Max Pross (Writer)

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"

When Maggie Simpson is rescued by a cute young baby from playground peril, it's girl meets boy, girl loses boy, guess what happens next?

Release Date: 2020-02-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 354

Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite is an American animated sitcom based on the 2004 cult film of the same name. The series was created by Jared and Jerusha Hess and developed by the Hesses and Mike Scully. The series follows the adventures of Napoleon Dynamite in the small town of Preston, Idaho. The Hesses came up with the idea for the series after filming Napoleon Dynamite. It originally ran on Fox from January 15, 2012, to March 4, 2012, before being cancelled.

Release Date: 2012-01-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 22

Presidential Reunion

In this Funny or Die short, Barack Obama has the opportunity to meet all the former U.S. presidents from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush, dead or alive, who'll help him to figure out America's current politics and problems while talking about political issues from the past. But maybe they aren't the best choices to help him out.

Release Date: 2010-03-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 17

Complete Savages

As a single father of five teenage boys, Nick Savage faces the daunting challenge of trying to control the mayhem. A career firefighter, he finds running into a burning building a relaxing break from his parental duties.

Release Date: 2004-09-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 21

The Pitts

The Pitts is a short-lived FOX sitcom that aired 7 half-hour episodes between March and April 2003. It is about a family and their bad luck. It was a satire on typical American sitcoms with over-the-top sight gags.

Release Date: 2003-03-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Monk

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

Release Date: 2002-07-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1135

Futurama

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.

Release Date: 1999-03-28

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 124

Vote Count: 3416

The Critic

The Critic is an American prime time animated series created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on The Simpsons. The show follows the life of a 36-year-old film critic from New York named Jay Sherman, voiced by Jon Lovitz. 23 episodes were produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994 and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995.

Release Date: 1994-01-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 111

Great Scott!

Young Tobey Maguire plays a high-school Walter Mitty, fantasizing his way through freshman year.

Release Date: 1992-10-04

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

Morton & Hayes

Morton & Hayes was a short-lived comedy television series, shown Wednesday nights at 8:30 on CBS. Only six episodes were shown, from July 24 to August 28, 1991. This series was centered around the "rediscovered" work of a fictitious comedy duo.

Release Date: 1991-07-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 2

The Simpsons

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Release Date: 1989-12-17

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 532

Vote Count: 10184

Seinfeld

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

Release Date: 1989-07-05

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 180

Vote Count: 2107

The Wonder Years

The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.

Release Date: 1988-01-31

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1020

It's Garry Shandling's Show

Garry Shandling stars as himself, a neurotic, sardonic stand-up comedian who just happens to be aware he is a sitcom character. Garry spends just as much time interacting with the studio audience as he does the regular cast members, performing monologues and show-closing summations of the episode's events. However, everyone knows they're on TV, not just Garry; and the audience (itself a character) is often involved in the storyline.

Release Date: 1986-09-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 16

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.

Release Date: 1986-01-14

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 15

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produced by Lorne Michaels and featured some original cast members of the show.

Release Date: 1981-11-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 3

Paloni Pitch Presentation

This was a pitch presentation that I made on spec in order to convince FOX that “The Paloni Family” would be the ideal late night show for their saturday night block. It was 2009, and they had just cancelled Mad TV and there was a perfect little slice of heaven that I was hoping to turn into my playground. I brought this in, and was able to sell them on it. We started moving forward with this as late night for a few weeks, when suddenly, BOOM. The president of FOX (Kevin Reilly) shifted gears on the animated idea for that Saturday night slot. He still loved this project, and decided that it was strong enough/ interesting enough to be developed for prime time. So that’s what we did. And the original idea began to buckle once subjected to the scrutiny of the prime time development process. The Paloni “packaging” was supposed to be a really simple narrative that took up at most 25% of the total episode. Instead we ended up writing a pilot script that was about 9...

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.

Release Date: 1982-02-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1377

Vote Count: 52