Saladin K. Patterson is an American television writer and producer.
Patterson grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, near South Boulevard, and attended Loveless Academic Magnet Program.[1] He then studied engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and entered a graduate psychology program at Vanderbilt University.[2]
Patterson left the graduate program at Vanderbilt to accept a "prestigious Disney|ABC Writing Fellowship", which gained him access to career opportunities in film and television. He landed a staff writer position on Teen Angel, and then became a writer for Frasier and for The Bernie Mac Show[2] where he also was co-executive producer.[3]
For seven years, he worked on Psych as a co-executive producer, and in 2019 he returned to sign with 20th Century Fox Television.[3]
He is the developer of and executive producer of The Wonder Years revival, which premiered on ABC in September 2021.[1] The series has averaged 2.35 million viewers per week since its debut.