Brian Scully

{{short description|American television writer and producer (born 1953)}}

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|8|10}}

|birth_place = West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.

|occupation = Television writer and producer and Creative Consultant

|years_active = 1988-present

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Brian Scully (born August 10, 1953{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780262/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bth_nm|title=Brian Scully|website=IMDb}} in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American television writer and producer.

Scully initially worked as a TV salesman before eventually getting a job writing on Out of This World. After the show was canceled, Scully was unemployed for over a year but a residual payment of $20,000 for Out of This World reruns helped pay his health insurance costs after his wife gave birth to their premature child.{{cite news|title=Residuals Key Issue in Writing Negotiations|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2007-10-15|first=Richard|last=Verrier}} He has written episodes for The Simpsons (such as "Lost Our Lisa"){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season9/page24.shtml|title=BBC - Programmes categorised as Comedy|work=BBC|access-date=2019-12-20|archive-date=2012-06-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629180437/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season9/page24.shtml|url-status=dead}} and Complete Savages. He has produced The Drew Carey Show and The Pitts. He is the older brother of long-time The Simpsons writer and showrunner Mike Scully,{{cite news|title=No place like Homer Massachusetts scribe Mike Scully tells of work on 'Simpsons Movie'|first=John|last=Breneman|date=2007-07-22|work=Boston Herald}} and has a brother, Neil, whose resume includes hockey writing for local newspapers and team magazines. {{cite news|title=Cries & whispers too interesting to ignore - Life can be cartoon material|work=Union-News|date=1999-12-06|page=A02}} He currently works on Family Guy as a writer and consulting producer.