After working on 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 (1986), Picket Fences (1992) and Chicago Hope (1994). From there, she became a producer on JAG (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: Crime Scene Investigation (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.