Aaron Shure

Aaron Shure is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is known for his work on several comedy series, including The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond, Lucky Louie, George and Leo, and The New Adventures of Old Christine.

For those of a similar name, see Aaron Shaw (disambiguation).

Aaron Shure
NationalityAmerican
OccupationWriter, director, producer
Years active1997–present
Known forComedy series
Notable credit(s)
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award (3)

Shure was showrunner and executive producer for season 3 of the TBS comedy, People of Earth; that season was cancelled prior to production.[1]

Career

Television

Born in Colorado, Shure regularly performed as an underage regular at Comedy Works in Denver. He graduated from Colorado College with a degree in philosophy and later worked as a karaoke host, street performer, radio commentator and circus clown.[2] After moving to Florida, Shure performed on the streets as a member of Streetmosphere, a character-based improv troupe at Disney-MGM Studios.[2] He also developed skills in improvisational comedy at SAK Comedy Lab.[2]

Shure began his career as a writer for the CBS series George and Leo, and then as a writer and executive producer for the classic CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond for the next seven years. In that time, Shure received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and five Emmy nominations.[3] The show was named 30-Minute TV Program of the Year by the American Film Institute[4] and recognized, along with The Office, as one of the 101 best written television series of all time by the Writers Guild of America, West.[5]

He then moved on to writing and producing for Louis C.K.'s HBO series Lucky Louie, followed by The New Adventures of Old Christine. From 2008–2012, Shure was a writer and producer for the hit NBC sitcom The Office, where he earned three consecutive Emmy nominations and three consecutive WGA nominations for TV Comedy Series, plus an additional WGA TV Episodic Comedy nomination for his episode "WUPHF.com."[3] He worked on 99 episodes of the series,[3] but not all his ideas made it into the show: an episode about Michael Scott coming back to the office in a messianic mood after spending the night accidentally crucified to a garage door was never filmed, even though Shure pitched it repeatedly.[6]

Following The Office, Shure wrote and produced for TV Land's Hot in Cleveland.[2] He also created and directed the transmedia series Dirty Work, which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media,[7] the first time ever the Television Academy had awarded a property created solely for an online audience.

Since 2016, he has written and produced for the TBS comedy series, People of Earth, whose executive producers also include Conan O'Brien and Greg Daniels.[8][9]

Commentary

Shure's radio commentary has aired on WBEZ and NPR[2] and he once appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman during a "Stupid Human Tricks" segment.[10] He has written political commentaries for The Huffington Post[10] and mused about the trials of being an expectant father for Salon.[11]

Personal life

He lives in Los Angeles with his two children and actively supports Public Citizen, a non-partisan foundation which says it serves as the people's voice in the nation's capital.[2]

Filmography

As producer
Year Title Role
2017 People of Earth[12] Executive Producer
2017 Showrunner
2011–2012 The Office[12] Consulting Producer
2008–2011 Co-Executive Producer
2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine[12] Consulting Producer
2006–2007 Lucky Louie[12] Consulting Producer
2002–2005 Everybody Loves Raymond[12] Co-Executive Producer
2001–2002 Supervising Producer
2000–2001 Producer
2005 Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh[12] Executive Producer

As writer
Year Title Role
2017 People of Earth[12]
  1. "Gerry's Return" (August 7, 2017) – Season 2
 Writer and Executive Producer
2012 Dirty Work[12] Writer and co-Creator
2008–2012 The Office[12]
  1. "Baby Shower" (October 16, 2008) – Season 5
  2. "Two Weeks" (March 26, 2009) – Season 5
  3. "The Meeting" (September 24, 2009) – Season 6
  4. "The Chump" (May 13, 2010) – Season 6
  5. "WUPHF.com" (November 18, 2010) – Season 7
  6. "Jury Duty" (February 2, 2012) – Season 8
 Writer
2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine[12] Writer
2006 Lucky Louie[12] Writer
1999–2005 Everybody Loves Raymond[12] Writer
1999–2000 Executive Story Editor
1998–1999 Story Editor
1997–1998 George and Leo[12] Teleplay

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
Year Category Film Result
2011–2012 Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
- Original Interactive Television Programming		 Dirty Work Won[13]
2010–2011 Outstanding Comedy Series The Office Nominated[13]
2009–2010 Outstanding Comedy Series The Office Nominated[13]
2008–2009 Outstanding Comedy Series The Office Nominated[13]
2004–2005 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond Won[13]
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh Nominated[13]
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond – "The Finale" Nominated[13]
2003–2004 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond Nominated[13]
2002–2003 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond Won[13]
2001–2002 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond Nominated[13]
2000–2001 Outstanding Comedy Series Everybody Loves Raymond Nominated[13]

Writers Guild of America Awards
Year Category TV Result
2010 Television: Comedy Series The Office Nominated
Television: Episodic Comedy The Office – "WUPHF.com" Nominated
2009 Television: Comedy Series The Office Nominated
2008 Television: Comedy Series The Office Nominated

References
  1. Goldberg, Lesely. "People of Earth' Canceled: TBS Reverses Course on Season 3 Renewal". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. "Aaron Shure – Biography". IMDb.
  3. "Aaron Shure – Awards". IMDb.
  4. "AFI picks pix, TV for '03". Variety.
  5. "Writers Choose the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time". Writers Guild of America, West. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013.
  6. Canfield, David (March 11, 2020). "The wildest Office ideas that almost happened". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  7. "Dirty Work". Television Academy.
  8. "People of Earth (2016–2017) - Gerry's Return". IMDB. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  9. Stanhope, Kate (November 14, 2016). "'People of Earth' Exec Producer Greg Daniels on Reuniting With Conan O'Brien, Peak TV and an 'Office' Follow-Up". Hollywood Reporter.
  10. "Aaron Shure". Huffington Post.
  11. Shure, Aaron. "The fainter". Salon.
  12. "Aaron Shure filmography". IMDB.
  13. "emmys: Aaron Shure". Television Academy. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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