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“ ..so they thought they needed an experienced hand to guide 'the young man' through these rocky waters. The young man of course felt 'what do I need this old fart for'? Anyway, we met and we met a number of times and finally he got comfortable enough with me for us to join up and partner on this thing. It's interesting, 'cause we are sort of different generations and we approach drama in kind of a different way but as we worked together, we found that we've arrived to the same place. The methods are a little different of how we get there. ”
— Robert Singer on how he came to work with Eric Kripke
Robert Singer

Robert Singer (born January 3, 1944) is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the series Supernatural. He served as co-showrunner and executive producer for all seasons except Season 11.

Following Eric Kripke’s departure as co-showrunner after Season 5, Singer continued in the role alongside Sera Gamble. When Gamble left and Jeremy Carver took over beginning in Season 8, Singer remained as co-showrunner. After stepping down to serve as executive consultant for Season 11, he returned as showrunner in Season 12, collaborating with Andrew Dabb until the series concluded.

Credited with creating many of Dean Winchester’s iconic one-liners, Singer is married to writer Eugenie Ross-Leming. He was honored by Kripke with the character Bobby Singer named after him and has made several voice and on-screen cameos, including appearances in gag reels from Season 3 onward.

His earlier directing credits include episodes of Midnight Caller, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Hack.

“ It was always me and Bob Singer, and Bob has always been there. So there's been true continuity. People say "Supernatural" has had different showrunners and it hasn't. It's actually always had the same showrunner, he has just had different partners over the last decade. ”
— Eric Kripke on Robert Singer's role[1]
“ I come in from a characters' point of view, it's all about characters to me and I let the plot work itself out, given what the characters are gonna do and what I'm interested in the scenes that drive the plot but I'm mostly interested in how the characters react to it. Eric works very hard on the stories and gets the plot done and once the plot is good, the character stuff would come naturally. So we sort of go in a circle when we are in a room together and we arrive at this place where both things are serviced and we are really a one voice now, we rarely disagree on stuff. I worked alone for a long time so it is really cool to have a partner. ”
— Robert Singer[2]
“ I don't think we've ever pandered to fans. Well, in general we, at least I don't, I don't pay much attention to what goes on online. When we're sitting in the writers' room and we're breaking stories, we rarely say "I wonder what the fans are gonna think of this." We just wanna tell the best story. We get feedback, their reaction to things? Pretty much, we're here with 200. So we have great respect for our fans. We want to keep it fresh for them. But we're not taking the directions from them. ”
— Robert Singer on the line between honoring and pandering to fans[3]

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Trivia

Robert Singer's cameo as a doctor in .

Robert Singer's cameo as a doctor in Jack in the Box.

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References

  1. ↑ ‘Supernatural’ at 200: The Road So Far, An Oral History
  2. ↑ Supernatural Paley television festival panel 2006 (Back in the good old days)
  3. ↑ ‘Supernatural’ creator Eric Kripke and producers celebrate 200 episodes
  4. ↑ Supernatural: Boss Robert Singer talks ditched Jumanji-style episode