Kat Likkel and John Hoberg

A married couple who has been working together since the late 1990s, their writing and production credits include television series My Name Is Earl, Better Off Ted, Black-ish, Galavant, Downward Dog, and American Housewife, as well as the Pixar film Elemental.

Likkel went to Emporia State University where she initially studied acting, then later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a writing career.

Real Monsters, where she also had the opportunity to direct the voice acting performance of Tim Curry who had a recurring role.

[1] Their next notable role was on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl, on which by Season 4, Likkel and Hoberg were both serving as co-executive producers.

[8] Likkel and Hoberg were showrunners on ABC's Downward Dog, which premiered with the first four episodes of the first season showing at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival—the first broadcast comedy to be launched at the festival.

[9] From 2017 to 2019, Likkel and Hoberg worked as consulting producers on American Housewife continuing their collaboration with ABC Studios.