{{short description|American television producer and writer}}
{{Distinguish|David Hackl}}
'''David "Dave" Hackel''' is an American television producer and writer. He is best known for creating, writing and producing the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]'', which starred [[Ted Danson]] and ran from 1998 until 2004. Aside from all his work on ''Becker'', Hackel has also worked on episodes of ''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'', ''[[Dear John (U.S. TV series)|Dear John]]'', ''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]'', ''[[Webster (TV series)|Webster]]'', ''[[9 to 5 (TV series)|9 to 5]]'', ''[[Fish (U.S. TV series)|Fish]]'', ''[[LateLine]]'', ''[[Harper Valley PTA (TV series)|Harper Valley PTA]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV show)|Gridlock]]'', ''[[Shirley (TV series)|Shirley]]'' and ''[[The Pursuit of Happiness (TV series)|The Pursuit of Happiness]]''.
He also writes a column for ''[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-hackel|title=Dave Hackel - HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=28 August 2018}}</ref>
