- Quite a few of the characters on Everwood (2002) (especially minor ones) have the names of his friends and/or ex-teachers. In the episode "We Hold these Truths", the orchestra conductor is named "Mr. Mendick" after his English/drama teacher in high school.
- Attended and graduated from Northwestern University where he studied playwriting. He endowed a dramatic writing professorship at the university with a $25 million donation.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6420 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 23, 2022 (the day before his 50th birthday).
- Attended and graduated from Rye High School in Rye, New York (1989).
- Remains good friends with The Vampire Diaries (2009) writer Brian Young. (2013)
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