Bruce Lewis Helford (born January 28, 1952) is an American television writer and producer.

Career

Helford was the co-creator of ''

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''. He served as

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of the series for its entire run, from 1995 to 2004. Helford also served as executive producer and

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for ''

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'' during season five of the series (1992–1993). He also created or co-created the series ''

The Norm Show ''The Norm Show'' is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from March 24, 1999, to April 6, 2001. Starting in September 1999, the show's title was shortened to ''Norm''. The series starred Norm Macdonald, who created the series with Br ...

'', ''

Wanda at Large ''Wanda at Large'' is an American sitcom starring Wanda Sykes; Sykes also created the series alongside Bruce Helford, Les Firestein, and Lance Crouther. The series aired for two seasons on Fox from March 26 to November 7, 2003. Synopsis Sykes st ...

'', '' Freddie'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Bless This House''. In 1991, Helford launched

Mohawk Productions Mohawk Productions is a television production company affiliated with television producer Bruce Helford. The company is famous for its logo, which consists of the Ultrasound Ultrasound is sound waves with frequency, frequencies higher ...

to produce shows created or executive produced by him. Mohawk is famous for its logo, consisting of an

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baby, who happens to be Bruce Helford's son, Aven Helford. Mohawk is affiliated with

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. ''

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'' starring

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premiered in 2012 on cable channel FX. In 2016, Helford co-created the

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sitcom ''

Kevin Can Wait ''Kevin Can Wait'' is an American television sitcom starring Kevin James that aired on CBS from September 19, 2016, to May 7, 2018. The series was created by James, Rock Reuben, and Bruce Helford, and marked James' second starring role in a CBS ...

'' and served as the series' showrunner for the first thirteen episodes before leaving the show that November due to creative differences. Most recently, he was

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and one of several executive producers of the revived tenth season of ''

'' and co-creator and executive producer of the spin-off series ''

The Conners ''The Conners'' is an American television sitcom created for ABC as a renamed direct continuation of the sequel to the series ''Roseanne''. The series is produced by Werner Entertainment, with Bruce Helford serving as showrunner and features ac ...

''.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Helford, Bruce American television producers American television writers American male television writers Living people 1952 births Showrunners