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John Hoberg

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2025 Emmys
John Hoberg is an Emmy nominated show runner, writer and producer. He is best known for writing Pixar's Elemental, the television shows Paradise, Downward Dog, Galavant, My Name is Earl, Better Off Ted and Black-ish. He has been married to Kat Likkel since April 1999. They have 14 children, two dogs, and six goats.
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Catherine O'Hara, Thomas Newman, Jonathan Adams, Wilma Bonet, P.L. Brown, Ronnie Del Carmen, John Hoberg, Alex Kapp, Jean-Claude Kalache, Matthew Yang King, Ronobir Lahiri, Denise Ream, Stephen Schaffer, Don Shank, Peter Sohn, Kat Likkel, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff LaPensee, Innocent Ekakitie, Mason Wertheimer, Clara Lin Ding, Brenda Hsueh, Shila Ommi, Leah Lewis, David Juan Bianchi, Ben Morris, Joe Pera, Mamoudou Athie, and Reagan To in Elemental (2023)
    Elemental
    7.0
    • Writer
    • 2023
    Jay Harrington and Andrea Anders in Better Off Ted (2009)
    Better Off Ted
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples, and Nadine Velazquez in My Name Is Earl (2005)
    My Name Is Earl
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Julianne Nicholson, Shailene Woodley, Sterling K. Brown, and Thomas Doherty in Paradise (2025)
    Paradise
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Julianne Nicholson, Shailene Woodley, Sterling K. Brown, and Thomas Doherty in Paradise (2025)
      Paradise
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025–2026
    • Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon Greer, Daniel DiMaggio, Meg Donnelly, and Giselle Eisenberg in American Housewife (2016)
      American Housewife
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • consulting producer
      • 2017–2019
    • Allison Tolman, Samm Hodges, and Ned the Dog in Downward Dog (2017)
      Downward Dog
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Nia Long, Mike Epps, James Lesure, Sayeed Shahidi, Aalyrah Caldwell, and Iman Benson in Uncle Buck (2016)
      Uncle Buck
      4.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Joshua Sasse in Galavant (2015)
      Galavant
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2016
    • Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, and Marsai Martin in Black-ish (2014)
      Black-ish
      7.3
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2015
    • Bad Management (2013)
      Bad Management
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • The Neighbors (2012)
      The Neighbors
      6.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2012–2013
    • Man Up! (2011)
      Man Up!
      6.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2011–2012
    • Better with You (2010)
      Better with You
      6.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2010–2011
    • Jay Harrington and Andrea Anders in Better Off Ted (2009)
      Better Off Ted
      8.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2009–2010
    • Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples, and Nadine Velazquez in My Name Is Earl (2005)
      My Name Is Earl
      7.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • supervising producer
      • producer ...
      • 2005–2009
    • Amanda Bynes, Kel Mitchell, Lori Beth Denberg, Josh Server, and Kenan Thompson in All That (1994)
      All That
      7.5
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2002
    • Melissa Beck and Chelsea Handler in Girls Behaving Badly (2002)
      Girls Behaving Badly
      4.8
      TV Series
      • consulting producer (2003)
      • 2002

    Writer

    • 21 Layers
      • written by
      • Pre-production
    • Julianne Nicholson, Shailene Woodley, Sterling K. Brown, and Thomas Doherty in Paradise (2025)
      Paradise
      7.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2025–2026
    • Catherine O'Hara, Thomas Newman, Jonathan Adams, Wilma Bonet, P.L. Brown, Ronnie Del Carmen, John Hoberg, Alex Kapp, Jean-Claude Kalache, Matthew Yang King, Ronobir Lahiri, Denise Ream, Stephen Schaffer, Don Shank, Peter Sohn, Kat Likkel, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff LaPensee, Innocent Ekakitie, Mason Wertheimer, Clara Lin Ding, Brenda Hsueh, Shila Ommi, Leah Lewis, David Juan Bianchi, Ben Morris, Joe Pera, Mamoudou Athie, and Reagan To in Elemental (2023)
      Elemental
      7.0
      • screenplay by
      • story by
      • 2023
    • Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon Greer, Daniel DiMaggio, Meg Donnelly, and Giselle Eisenberg in American Housewife (2016)
      American Housewife
      7.4
      TV Series
      • teleplay by
      • written by
      • 2017–2019
    • Allison Tolman, Samm Hodges, and Ned the Dog in Downward Dog (2017)
      Downward Dog
      7.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2017
    • Joshua Sasse in Galavant (2015)
      Galavant
      8.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2015–2016
    • The Neighbors (2012)
      The Neighbors
      6.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2012–2013
    • Man Up! (2011)
      Man Up!
      6.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2011–2012
    • Better with You (2010)
      Better with You
      6.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay
      • 2010–2011
    • Jay Harrington and Andrea Anders in Better Off Ted (2009)
      Better Off Ted
      8.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2009
    • Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples, and Nadine Velazquez in My Name Is Earl (2005)
      My Name Is Earl
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2005–2008
    • Charlie Finn, Zachary Knighton, and Rachelle Lefevre in Life on a Stick (2005)
      Life on a Stick
      5.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Pet Alien (2004)
      Pet Alien
      4.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2004–2005
    • Amanda Bynes, Kel Mitchell, Lori Beth Denberg, Josh Server, and Kenan Thompson in All That (1994)
      All That
      7.5
      TV Series
      • additional material written by
      • writer
      • 2002–2005
    • All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (2005)
      All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special
      8.1
      TV Special
      • additional material written by
      • 2005
    • Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa in Hope & Faith (2003)
      Hope & Faith
      5.5
      TV Series
      • teleplay by
      • written by
      • 2003–2004

    Additional Crew

    • Charlie Finn, Zachary Knighton, and Rachelle Lefevre in Life on a Stick (2005)
      Life on a Stick
      5.9
      TV Series
      • executive story editor
      • 2005
    • Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa in Hope & Faith (2003)
      Hope & Faith
      5.5
      TV Series
      • story editor
      • 2003–2004
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Spouse
      • Kat LikkelApril 17, 1999 - present (14 children)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Went to Skidmore College where he majored in Spelling, Whistling and Grammars. Taller than you think but not as tall as you hoped.
    • Nicknames
      • Kirby
      • Wilcox Firestreet

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