Dee Johnson

Dee Johnson is an American television producer and writer. She has worked on the series ER, Melrose Place, Commander in Chief, Southland, The Good Wife and was an executive producer and showrunner on Nashville for seasons one through four, exiting after the fourth season. In 2023, Johnson was an executive producer for the Peabody Award-winning miniseries Fellow Travelers. The series won the award for Chronicling LGBTQ+ History Over 50 Years. Her production company is Small Wishes Productions.

Life and career Johnson began her career as a writer in Fox primetime soap opera Melrose Place. Her other credits include I'll Fly Away, Profiler, Any Day Now, Army Wives, Southland, Rizzoli & Isles, and The Good Wife. She was later called in to work as showrunner and executive producer on ABC drama Nashville starring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere. For her work on Nashville and The Good Wife, Johnson was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award.