Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips departs

'24' exec producer Chip Johannessen will take over
By Nellie Andreeva
Dec 14, 2009

Talk about leaving on a high note.

The ratings record-breaking "Dexter" finale Sunday, which capped the Showtime drama's highest-rated season, also marked the last episode for the show's executive producer/showrunner Clyde Phillips, who is departing the series.

"24" co-executive producer Chip Johannessen has been tapped to succeed Phillips at the helm of "Dexter," which is in the middle of a two-season pickup.



Phillips, who joined "Dexter" after the pilot, is leaving to spend more time with his family in Connecticut.

He said it was a "hugely difficult decision" and, driving home Sunday night in New York from a viewing party for the Season 4 finale of "Dexter," he added, "I had complicated feelings about it."

"I lived with the people on the show for four years that were the high point of my career," Phillips said. "But I was missing out on my family."

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