[1] In 1999, Royce joined the writing staff of Everybody Loves Raymond, where he eventually worked his way up to the position of executive producer for the last two seasons.

asked Royce to be the executive producer and show runner of a new sitcom, HBO's Lucky Louie.

In 2011, Mike Royce and his Snowpants Productions company signed a deal with 20th Century Fox Television.

A reimagining of the 1975 Norman Lear sitcom, Royce co-created the 2017 version with Gloria Calderon Kellett.

Royce was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2003 for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, for the Everybody Loves Raymond episode "Counseling".