Edward Allen Bernero (born August 29, 1962) is an American television writer, producer, and director.

[1] He co-created the spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, which premiered on February 16, 2011, and was canceled on May 25, 2011, due to low ratings.

The series was created by Steven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein, David Milch, and retired police officer Bill Clark.

He created the series Third Watch (with John Wells) based on his experiences as a police officer and served as a producer, writer, and director for the show.

He eventually became the show runner and was the series' most prolific writer throughout its six seasons, contributing to thirty-seven episodes in total.

He remained the show's most prolific writer and wrote six episodes for the second season: "Four Days" (with John Ridley); "After Hours"; "A Hero's Rest"; "Duty"; "Unfinished Business"; and "Exposing Faith" (with Whitney Boole Williams).

He contributed to six episodes for the fourth season: "Lights Up" which continued directly on from season 3's finale "Black Out"; "Judgement Day: Part II"; "Ladies' Day"; "Collateral Damage: Part I"; "Last Call" (his second collaboration with Scott Williams); and "The Price of Nobility" (with Brooke Kennedy).

He continued in the same capacity for the sixth and final season in 2004, writing four episodes (the sixth season's premiere "More Monsters", "The Hunter, Hunted", "The Greatest Detective", and "In the Family Way") and directing "The Other "L" Word", as well as writing and directing the series finale, "Goodbye to Camelot".

Following the conclusion of Third Watch, Bernero became an executive producer for the CBS drama series Criminal Minds in 2005.

At the same time, he directed the series finale "Death by a Thousand Cuts" for the spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, which ended with a cliffhanger.

The show was about the National Capital Response Squad, a unit of the FBI composed of elite experts in different areas who travel around the world responding to events that concern American interest, and starred Third Watch alumnus Eddie Cibrian along with Cole Hauser, Gina Torres, Teri Polo, & Matthew Yang King.

When Bernero departed at the end of season two, most of the series' regular characters had been written out of the show or simply did not return.