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Lin joined the crew of the first season of Breaking Bad in 2008 as a writer and producer. She wrote the first-season episode "Gray Matter". The first season writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony.
Patty Lin is the author of End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood, a memoir about her years as a TV writer, which won a National Indie Excellence Award in 2024. Her credits include Freaks and Geeks, Friends, Desperate Housewives, and Breaking Bad.
Aug 25, 2023 · The one where former “ Friends ” writer Patty Lin reveals that the sitcom’s writers room wasn’t so friendly. Lin thought it was too good to be true when her agent told her the “ Friends ”...
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Aug 21, 2023 · Patty Lin's disillusionment with TV writing began at her very first job—and continued when she landed a gig on 'Friends.'
Patty Lin is a writer and producer known for Freaks and Geeks (1999), Friends (1994), Desperate Housewives (2004), and Breaking Bad (2008). She has also written pilots for Fox, CBS, and Nickelodeon. Her Breaking Bad episode, "Gray Matter," was nominated for a Writers Guild Award.
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Sep 1, 2023 · Patty Lin recounts her turbulent television career in the new memoir, End Credits: How I Broke Up With Hollywood. (Patty Lin/Instagram) Drawing on her own time in Hollywood, Lin answered...
Oct 3, 2023 · Patty Lin. What if achieving your professional dreams comes at too high a personal cost? That’s what screenwriter Patty Lin started to ask herself after years in the cutthroat TV industry. One minute she was a tourist, begging her way into the audience of Late Night with David Letterman