Ocko began his career as a staff writer on the HBO series Not Necessarily the News, followed by a string of single-camera comedies in the 1990s, writing for such shows as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Dinosaurs.
Ocko's writing career began in 1989 when he was one of the writers on the 41st Primetime Emmy Awards and from there co-wrote five episodes of the series Dinosaurs with best friend Adam Barr.
[3] In 2006 he created a medical drama entitled 3 lbs, which aired on CBS but was cancelled soon after due to low ratings.
[4] Ocko began working on the NBC sitcom The Office at the beginning of its seventh season as a co-executive producer.
[7] Ocko has been nominated for four Writers Guild of America awards, one of which he won for his work on Not Necessarily the News in 1990.