Jonathan E. Steinberg is an American television producer, screenwriter, and director. Along with Josh Schaer and Stephen Chbosky, he co-created the television series Jericho, where he served as writer, producer and executive story editor, Jericho ran on CBS from September 20, 2006, through March 25, 2008.
In 2010, Steinberg developed the television series Human Target, loosely based on the DC Comics series Human Target, for Fox. He served as writer, executive producer and showrunner for the first season, before producer Matt Miller was brought in as showrunner for the second season. Steinberg remained an executive producer.
January 2014 saw the premiere of the TV series Black Sails on the Starz channel, of which Steinberg is co-creator, executive producer and showrunner.
As of 2021 he was working on The Old Man for FX and Percy Jackson & the Olympians for Disney+.
In March 2025, it was announced that Steinberg, as well as fellow Percy Jackson showrunner Dan Shotz, were in talks to write, produce, and showrun a live-action Power Rangers reboot series for Disney+, a co-production between Hasbro Entertainment and 20th Television. He and Shotz publicly confirmed in December 2025 that they would be developing the series. However, in 2026, it was announced that the series would not be moving forward. https://deadline.com/2026/08/power-rangers-live-action-series-dead-disney-plus-1237033544/
Personal life He graduated from Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Filmography YearTitleCredited asNotesWriterExecutiveproducerCreatorDirector 2006–2008 Jericho Co-creator, wrote 6 episodes 2010–2011 Human Target Developer, wrote 8 episodes 2014–2017 Black Sails Co-creator, wrote 21 episodesDirected: "XXXVIII." 2019 See Co-wrote 2 episodes 2022–2024 The Old Man Co-wrote 7 episodes 2023–present Percy Jackson and the Olympians Co-creator, Showrunner, co-wrote 6 episodes 2024 War Game TBD Untitled Power Rangers series Co-showrunner with Dan Shotz
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