Michael J. Weithorn

Birth Name:

Michael J Weithorn

Birth Place:

Queens, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director

Won a Writers Guild of America Award in 1984 for his work on an episode of "Cheers․"
Graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1978 with a political science degree
Worked as a high school teacher before getting his first opportunity to write for television as a story editor for "Making the Grade․"
Quote: "Sitcoms are so slavishly the same in their rhythms and the jokes they do․ Networks turn everything into the same hamburger, and 90 percent or more [shows] fail․ Why not innovate?"
Best known as the creator and executive producer of "The King of Queens" and as a writer and supervising producer for "Family Ties․"

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