He served as a copy writer and Segment Producer while covering Capitol Hill and the Clinton White House for The Fox Morning News at the Washington, D.C., affiliate WTTG.
Burns then wrote and produced the popular political roundtable discussion, Off the Record, which aired as part of The Fox Morning News.
In 2002, Brian wrote and directed You Stupid Man, starring David Krumholtz, Milla Jovovich, William Baldwin, and Denise Richards.
He then returned to New York to serve as Executive Producer of the popular CBS police procedural Blue Bloods, starring Tom Selleck.
[citation needed] Burns wrote The Fight Before Christmas - a comedic screenplay - which is being produced by Matt Alvarez and Broad Green Pictures.