001 to 2002, Adler produced 13 episodes of Family Guy and 16 episodes of Just Shoot Me!; she was supervising producer for nine episodes of Still Standing. She was co-executive producer on various shows, including Life As We Know It, Women of a Certain Age, and Emily's Reasons Why Not. Adler produced Chuck as co-executive and executive producer from 2007 to 2010. Adler then joined the ABC series No Ordinary Family in May 2010 and in 2011 became a part of Glee's writing team starting with the third season. She and Glee creator Ryan Murphy co-created The New Normal, which she worked on until it was cancelled in May 2013. In 2015, Adler co-created Supergirl with Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg. The show is based on Superman's female cousin, Kara Zor-E