Rob Long is a television writer and producer who created the shows Sullivan & Son and Death Pact. He has executive produced over a dozen shows since the 1990s and was a story editor and producer for Cheers. He has also authored two books and writes a weekly radio commentary and newspaper columns. He co-founded the website Ricochet and holds a BA from Yale and is pursuing an MFA from UCLA.
1.
Rob
Long
WRITING
&
PRODUCING
TELEVISION
(produced
credits
only)
Creator,
Executive
Producer,
and
Showrunner
of
Sullivan
&
Son,
TBS
Network,
Warner
Horizon.
Premiered
in
2011,
now
in
its
4th
season.
Creator,
Executive
Producer
of
Death
Pact,
FX
Network,
FX
Studios.
Pilot.
2013.
Creator,
Executive
Producer
of
Do
It
Yourself,
TBS
Network,
Turner
Studios.
Pilot.
2013.
Executive
Producer
of
Waiting
to
Die,
CBS
Network,
Sony
Pictures
Television.
Pilot.
2009.
Co-‐Creator,
Executive
Producer
of
Full
Circle,
ABC
Network,
Touchstone
Studios.
Pilot.
2006.
Co-‐Creator,
Executive
Producer
of
Fell’s
Point,
CBS
Network,
Paramount
Studios.
2004.
Co-‐Creator,
Executive
Producer,
and
Showrunner
of
Men,
Women
&
Dogs,
WB
Network,
Paramount
Studios.
2000-‐2001.
Co-‐Creator,
Executive
Producer,
and
Showrunner
of
Love
&
Money,
CBS
Network,
Paramount
Studios.
1999-‐2000.
Co-‐Creator,
Executive
Producer,
and
Showrunner
of
George
&
Leo,
CBS
Network,
Paramount
Studios.
1996-‐1997.
Co-‐Creator,
Executive
Producer,
and
Showrunner
of
Good
Company,
CBS
Network,
Paramount
Studios.
1995-‐1996
Co-‐Creator,
Executive
Producer,
and
Showrunner
of
Pig
Sty,
UPN
Network,
Paramount
Studios,
1993-‐1995.
Story
Editor,
Producer,
Co-‐Executive
Producer
of
Cheers,
NBC
Network,
Paramount
Studios.
1990-‐1993.
PUBLICATIONS
2. Author
of
Conversations
with
My
Agent
(Faber
&
Faber,
1997)
&
Set
Up,
Joke,
Set
Up,
Joke
(Bloomsbury,
2006).
Both
have
been
re-‐issued
by
Bloomsbury
in
2014
in
a
single
volume.
Weekly
radio
commentary,
Martini
Shot,
broadcast
on
Los
Angeles
public
radio
station
KCRW
and
available
on
iTunes,
since
2004.
Contributing
editor
to
Newsweek
International
(2006-‐2009)
and
a
weekly
columnist
to
the
Abu
Dhabi
English-‐language
daily
newspaper,
The
National,
since
2008.
Contributing
Editor,
National
Review
(since
1993)
and
author
of
“The
Long
View”
column.
NEW
MEDIA
Co-‐Founder,
Ricochet.com
–
a
lively
and
social
conversation
site
on
the
web
from
a
center/right
perspective.
EDUCATION
Yale
College
1987
–
B.
A.
in
English
Literature.
Cum
Laude.
Distinction
in
the
Major.
UCLA
School
of
Film,
Theater,
and
Television
–
MFA
(Pending)
in
Screenwriting
References
available.