Mike Royce in his modeling days
For most of the 90s, Mike Royce was a fixture on the New York comedy club scene and appeared on a bevy of television shows, including Late Night With Conan O’Brien.
In 1999, Mike joined the writing staff of Everybody Loves Raymond, eventually becoming one of its executive producers. In 2003 he was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing, for his episode "Counseling.” He and the other Raymond writers and producers won the Emmy for "Best Comedy" in both 2003 and 2005.
In 2008, Mike co-created the critically acclaimed Men of a Certain Age for TNT, serving as its showrunner for both seasons. Along with glowing critical notices, Men of a Certain Age won the Peabody Award in 2011, as well as the Television Academy Honors Award for “programming that inspires, informs, motivates and even has the power to change lives.”
In 2013-14 Mike executive produced and co-showran, along with creator Kevin Biegel, the critically acclaimed Fox comedy Enlisted, about three brothers in the military.
Currently he works with TV legend Norman Lear and Gloria Calderon Kellett on a reimagining of Lear’s classic sitcom One Day at a Time with a Cuban family. The Washington Post called the show a “perfect revival” and “a joy to watch.” Seasons 1-3 are currently streaming Netflix and season 4 premieres March 24th on PopTV at 9:30 (after Schitt’s Creek).