DIANE WERTS initially worked in television as a writer/director/editor for "Beyond Our Control," the award-winning Midwest sketch satire of the 1970s and 1980s. Her writing has appeared in TV Guide, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications. She served two terms as president of the Television Critics Association, as well as on juries for the American Film Institute and the Banff International Television Festival. She now works as television writer for New York's daily newspaper Newsday.