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

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

Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on seasons 3 and 4 of The Simpsons...

The Menu is a 2022 American black comedy film directed by Mark Mylod and written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of...

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...

sensibilities of the mass media." Simpsons writer Mike Reiss called Downey "patient zero" of Lampoon comedy writers. Downey ultimately worked on 27 of the...

journalist, writer, literary editor, actor John Reed – American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, author of Ten Days That Shook the World Mike Reiss — American...

John Joseph Swartzwelder Jr. (born February 8, 1949) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series...

therefore wrote several episodes revolving around them. Executive producer Mike Reiss said on the audio commentary for Stern's season two episode "Principal...

February 27, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons. Oakley and Josh Weinstein...

non-fiction book by American comedy writer Mike Reiss with Mathew Klickstein, with a foreword by Judd Apatow. The book is a memoir of Reiss's career, principally...

Dozen and One Greyhounds", which was based on an idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss. "Lisa on Ice" was inspired by Scully's love of ice hockey and featured...

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

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...

The 76th Writers Guild of America Awards was held on April 14, 2024, to honor the best writing in film, television and radio of 2023. The nominees were...

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...

abolitionist and orator, Room 24 Josiah Quincy Jr., politician, Room 7 Mike Reiss, television writer and producer, Room 20 William E. Russell, politician, Room 7...

comedy series, Maron, for which he also served as executive producer and an occasional writer. From 2017 to 2019, he co-starred in the Netflix comedy...

The 75th Writers Guild of America Awards were held on March 5, 2023, to honor the best writing in film, television and radio of 2022. The nominees for...

many writers the show employed, was the first credited professional television writing gig for Conan O'Brien, Greg Daniels, Al Jean and Mike Reiss. The...

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...

one episode "The Telltale Head". Al Jean and Mike Reiss claim that while creating the character, the writers decided they would not make him ethnic, as...

executive produced by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had also run the previous season. Several of the show's original writers who had been with the show since...

at The Simpsons he became an atheist, taking the advice of fellow writer Mike Reiss. He is gambler, collector of space program memorabilia and practices...

University, where he was president of the Harvard Lampoon along with Mike Reiss. He was also very close with Conan O'Brien while at Harvard. Prior to...

Animated Program. Simpsons showrunner Mike Reiss remembered Mula as a quiet man who spoke little in the writers' room but was brilliant when he did. He...

the episode "'Round Springfield", based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss. Other credits include Murphy Brown, That '70s Show, and The Critic. In...

M*A*S*H (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American war comedy drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972, to February...

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...

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...