Kevin Kelton
Kevin Kelton is an American author and television writer-producer whose credits include Saturday Night Live, Night Court, Boy Meets World and other network series. He has also written articles and essays for National Lampoon.[1] Kelton is the younger brother of the comedian Bobby Kelton,[2] who appeared regularly on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson during the 1970s and 1980s.
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| Born | Rockville Centre, New York, US |
| Alma mater | University at Albany, State University of New York, BS, Business |
| Occupation(s) | TV and film screenwriter |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | www |
In 2020, Kelton moved to Texas and changed his focus to long-form fiction. His novels include "Super Vows," "Pas De Deux," and "Things We Shouldn't Do" (written under the psuedonym, K.B. Kelton) and he penned a how-to book about television writing, "The Sitcom Writer's Cookbook: Easy-to-Follow Recipes for TV Writing Success." He teaches TV and Film writing for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.
Kelton is married to Jessica Kelton (née Jessica Funt), a former ballerina with the Royal Ballet of Flanders (Belgium), Le Ballet Theatre Francais de Nancy, and the Hamburg Ballet.
Television
Kelton's first TV writing job was on the syndicated game show Face the Music.[2] He segued to sketch comedy, joining the writing staff of the ABC late-night sketch show Fridays!.[3] He went on to write for a string of sketch comedy series before being hired by Saturday Night Live as a staff writer at the beginning of the 1983–84 season.[4] During this time, the writing staff earned an Emmy nomination.[5]
After his two-year stint at SNL, Kelton returned to Los Angeles and continued writing for sketch comedy series and specials. In the late 1980s, he segued to scripted half-hour comedies and worked on the staff of nine sitcoms, plus several pilots and web series. In total, his credit appeared on hundreds of TV episodes spanning three decades.
Credits
- Face the Music – syndicated (staff writer – 1980)[2]
- Fridays! – ABC (staff writer – 1980)[3]
- Nashville Palace – NBC (staff writer – 1981)
- Laugh Trax – syndicated (staff writer – 1981–1982)
- Steve Martin's Twilight Theatre – NBC (staff writer – 1982)[6]
- No Soap, Radio – ABC (staff writer – 1982)[7]
- The Jeffersons – CBS (story credit) (1983)[8]
- Saturday Night Live – (staff writer – 1983–1985)[4]
- Comedy Break with Mack and Jamie – syndicated (staff writer – 1985–1986)[9]
- The Jay Leno Special – NBC (staff writer – 1986)[10]
- Women in Prison – FOX (staff writer – 1987–1988)[11]
- The Van Dyke Show – CBS (Story Editor – 1988)
- Knight & Daye – NBC (Executive Story Editor – 1989)
- A Different World – NBC (Executive Story Editor – 1989–1990)[12]
- Night Court – NBC (Producer – 1990–1992)[13]
- Shaky Ground – FOX (Producer – 1992–1993)[14]
- Townsend Television – FOX (writer – 1994)[15]
- As Seen on TV (pilot) – F/X (Co-Executive Producer – 1994)
- Boy Meets World – ABC (Producer – 1994–1996)[13]
- Something So Right – NBC (Supervising Producer – 1996–1997)[16]
- The Tom Show – WB (Co-Executive Producer – 1997–1998)[17]
- The Wrong Coast – AMC (Consulting Producer – 2002–1903)[18]
- National Lampoon (Contributing Writer – 2003–2004)
- Girlfriend Guy web series (Consulting Producer – 2016–2018)
- BIFL web series (Writing Consultant – 2019)
References
- Kelton, Kevin. "Baby Lipo". National Lampoon's Not Fit For Print. National Lampoon Press, 2008.
- Associated Press "Kelton isn't funny, his material is", The Lewiston Journal, Lewiston, Maine, 10 December 1983, Retrieved on 23 April 2012
- "Fridays: TV Comedy Guide". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Saturday Night Live - TV Series - Cast, Credits and Awards - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Saturday Night Live Emmys.com". Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- "Twilight Theatre - Full Production Credits - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "No Soap, Radio - Full Production Credits - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "CTVA US Comedy - "The Jeffersons" (CBS) Season 10 (1983-84)". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Comedy Break With Mack and Jamie - Full Production Credits - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "The Jay Leno Show - Full Production Credits - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Women in Prison - Full Production Credits - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "A Different World synopsis text". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Kevin Kelton - overview". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Shaky Ground - Full Production Credits - NYTimes.com". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Townsend Television - 1993 - s01e06 - season 1 episode 6 - TV Series, Episodes, Guide - PNOP.com". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Hal Cooper Papers 1938-2003". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "The Tom Show - Entertainment News, Film Reviews, Media - Variety". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Kevin Kelton Shows - Screened". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
External links
- Kevin Kelton at IMDb