He is also one the co-creators of the short-lived sitcom television series The Associates, which he created with James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, Ed.
After graduating from John Carroll University, in 1963, for the academic year 1963-64, Hauck taught English literature at Holy Name High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
[3] Hauck started his television writing career in 1974, after moving to Los Angeles, California where he wrote for comedian Flip Wilson.
[11] In 1993, Hauck authored the comic novel Artistic Differences, described by the New York Times as, "a caustically funny account of star temperament within network television.
[13] He also wrote and was an consulting producer for the television sitcom Frasier, in Season 7, for which in 2000 he was again nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.