James L. Brooks
Television

James L. Brooks

Section Title: Television
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Year	Series	Position	Notes

1965	Men in Crisis	Producer Writer	episode: "Halsey vs Yamamoto" episode: "Kennedy vs Khrushchev"

October Madness: The World Series	Writer	TV movie documentary

1965–1966	Time-Life Specials: The March of Time	Writer	"And Away We Go" "The Odyssey of the Automobile" "The Enterprise in Action"

1966	My Mother the Car	Writer	episode 1.26: "It Might as Well be Spring as Not" episode 1.28: "The Blabbermouth"

1966–1967	That Girl	Writer	episode 1.16: "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid" episode 1.21: "Rain, Snow, and Rice" episode 2.1: "Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman" Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy

1967	Hey, Landlord	Writer	episode 1.24: "Sharin' Sharon"

Accidental Family	Writer Story editor	episode 1.2: "Hot Kid in a Cold Town"

1968	The Andy Griffith Show	Writer	episode 8.17: "The Mayberry Chef" episode 8.18: "Emmett's Brother-in-Law"

My Three Sons	Writer	episode 8.27: "The Perfect Separation"

The Doris Day Show	Writer	episode 1.11: "The Job"

Good Morning, World	Writer	episode 1.21: "Pot Luckless"

Mayberry R.F.D.	Writer	episode 1.7: "Youth Takes Over"

1969	My Friend Tony	Writer Story editor	episode 1.7: "Encounter"

1969–1974	Room 222	Creator Writer	113 episodes

1970–1977	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Creator Executive producer Producer Script consultant Writer	168 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (1975–1977) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (1971, 1977) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (1971–1974) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (1973) Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy (1973, 1978)

1973	Going Places	Writer	TV short

1974	Thursday's Game	Producer Writer	Television film

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers	Creator Writer	15 episodes

1974–1978	Rhoda	Actor Creator Executive producer Producer Writer	110 episodes appears uncredited as "Subway Passenger" in episode 1.9: "Rhoda's Wedding: Part 2" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (1975) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (1975, for episode: "Rhoda's Wedding")

1975–1977	Phyllis	Creator	48 episodes

1976	Saturday Night Live	Actor	as Paul Reynold in episode 1.9: "Elliot Gould/Anne Murray"

1977–1982	Lou Grant	Creator Executive consultant Executive producer Writer	114 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series (1978)

1978	Cindy	Creative consultant Producer Writer	TV movie

1978–1983	Taxi	Creator Executive creative consultant Executive producer Writer	114 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (1979–1981)

1979–1980	The Associates	Creator Executive producer	13 episodes

1980	Carlton Your Doorman	Writer	TV short

1987–1990	The Tracey Ullman Show	Executive producer Writer	80 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1990) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series (1989) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series (1987–1988, 1990) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special (for episode: The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show, 1990) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1987–1989)

1989–present	The Simpsons	Actor Creative consultant Executive producer Producer Writer	appeared as himself in episode 14.13: "A Star Is Born Again" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (1990–1991, 1995, 1997–1998, 2000–2001, 2003, 2006, 2008) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (1990, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004–2005, 2007, 2009–2013)

1991–1992	Sibs	Executive producer

1993	Phenom	Executive producer	22 episodes

1994–1995	The Critic	Executive creative consultant Executive producer	7 episodes

2001	What About Joan	Producer	21 episodes

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Brooks wrote for several shows before being hired as a story editor on, My Friend Tony and later created the series, Room 222.

final_sentence: Brooks wrote for several shows before being hired as a story editor on, My Friend Tony and later created the series, Room 222.