Michael L. Reiss (/riːs/ REESS; born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer. He served as a showrunner, writer, and producer for...

Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss. Together, they worked as writers and producers on television shows such...

voiced by Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on seasons 3 and...

Season (2001) [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. Groening, Matt; Jean, Reiss; Moore, Rich; Reiss, Mike; Vitti, Jon. (2002). Commentary for "Lisa's Substitute", in...

United States on February 11, 1990. The episode was written by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, and was directed by Wes Archer. Ron Taylor guest stars in the episode...

Weinstein and Matt Groening, but it is one of the least favorites of Mike Reiss. Mr. Burns is moved by a human-interest story on the local news of Frank...

the best birthday present ever. The episode was written by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, and directed by Rich Moore. Michael Jackson guest-starred as Leon Kompowsky...

physical appearance of Mike Reiss, a longtime writer and producer on the show. The episode features cultural references to Mike Nichols's film The Graduate...

"There's No Disgrace Like Home" Gregg Vanzo & Kent Butterworth Al Jean & Mike Reiss January 28, 1990 (1990-01-28) 7G04 20.2 5 5 "Bart the General" David Silverman...

based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss – and was the first episode directed by Steven Dean Moore. Jean and Reiss, who were previously the series'...

from the 1995 film Crimson Tide. This was the last episode Al Jean and Mike Reiss executive produced together, although Jean became showrunner again in...

the main character on the show. The Critic was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously written for The Simpsons but left following the fourth...

decides to part with her pony. The episode was written by Al Jean and Mike Reiss and directed by Carlos Baeza. Lunchlady Doris, a recurring character on...

voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners (seasons 3 and 4)...

1992. The showrunners for the third production season were Al Jean and Mike Reiss who executive produced 22 episodes for the season, while two other episodes...

to power a giant robotic laborer. The episode was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jeff Martin, George Meyer, Sam Simon and John Swartzwelder while Jim...

and written and executive produced by Al Jean and Mike Reiss. It was the last episode for which Reiss received a writing credit. In 2014, Jean selected...

in the United States on February 25, 1990. It was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon and Matt Groening, and directed by Rich Moore. In the episode...

references to the series. The story came from former showrunners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who returned to produce this episode while under contract with The Walt...

Al Jean and Mike Reiss and was the first episode Jean wrote by himself, as all of his previous writing credits had been shared with Reiss. It was directed...

that it is Homer she really wants. The episode was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, and Sam Simon, and directed by David Silverman. It was the first flashback...

first appeared in the season one episode "The Telltale Head". Al Jean and Mike Reiss claim that while creating the character, the writers decided they would...

In 2011, he connected with ESPN reporter Mike Reiss, who then served as a mentor to Yates. Yates helped Reiss with his coverage of the Patriots during...

the episode "There's No Disgrace Like Home" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. Reiss, Mike (2001). The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "There's...

get a Master of Fine Arts - Directing. After being invited to work for Mike Reiss and Al Jean, Brady went on to write and produce episodes of The Critic...

first time at this point", Vitti quipped. Producer and former showrunner Mike Reiss has stated that he thoroughly enjoyed working on "Weekend at Burnsie's"...

5. Fox. Castellaneta, Dan; Groening, Matt; Kirkland, Mark; Jean, Al; Reiss, Mike; Silverman, David; Vitti, Jon. The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season...

with real Major League Baseball players. Executive producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss doubted that they would be able to get nine players, thinking they would...

explanation. He first pitched this episode at a story retreat to Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who said the episode was a little crazy and thought he should try some...

producer credit despite not having worked on the show since. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had written for The Simpsons since the start of the show, took over...