Tim McAuliffe

Tim McAuliffe (born September 18) is a Canadian comedy writer, television producer and occasional actor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, known for his work on The Last Man On Earth, The Office, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Up All Night, Corner Gas, This Hour Has 22 Minutes,[1] and creating the TV series Happy Together (CBS), and Satisfaction (CTV).

Tim McAuliffe
BornSeptember 18
Montreal, Quebec
OccupationComedy writer, television producer, actor

Career

Tim is currently the creator/executive producer/showrunner of the CBS TV sitcom, Happy Together (starring Damon Wayans Jr., Amber Stevens-West, Felix Mallard, and Chris Parnell). The show is based on the life of Harry Styles (lead singer of One Direction) and Ben Winston (Executive Producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden), both of whom are producers. Previously he was the Showrunner / Executive Producer of the FOX comedy, The Last Man On Earth (starring Will Forte, Mary Steenburgen, January Jones, and Kristen Schaal). Tim's past credits include: writer/producer on the Emmy-winning, long-running NBC show, The Office (starring John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, and Rainn Wilson), writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, writer for NBC's Maya & Marty (starring Maya Rudolph and Martin Short), writer/producer for CBS TVs Bad Teacher, writer/producer on NBC's Up All Night (starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett, and produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels).

Tim also recently created, wrote and executive produced Fantasy Life, a pilot for FOX Broadcasting Corporation starring Kevin Connoly (Entourage), Jamie-Lynn Siegler (Sopranos), Vanessa Williams, Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski (New England Patriots), Russell Wilson (Seattle Seahawks), and various members of the Fox Football TV Crew. It was based on The New York Times Best Selling Book, Fantasy Life by ESPN host Matthew Berry, who also served as Executive Producer.

In Canada, he was showrunner/executive producer/writer on CBC TV's long-running (24 years) This Hour Has 22 Minutes, a writer for English Canada's most successful sitcom of all time, CTV's Corner Gas, and the creator/executive producer/showrunner of CTV's Satisfaction.  He has also written a series of live gala performances at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.  He also co-created, wrote and executive produced with co-creator Howie Mandel (America's Got Talent, Deal or No Deal) an autobiographical sitcom which was produced by Global TV in Canada, starring Howie Mandel and his son, Alex Mandel.  He has won two Writers Guild of Canada Awards.

Filmography
As writer
As actor
  • Mistress Shopping (2004) as Steve Sandusky
  • Branding Mupatu (2004) as Steve Sandusky
  • Stars on Trial (2005) as Rusty Waters
  • Famous Fallouts (2005) as Dan Snyder
  • 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards (2006) as Mark 'The PA'
  • Overrated in '06 (2006) as Lord Balthazar Sandusky

Awards and nominations

McAuliffe has received peer and industry recognition for his work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

  • 2008, won Writers Guild of Canada WGC Award Variety award for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  • 2008, nominated for Writers Guild of Canada WGC Award Variety award for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  • 2008, nominated for Gemini Award "Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series" for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  • 2011, nominated for Gemini Award for "Best Comedy Program or Series" for This Hour Has 22 Minutes

References
  1. "Corner Gas Online :: Press". Cornergas.com. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
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