Weege wrote for several television series, including Barney Miller and M*A*S*H. In 1981, he created the short-lived sitcom Park Place.
In 1984, he created the sitcom Night Court, which ran for nine seasons on NBC.
[2] He was nominated for four Emmy Awards during his career, one for Barney Miller and three for Night Court.
[3] Weege died of natural causes in La Jolla, California, on December 1, 2012, at the age of 62.
[3][4] Actor John Larroquette, who played Night Court prosecutor Dan Fielding (full character name: Reinhold Daniel Fielding Elmore), paid tribute to Weege in a Twitter post: "In life there are those who impact us with such force everything changes.