Robert Morton

Graduating from the American University in Washington, DC in 1975, Morton started out in production roles on the city's WTTG and WCVB networks, quickly climbing the ladder through the networks until he arrived as a segment producer at NBC in 1979. Although he would later branch out to MTV and to the role of a writer and series producer on ABC's "Good Morning America," it was NBC which would be his main home for roughly the next decade and a half. He first worked with Letterman on "David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival" (1986) and went on to work on various senior producing roles on "The Late Show with David Letterman" (1988-1993). When Letterman left NBC to sign with CBS in 1993, Morton went with him to take up his old production role on the newly-created series "Late Night with David Letterman" (1993-15), on which he stayed until having a disagreement about the future direction of the show in 1996. Yet he continued to work for Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company, for whom he assisted in creating the hit sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" (CBS 1996-2005). After leaving Worldwide Pants he headed his own company Panamort Productions, for whom he produced specials for Comedy Central including the Emmy-nominated "John Leguizamo: Freak" (1999) and "Demetri Martin: Person" (2007), as well as series including "The Chris Rock Show" (HBO 1997-2000), "Mind of Mencia" (2005-08) and the short-lived return to late night "Lopez Tonight" (TBS 2010).