Robin Jill Bernheim is an American television producer and writer, as well as a story editor and creative consultant.
Career
Bernheim was born in Santa Monica, California, and is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA, from the latter of which she received her MBA. She broke into television by submitting a spec script to Remington Steele, which starred Stephanie Zimbalist, her friend since childhood. Executive producer Michael Gleason then hired Bernheim on staff, leading to her career as one of the few women writing and producing hour-long, network television dramas in the 1980s and 1990s, including shows like Quantum Leap, Crazy Like a Fox, Houston Knights, MacGyver, Renegade and Tekwar. One of her Star Trek:Voyager episodes was chosen in 2020 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the most memorable in the series' history
Her work also includes several forays into animation, writing episodes of the Men In Black: The Series and Extreme Ghostbusters cartoons. In 2015, she co-produced and wrote the acclaimed PBS documentary feature Little House On The Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was the executive producer of the hit Hallmark series When Calls the Heart from 2015 to 2017, the writer-producer of several Hallmark movies (including I'll Be Home For Christmas and Royal Hearts) and in 2019 co-wrote & co-created the network's Mystery 101 series of movies with Lee Goldberg. Most recently, Bernheim co-wrote and co-produced the 2019 Netflix movie The Princess Switch starring Vanessa Hudgens, as well as a sequel, The Princess Switch: Switched Again.
She wrote, created & executive produced the Acorn original mystery You're Killing Me (2026 TV series) starring Brooke Shields, Amalia Williamson, and Tom Cavanagh. The six-episode first season premiered in May 2026 as the highest rated series in the history of Acorn, which immediately renewed the show for a second season, to air in Spring 2027. Lee Goldberg, with whom she co-created and co-wrote Mystery 101, is also a writer/executive producer on the series .
Personal life Bernheim lives in Dublin, California, with her husband David Burger. Her brother is Douglas Bernheim, currently the Edward Ames Edmunds Professor of Economics at Stanford University.
Filmography Year Title Role/Job Episodes/Notes 1986Crazy Like a Fox Writer, story editor2 episodesMacGyverWriter, executive story consultant 2 episodes, "The Eraser" & "The Human Factor"1986–87 Remington Steele Writer, executive story editor7 episodes 1987 Beauty and the Beast Writer Episode: "Dark Spirit"Houston Knights Co-producer, writer Wrote/produced episode "Mirrors"MatlockWriter, executive story consultant 7 episodes1990 Star Trek: The Next GenerationWriter Episode: "The Hunted" 1990–91Over My Dead Body Writer 2 episodes1992 Tequila and Bonetti Producer, writer 5 episodes1991–92Beyond Reality Writer 3 episodes1992–93Quantum Leap Producer, writer 5 episodes1993–96Renegade Supervising producer, writer6 episodes 1994–96TekWarWriter, supervising creative consultant22 episodes1994–98 Diagnosis: Murder Writer 3 episodes 1995 Silk Stalkings Writer Episode: "Tricks of the Trade"1995–96RenegadeSupervising producer20 episodes1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Writer Episode: "Witchy Woman"1997–98 Ghost Stories Writer 5 episodes 1998 Men in Black: The Series Writer Episode: "The Jack O'Lantern Syndrome"1999–2000 Star Trek: VoyagerProducer, writer 29 episodes1999 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Writer Episode: "Critical List"2000–01Earth: Final Conflict Writer 22 episodes2003 Wild CardWriterTV series; credited as Robin Jill Burger2003–04She SpiesSupervising producer, writer23 episodes2015–2017When Calls the Heart Executive producer, writer, showrunner 29 episodes total2018The Princess Switch Writer, producer Netflix film2019–2021Mystery 101 Co-creator 7 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries films2020The Princess Switch: Switched Again Writer, producer Netflix film2021The Princess Switch 3 Writer, executive producer Netflix film2023When Calls the Heart Consulting producer Season 10; 6 episodes2024Mother of the Bride Writer Netflix film2026-You're Killing Me Creator, writer, executive producer 12 episodes, AMC/Acorn
References
External links
Episode 108: “Writing Remington Steele with Robin Bernheim – Part One” 80s TV Ladies (interview) Episode 109: “Writing Remington Steele with Robin Bernheim – Part Two” 80s TV Ladies (interview)