Dennis Leoni is the creator and executive producer of the Showtime dramatic series Resurrection Blvd. He also shares writing credits for various episodes of the series. Leoni was born in Tucson, Arizona. After attending the University of Arizona, Leoni began his career in the film and television industry as an actor and stunt man. Later, he worked his way into production via the hit television series Hawaii Five-O. While in Hawaii, he wrote his first screenplay, which led to various writing assignments for several popular television series including Covington Cross and The Commish. In addition to Resurrection Blvd. Leoni's television and film credits include Almost a Woman, Untombed, McKenna, Raven, Hull Street High, Bordertown, The Madness of Hanna Louise, and The Hunted White House. He has received numerous awards including the 2001 National Council of La Raza Alma Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series, the Nosotros Golden Eagle Award, the LEMI Vision Award, and the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award. Leoni was also the recipient of the Imagen Foundation's 2002 Norman Lear Writer's Award which honors the outstanding achievements of a Latino writer. He has served on the Board of Trustees for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, a national membership organization that addresses the professional needs of Latino/Latina independent producers.

Resurrection Blvd. was the first weekly one-hour dramatic series to predominately feature Latinos both in front of and behind the camera. Premium cable network Showtime premiered the series on Monday, June 26, 2000 at 10pm and it aired for three seasons until its cancellation in September 2002.

Resurrection Blvd. was a family drama focusing on the Santiagos, a Mexican American boxing family living in East Los Angeles. The family consisted of patriarch, Roberto Santiago (Tony Plana), a widower and former boxer; Yolanda (Ruth Livier), the eldest daughter who attended USC Law School; Miguel (Mauricio Mendoza), the eldest son who trained boxers at his father's gym; Carlos (Michael DeLorenzo), the middleweight champion; Alex (Nicholas Gonzalez), the medical student turned boxer; Victoria (Marisol Nichols), a high school student; Ruben, the uncle and Vietnam veteran and Bibi (Elizabeth Peña), Roberto's sister-in-law.

The series was filmed on location in East Los Angeles with interiors shot at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood. It was produced as a joint venture of Showtime Networks Inc., Viacom Productions, and Patagonia House.