Matthew Carlson is an American

United States

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 television producer

Television producer

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 and writer.

He is best known for his work on the series Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...

and The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

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. He was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Award

Primetime Emmy Award

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s for his work on the latter series.

Carlson's other television credits include Townies

Townies

Townies is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September to December 1996. Created by Matthew Carlson, the series stars Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman and Lauren Graham.-Synopsis:...

, God, the Devil and Bob

God, the Devil and Bob

God, the Devil and Bob is an animated sitcom which premiered on NBC on March 9, 2000 and ended on March 28, 2000, leaving nine episodes unaired. It was created by Matthew Carlson. It is currently broadcast on the Philippine channel Maxxx. The entire series was released on Region 1 DVD in the...

, Camp Wilder

Camp Wilder

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(creating the aforementioned series), The Boys Are Back, Men Behaving Badly

Men Behaving Badly (U.S. TV series)

Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996 to 1997. It was based on the earlier British sitcom of the same name....

, Big Day

Big Day

Big Day, originally titled A Day in the Life, is an American situation comedy that first aired on ABC from November 28, 2006 to January 30, 2007. The series was co-produced by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and directed by Michael Spiller for Sony Pictures Television...

, Samantha Who?

Samantha Who?

Samantha Who? is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from October 15, 2007 to July 23, 2009. The series was created by Cecelia Ahern and Don Todd, who also served as producers...

, Sons of Tucson

Sons of Tucson

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and currently Mr. Sunshine.

Carlson also wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film Wagons East! starring John Candy

John Candy

John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle...

 and Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis (comedian)

-Early life:Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York City and was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His father worked as a caterer and his mother was an actress. Lewis is Jewish. He later attended Ohio State University and was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity....

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