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Michael Rowe(I)

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Michael Rowe
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Mike, as a teenager, started as a stand up comic in New York City where he performed at such notable clubs as The Improv, The Comedy Cellar and Caroline's. From there he landed a job writing jokes for SNL's Weekend Update and sketches for shows on MTV, A&E and Comedy Central.

This soon brought him to Hollywood where he wrote on a comedy sketch show starring Martin Short. This led to his sitcom writing career where he wrote and produced shows for such stars as George Clooney, Ted Danson and with Eddie Murphy on his animated show, "The PJ's". This launched his animation career as a writer and producer on such series as "Family Guy" and "Futurama."

Along the way he was awarded 5 Emmy nominations (with 1 win), 2 Annine Awards (with 1 win) and a WGA Award for his Futurama episode, "Game of Tones." Mike was also co-exectuive producer on Comedy Central's animated series "Brickleberry" and a contributing writer on Danny McBride's animated series CHOZEN on FX. In 2013 he wrote and produced a documentary on The Improv comedy club. It starred many of the comics Mike started with like; Larry David, Ray Romano and Sarah Silverman.

Mike still finds time to write The Comedy Central Roasts every year and he's a contributor to Vanity Fair magazine.
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 8 nominations total

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Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Lauren Tom, and Billy West in Futurama (1999)
Futurama
8.5
TV Series
  • Writer
Paranormal Action Squad (2016)
Paranormal Action Squad
5.7
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
Family Guy
8.2
TV Series
  • Writer
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
7.5
  • Producer
  • 2005

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  • John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, and Robb Wells in Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (2019)
    Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020
  • Paradise PD (2018)
    Paradise PD
    • creative consultant
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2020
  • Paranormal Action Squad (2016)
    Paranormal Action Squad
    • created by
    • written by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Zach Lipovsky, Steve Marmel, Peter Benson, Raymond Cham Jr., Toby Hargrave, Sandra Linz, Pippa Mackie, Nathaniel J. Potvin, Pearce Joza, Kamran Lucas, Bill Pozzobon, Joe Tuliao, and Charlotte Kavanagh in Mech-X4 (2016)
    Mech-X4
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Comedy Central Roasts (2003)
    Comedy Central Roasts
    • additional material
    • writer
    • contributing writer
    • TV Series
    • 2006–2016
  • Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)
    2 Broke Girls
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Chozen (2014)
    Chozen
    • written by (as Mike Rowe)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Brickleberry (2012)
    Brickleberry
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Lauren Tom, and Billy West in Futurama (1999)
    Futurama
    • written by
    • teleplay by
    • TV Series
    • 2003–2013
  • Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, and Billy West in Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
    Futurama: Bender's Game
    • teleplay by (part 3)
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Where My Dogs at? (2006)
    Where My Dogs at?
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
    • writer
    • staff writer
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2006
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002)
    The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
    • writer
    • staff writer
    • TV Series
    • 2003–2004
  • Terry Farrell, Ted Danson, Alex Désert, Shawnee Smith, and Hattie Winston in Becker (1998)
    Becker
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2002–2003

Producer

  • John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, and Robb Wells in Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (2019)
    Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020
  • Paranormal Action Squad (2016)
    Paranormal Action Squad
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Zach Lipovsky, Steve Marmel, Peter Benson, Raymond Cham Jr., Toby Hargrave, Sandra Linz, Pippa Mackie, Nathaniel J. Potvin, Pearce Joza, Kamran Lucas, Bill Pozzobon, Joe Tuliao, and Charlotte Kavanagh in Mech-X4 (2016)
    Mech-X4
    • consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)
    2 Broke Girls
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2015
  • The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall (2013)
    The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2013
  • Brickleberry (2012)
    Brickleberry
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Lauren Tom, and Billy West in Futurama (1999)
    Futurama
    • co-executive producer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2002–2013
  • Ugly Americans (2010)
    Ugly Americans
    • consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, and Billy West in Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
    Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
    • co-executive producer
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, and Billy West in Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
    Futurama: Bender's Game
    • co-executive producer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Katey Sagal, David Cross, John DiMaggio, Lauren Tom, and Billy West in Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008)
    Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
    • co-executive producer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, and Billy West in Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
    Futurama: Bender's Big Score
    • supervising producer
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Where My Dogs at? (2006)
    Where My Dogs at?
    • consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • supervising producer
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2006
  • Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
    Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
    • supervising producer
    • 2005

Additional Crew

  • Fran Drescher in The Nanny (1993)
    The Nanny
    • story editor
    • TV Series
    • 1993–1994

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    Audio commentary: Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) (with Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Claudia Katz, Peter Avanzino and Lee Supercinski)
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