Clay Graham (born May 5, 1959) is an American comedy writer, television producer and website creator, best known for his work on The Drew Carey Show and the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Graham began writing comedy in high school, selling material to humorist Robert Orben for seven dollars a joke.
[4] In 1998, Graham and Drew Carey took a small production crew overseas and became the first Americans to film a sitcom in China, using locations such as The Great Wall and the Beijing McDonald's.
Todd Barth Can Help You, written by Graham, focussed on a mild-mannered insurance adjuster whose life and self-perception are drastically changed by a seemingly religious experience.
[12] Graham was a writer and consulting producer on the first two seasons of the original Netflix series, Santa Clarita Diet, starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant, which premiered in 2017.
Co-created with Kathy Kinney, who played "Mimi" on The Drew Carey Show and who also stars as "Mrs. P" in the site, and Dana Plautz, a former executive with Hanna-Barbera and Intel, the comic website celebrates reading and launched on November 10, 2008.