Matt Tarses

Writer-producer Matt Tarses is best known for his work on the comedies "Scrubs" and "Sports Night." In 1998 he began working on the latter, serving as co-producer and writing nine episodes from 1998 to 2000. He wrote two episodes of the sitcom "Norm" before beginning work on the long-running sitcom "Scrubs." He wrote eight episodes of the series and was co-executive producer for 80 episodes from 2001 to 2005. In 2003 he wrote the screenplay for the film "A Guy Thing" and a year later produced the TV film "Americana," directed by David Schwimmer. In 2006 he wrote and produced an episode of the series "Teachers" and two years later he wrote and executive produced the series "Worst Week." He has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the first season of "Scrubs" and has won two Humanitas Prizes, one for "Scrubs" and another for an episode of "Sports Night."

Works

Bad Monkey

A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.

Release Date:2024-08-13

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:133

Alex, Inc.

A brilliant radio journalist, husband, and father of two is about to do something crazy — quit his job and start his own company. He quickly discovers it’s going to be a lot harder than he thought.

Release Date:2018-03-28

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:25

The Goldbergs

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.

Release Date:2013-09-24

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:334

Mad Love

Kate, Connie, Larry, and Ben are New Yorker thirty somethings searching for love in the city. When Kate and Ben meet and fall for each other, their friends remain cynical about the relationship.

Release Date:2011-02-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:35

Worst Week

Sam Briggs is an entertainment magazine editor who will do anything to please his girlfriend's parents...but instead becomes a one-man wrecking crew whenever he's around them. Sam and his girlfriend, Melanie Clayton, have only one hurdle left to clear as they start their life together: breaking the news to Mel's conservative parents that they have a wedding in the works and a baby on the way.

Release Date:2008-09-22

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:20

Teachers

Teachers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC. The show ran for six episodes until its cancellation on May 2, 2006. Loosely based upon a UK series of the same name, it was developed by Matt Tarses, co-executive producer of the medical comedy Scrubs.

Release Date:2006-03-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

A single-camera comedy set on a college campus, centering on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:1

Assisted Living

Department:Creator

Job:Creator