Karl Schaefer

Karl Schaefer is an American television producer and writer.

He is best known for co-creating the 1990s series Eerie, Indiana with José Rivera. Prior to working on Eerie, Indiana. Schaefer created the series TV 101. His other television credits include Strange Luck, Monk, Small Shots, The Dead Zone, Eureka, Ghost Whisperer and the television film The Apartment Complex (1999), directed by Tobe Hooper. He was Executive Producer and Showrunner for Z Nation, a zombie series he co-created with Craig Engler, and its prequel spin-off, Black Summer.

Schaefer is the CEO of Unreality Inc, an Intellectual Property Creator.

Filmography Television The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Title Year Credited as Network Notes Creator Director Writer ExecutiveProducer TV 101 1988–89 (3) CBS Eerie, Indiana 1991–92 (4) NBC Strange Luck 1995–96 (2) Fox Executive producer Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension 1998 (1) Fox Kids NetworkGhosts of Fear Street 1998 ABC Pilot episode The Apartment Complex 1999 Showtime Networks Television film Small Shots 2001 The New TNN The Dead Zone 2003–06 (1) (8) USA Network Co-executive producer Executive producer Executive consultant Monk 2003 (1) USA Network Eureka 2006 (2) Sci Fi Co-executive producer Ghost Whisperer 2007–08 (2) CBS Consulting producer Z Nation 2014–18 (11) Syfy Black Summer 2019–2021 (4) Netflix