Mark Roberts is an American screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

, producer

Television producer

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, playwright

Playwright

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, actor

Actor

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, and comedian

Comedian

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, best known for creating the American sitcom Mike & Molly

Mike & Molly

Mike & Molly is an American sitcom created by Mark Roberts, which premiered on CBS on September 20, 2010. The series stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as the title characters.-Premise:...

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Career

He appeared on The Tonight Show

The Tonight Show

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seven times as a stand-up comic between the years of 1992–1995 and that led to guest starring roles on numerous television

Television

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 series and films, among them Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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, Friends

Friends

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, The Practice

The Practice

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, The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show

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, and Bulletproof

Bulletproof

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He was also a series regular on the television comedy

Comedy

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 The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth

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His plays Where the Great Ones Run, Parasite Drag, and Rantoul and Die

Rantoul and Die

-Background:Roberts grew up in Urbana, Illinois, about ten miles from Rantoul which serves as the play's setting. When writing the play, Roberts noted that "in the early nineties, Chanute Air Force Base closed down, sending the local economy into a tailspin. Businesses closed and area residents...

have been published by Dramatists Play Service

Dramatists Play Service

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 and produced in various theaters in the United States

United States

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He is currently the creator

Creator

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 and executive producer

Executive producer

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 of Mike & Molly which premiered September 20, 2010 on CBS

CBS

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. Mike & Molly was the highest-rated new comedy of the 2010 season.

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