In 2009, he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic comedy for an episode of "Ugly Betty" called "Crush'd․"
Was nominated for a 2009 Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for an episode of "Ugly Betty․"
Graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego
Quote: "[on "Ugly Betty"] "One of the hard things is because the show is about Betty, you want to get her viewpoint on all the stories and not just have three or four separate stories going on․""
Quote: "[on "Ugly Betty"] "We love Betty most when she's an underdog and when she's vulnerable․ That's when she's most relatable․ When people hate her, we like her more so we have to keep some people disliking her․""
Best known for his contributions to "Will & Grace," he started as a writer for the show, then moved up to executive producer and even appeared in one of the episodes, "One Gay at a Time," as Mitchell
Signed a two-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios in 2010
Some of his most successful television shows have been written and produced in collaboration with Tracy Poust