Prior to "The Outer Limits," Egan was co-executive producer of ABC's "Second Noah," and consulting producer on CBS' "Northern Exposure." He has been active in alternative media, most recently developing and writing "The Dream Detective," an animated flash-animation Internet series which premiered in 2001. He also co-created "The Santa Fe Mysteries," an interactive CD-ROM series.

Egan created "Snoops" and "Sweating Bullets." He also served as co-producer and co-writer of "Imagine - John Lennon," and co-writer of the cult comedy "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark."

Egan was producer/writer of "The Kid Who Loved Christmas" starring Della Reese, Vanessa Williams, and Sammy Davis, Jr. and was executive producer/ writer of CBS' "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women" starring Steve Martin and Ricky Jay.

For his writing and producing, he received an Emmy nomination and four Gemini nominations. One of the Gemini nominations was for Best Writing On a Television Drama for the "Tribunal" episode of SHOWTIME's "The Outer Limits."

He is a winner of the Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America, a three-time winner of the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Television Series, and a two-time winner of the Golden Pen, from P.E.N., the international writers' organization. He has also won the Scott Newman Foundation Award for Best Television Drama.

ADDITIONAL INFO:
Mr. Egan left the show after season one and appears to have been replaced by Grant Rosenberg.