---
name: "Brian Pollack"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-pollack"
fi1m_id: "brian-pollack"
imdb_id: "nm0689363"
tmdb_id: 1213817
wikidata_id: "Q85852862"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:32:26.694727+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Pollack

## Identity

Brian Pollack

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-pollack
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-pollack
- **IMDb ID:** nm0689363
- **TMDB ID:** 1213817
- **Wikidata ID:** Q85852862
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85852862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213817

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1982–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Cluess](https://film.one/person/chris-cluess.md), [David Isaacs](https://film.one/person/david-isaacs.md), [Ken Levine](https://film.one/person/ken-levine.md), [Mert Rich](https://film.one/person/mert-rich.md), [Sam Simon](https://film.one/person/sam-simon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85852862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689363/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213817

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Cheers*](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian Pollack is an American television writer and producer. He began his career writing jokes for game shows, including *The Hollywood Squares*, before teaming up with Mert Rich in the 1980s.

Pollack wrote for and served as co-producer on *Cheers* (1989–1991), winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1991. He co-wrote the *The Simpsons* episode "Helter Shelter" (2002) with Rich, and contributed to series including *Sledge Hammer!*, *Roc*, *Sister, Sister* and *The George Carlin Show*. He co-created the sitcom *Goode Behavior* (1996–1997).

*Sources: imdb.com, simpsonswiki.com, en.wikipedia.org, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), Fi1m 88, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), series, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)

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