Chris Nee

Christine Nee ) is an American children's television screenwriter and producer. Nee is best known as the creator of Doc McStuffins, which she conceived as Cheers for preschoolers. She has previously worked as an associate producer on several international versions of Sesame Street. Chris Nee worked at Araneo, a production company in Belgium. The series, which featured many of the same staff who worked on Doc McStuffins, premiered on October 1, 2017, and ended on June 28, 2021, after 3 seasons and 75 episodes during its 4-year run.

In April 2019, Nee joined other WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.

On July 4, 2021, a 10-part series of animated music videos, which Nee created, titled We the People, premiered on Netflix. Kenya Barris was also a showrunner and the series was produced by Michelle Obama and Barack Obama. On July 13, 2021, Ridley Jones, an animated series for children, debuted on the same network. The series was part of a slate of animated preschool series on the streaming service, with others including Spirit Rangers, and Ada Twist, Scientist (co-produced with Belgium’s Araneo), of which Nee is the showrunner. Dino Daycare was originally part of this slate.

On April 29, 2022, it was announced that Dino Daycare was scrapped. However, it might find a new home in a different streaming service.

Personal life Nee is of Irish descent. At age 18, during the 1980s, Nee came out as a lesbian. In June 2021, she described herself as a gay and "relatively butch" woman. She has one child. Creator, executive producer, writer, lyricist 2021–2023 Ada Twist, Scientist Creator, executive producer 2022–2024 Spirit Rangers Executive producer