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'''Michael Louis "Mike" Reiss''' (born September 15, 1959) is an American comedy writer. He currently serves as a producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and previously served as a writer, co-producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, executive producer, and consultuing producer. He served as the showrunner, along with [[Al Jean]], from [[season 2]] to [[season 3]].
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'''Michael Louis "Mike" Reiss''' (born September 15, 1959) is an American comedy writer. He served as a producer, writer, co-producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, executive producer, and consulting producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He served as the showrunner, along with [[Al Jean]], from [[season 3]] to [[season 4]].
  
 
He was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]'' and wrote the book ''[[Springfield Confidential]]'' with [[Mathew Klickstein]].
 
He was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]'' and wrote the book ''[[Springfield Confidential]]'' with [[Mathew Klickstein]].
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Awards}}: Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award}} for Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production}}
 
{{TB|[[1997]]<ref name="Annie1997">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110808193725/http://annieawards.org/25thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
 
{{TB|[[1997]]<ref name="Annie1997">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110808193725/http://annieawards.org/25thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
 
{{TB|"[[The Springfield Files]]"}}
 
{{TB|"[[The Springfield Files]]"}}
 
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Awards}}: Writing in an Animated Feature Production}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production|Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production}}}}
 
{{TB|[[2007]]<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
 
{{TB|[[2007]]<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
 
{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}}
 
{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}}
 
{{TB|Nominated}}
 
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{{TRs|[[1990]]<ref name="Emmy42Anim">[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"]</ref>|2}}
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{{TB|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1991]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1992]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Radio Bart]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1995]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2001]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2002]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[She of Little Faith]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series}}}}
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{{TB|[[2009]]<ref name="WGA2009">[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2009/1/?ref_=ev_eh IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2009 Awards"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|N/A}}
 
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== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
 
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=== For The Simpsons ===
 
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== References ==
 
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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
 
[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]

Latest revision as of 15:07, November 24, 2025

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Mike Reiss (character).


Mike Reiss
Reiss.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Writer
Producer
Birth date: September 15, 1959 (1959-09-15) (age 66)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 708
Seasons active: Season 1 - 9, 12 - 37
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Sashes to Sashes"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
First album: The Simpsons Sing the Blues
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify



Michael Louis "Mike" Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American comedy writer. He served as a producer, writer, co-producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, executive producer, and consulting producer for The Simpsons. He served as the showrunner, along with Al Jean, from season 3 to season 4.

He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! and wrote the book Springfield Confidential with Mathew Klickstein.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production 1997[1] "The Springfield Files" Won
Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2007[2] The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1990[3] "Life on the Fast Lane" Won
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Nominated
1991[4] "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Won
1992[5] "Radio Bart" Nominated
1995[6] "Lisa's Wedding" Won
1996[7] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated
2001[8] "HOMЯ" Won
2002[9] "She of Little Faith" Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series 2009[10] N/A

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Story by[edit]

Screenplay by[edit]

Co-producer[edit]

Supervising producer[edit]

Co-executive producer[edit]

Executive producer[edit]

Consulting producer[edit]

Producer[edit]

Acknowledgment - Writing contribution[edit]

Acknowledgment - Contribution[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

Parody lyrics by[edit]

Interviewee[edit]

Writer[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  2. ↑ The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  3. ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"
  5. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"
  6. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"
  7. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
  8. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"
  9. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"
  10. ↑ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2009 Awards"


See also[edit]

External links[edit]


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