Michael J. Leeson

Michael Jon Leeson (1947 – July 27, 2016) was an American screenwriter.

Filmography Love, American Style (1972–1973) (TV) All in the Family (1973) (TV) The Partridge Family (1973–1974) (TV) The Odd Couple (1972–1974) (TV) Happy Days (1974) (TV) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975) (TV) Phyllis (1975–1976) (TV) Rhoda (1975–1976) (TV) Mixed Nuts (1977) (TV) Fast Lane Blues (1978) (TV) The Associates (1979) (TV) Taxi (1978–1980) (TV) Best of the West (1981) (TV) Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (with Monica Johnson, Harvey Miller and Jerry Belson) (1982) The Survivors (1983) When Your Lover Leaves (1983) (TV) The Tracey Ullman Show (1987) (TV) I Married Dora (1987–1988) (TV) The War of the Roses (1989) Grand (1990) (TV) Davis Rules (1992) (TV) The Cosby Show (1984–1992) (TV) I.Q. (with Andy Breckman) (1994) What Planet Are You From? (with Garry Shandling) (2000) The Tuxedo (2002) Twenty Good Years (2006) (TV) The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009) (TV)

Accolades Year Association Category Work Result1979 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series Taxi: "Blind Date" Humanitas Prize 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television Writers Guild of America Awards Episodic Comedy 1980 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series The Associates: "The First Day" 1981 Taxi: "Tony's Sister and Jim" 1982 Writers Guild of America Awards Episodic Comedy 1985 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series The Cosby Show: "Pilot" 1990 BMI Film & TV Awards Grand 1991 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Adapted Screenplay The War of the Roses