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Q: Who is McG and what's the name short for? I feel like I've seen his name everywhere lately.

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

McG is short for Joseph McGinty Nichol, and you have seen his name everywhere lately. (For the record, his mom nicknamed him "McG" to differentiate him from his uncle and grandfather, who were also both named Joe.) He's a TV and film superproducer, with a resume boasting dozens of films and some of the biggest TV hits of the past two decades -- all spanning a pretty broad range.

McG was a producer and/or executive producer on the long-running, fantasy-action show "Supernatural," the prime-time soap "The O.C.," spy comedy "Chuck" and many more.

He was also, once upon a time, a big-screen action it boy, having directed "Charlie's Angels" (2000) and its 2003 "Full Throttle" sequel, 2009's "Terminator Salvation" and 2012's "This Means War." He's been adding more rom-coms to his repertoire as part of a string of hits for Netflix, including "Holidate" (2020) and "Love Hard" (2021).

And it seems we won't be seeing less of him any time soon. He has three high-profile shows coming up: "True Lies" (a remake of the 1994 big-screen hit) for CBS, "Not Dead Yet" on ABC, and "The Winchesters," a spinoff of his old hit "Supernatural," on CW.

 

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