Bruce Lewis Helford (born January 28, 1952) is an American television writer and producer.New York Times
Career Helford was the co-creator of The Drew Carey Show. He served as executive producer of the series for its entire run, from 1995 to 2004. Helford also served as executive producer and writer for Roseanne during season five of the series (1992–1993). He also created or co-created the series The Norm Show, Wanda at Large, Freddie, George Lopez, Nikki, and Bless This House.
In 1991, Helford launched Mohawk Productions to produce shows created or executive produced by him. Mohawk is famous for its logo, consisting of an ultrasound baby, who happens to be Bruce Helford's son, Aven Helford. Mohawk is affiliated with Warner Bros. Television. Anger Management starring Charlie Sheen premiered in 2012 on cable channel FX. In 2016, Helford co-created the CBS sitcom Kevin Can Wait and served as the series' showrunner for the first thirteen episodes before leaving the show that November due to creative differences. Most recently, he was showrunner and one of several executive producers of the revived tenth season of Roseanne and co-creator and executive producer of the spin-off series The Conners.
Filmography Television YearTitleContributionNotes1985–1989Family TiesWriterWriter of 5 episodes1987–1988The Bronx ZooWriter/Producer1991Anything But LoveWriter1992–1993 2018RoseanneWriter/ProducerExecutive Producer of 34 episodes Writer of 1 episode1994Someone Like MeCreator1995–1996Bless This HouseCreatorCreator/Executive Producer of 16 episodes Writer of 2 episodes1995–2004The Drew Carey ShowWriter/Creator/ProducerCreator/Executive Producer of 233 episodes Writer of 6 episodes1999–2001NormWriter/Creator2000–2002NikkiWriter/Creator/ProducerCreator/Executive Producer of 41 episodes Writer of 1 episode2001–2002The OblongsProducerExecutive Producer of 13 episodes 2002–2007George LopezWriter/Creator/ProducerCreator/Executive Producer of 120 episodes Writer of 3 episodes2003Wanda at LargeCreator/Producer2005–2006FreddieWriter/Creator/Producer2012–2014Anger ManagementWriter/Creator/ProducerCreator/Executive Producer of 100 episodes Writer of 4 episodes Story/Teleplay of 1 episode2016Kevin Can WaitWriter/Creator/ProducerCreatorExecutive Producer of 13 episodes2018–2025The ConnersWriter/Developer/ProducerDeveloper/Executive Producer 2022–2025Lopez vs LopezWriter/Co-Showrunner/Executive ProducerExecutive Producer
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