I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.

Levitan has also won a CableACE Award and a Writers Guild nomination for The Larry Sanders Show. Career
Levitan worked as a WKOW-TV on-air news reporter and morning anchorman in Madison Wisconsin; and as a copywriter at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago. Steven moved to Hollywood in 1989.

He has created such TV series as Just Shoot Me! Stark Raving Mad Stacked Back to You and Modern Family. Steven E. Levitan (born April 6 1962) is an American director screenwriter and producer of television comedies.