After working on
...aber nicht mit meiner Braut - Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) as a
set designer Tina moved to Los Angeles and started in the mail room at
20th Century Fox. Shortly after, she started working for David E.
Kelley on such shows as
L.A. Law: Staranwälte, Tricks, Prozesse (1986),
Picket Fences: Tatort Gartenzaun (1992) and
Chicago Hope: Endstation Hoffnung (1994). From there, she became a producer on
J.A.G. - Im Auftrag der Ehre (1995) where she met and then married
actor Patrick Labyorteaux. When the
opportunity arose to work on a show that was set in her hometown of
Las Vegas, she signed on to
CSI: Vegas (2000).
In 2001, Tina and Patrick had their son, Jeau.
After a career in drama, she refocused her interests towards comedy.
She created, executive produced and wrote the first ever Nick at Nite original comedy series, See Dad Run (2012) starring Scott Baio. See Dad Run (2012) ran for 3 seasons/55 episodes.