Robert Brush is an American writer-producer and composer, best known for his work as executive producer, writer and show runner of ABC's ''

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''. For ''The Wonder Years'' he received an Emmy for individual writing, the Peabody Award, and multiple

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s. He wrote, developed and produced the CBS hit series ''

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,'' and ABC's ''

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'', as well as adapting for television the novels ''The Prince of Tides'' and ''Scruples'' (miniseries).

Career

Brush began his career as a musical composer following his graduation from Yale, where he was Pitchpipe of the

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. In the 1970s he worked at ''

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'' and ''

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'', writing scripts and composing songs, among them the Good Morning Captain theme song. In 1981 he composed the score for the Broadway musical ''

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'', about baseball immortal

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, which ran for 70 performances at the

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. In 1986 he teamed with writer/producer

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on ''

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'', starring

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, and ''

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'' with

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. Beginning in 1988 he executive-produced and wrote ''

'' for its run of over 100 episodes, and followed with ''

,'' starring Kyle Chandler. Other projects include Raising Caines, 111 Gramercy Park, and No Ordinary Girl. Brush returned to New York to pursue his love of literature and is completing a series of novels. His first novel, ''The Piazza: Stories from Piazza Santa Caterina Piccola'', is currently available for pre-order and will be released August 1, 2022. Brush lives in Manhattan and Hudson, NY with his wife, actress and writer

Mel Harris Mary Ellen "Mel" Harris is an American actress best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman in the ABC drama series ''Thirtysomething'' (1987–1991), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 1990. Early life and education Har ...

.https://people.com/tv/thirtysomethings-mel-harris-talks-owning-her-6-marriages/, title=Thirtysomething's Mel Harris on Owning Her 6 Marriages: ‘Clearly I Believe in It Because I've Kept Trying', website=PEOPLE.com They have four children.

Writer

*''

'' (1988–93) *'' The Facts of Life'' (1985) *''

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'' (1986) *''Duet'' (1987) *''

'' (1987) *''

'' (10 episodes, 1987–1989) *''Square One Television'' (1992) *''Raising Caines'' (1995) *''

'' (1996-1998) *'' Ed'' (1 episode, 2000) *''

'' (2 episodes, 2003) *''111 Gramercy Park'' (2003) * ''Scruples'' (miniseries) (2012)

Producer

*''

'' (96 episodes, 1989–1993) (executive producer) *''

'' (1987-1989) (supervising producer) *''Raising Caines'' (1995) (executive producer) *''

'' (1996-2000) (executive producer, developer, executive consultant) *'' Ed'' (1 episode, 2000) (consulting producer) *''

'' (1 episode, 2004) (executive producer) *''111 Gramercy Park'' (2003) (executive producer) * ''Scruples'' (miniseries) (2012) (executive producer)

References

External links

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Brush on working on ''The Wonder Years''Rolling Stone article on Wonder Years Oral History
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