Tom Anderson (producer)

{{short description|American producer and screenwriter}}

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Tom Anderson is an American producer and screenwriter. He won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for three more in the category Outstanding Comedy Series for his work on the television program Cheers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/tom-anderson|title=Tom Anderson|work=Television Academy|access-date=April 9, 2022}} Anderson produced and wrote for television programs including Living Single, Kevin Can Wait, Something Wilder, Newhart and The Jeff Foxworthy Show.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7nRoT6vv294C|title=Cue the Bunny on the Rainbow: Tales from TV's Most Prolific Sitcom Director|page=149|first=Alan|last=Rafkin|publisher=Syracuse University Press|date=November 1998|isbn=9780815605423|via=Google Books}}

Anderson is the brother of the former mayor of Willoughby, Ohio, David Anderson.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4MfEAAAQBAJ|title=Hidden History of Lake County, Ohio|page=74|first=Jennifer|last=Boresz Engelking|publisher=HISTORY Press|date=April 19, 2021|isbn=9781467144582|via=Google Books}}