# James L. Brooks

**Section:** Television

| Year | Series | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Men in Crisis | Producer Writer | episode: "Halsey vs Yamamoto" episode: "Kennedy vs Khrushchev" |
| 1965 | 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" |
| 1967 | 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" |
| 1968 | My Three Sons | Writer | episode 8.27: "The Perfect Separation" |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show | Writer | episode 1.11: "The Job" |
| 1968 | Good Morning, World | Writer | episode 1.21: "Pot Luckless" |
| 1968 | 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 |
| 1974 | 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 |