Ryan Koh is an American television writer. He is currently a writer and co-executive producer for The Simpsons. He has also worked as a writer and producer on The Office, New Girl, Workaholics, and Cougar Town.

Television career

Early career

Koh began his writing career as a writer on the animated series Kappa Mikey and as a staff writer on the fourth season of The Office. As well as co-writing the webisode series Kevin's Loan with Anthony Farrell, he also contributed two full length scripts for the series. After two seasons, he departed and became a writer for Cougar Town in 2009 and became a co-producer on the show's second season. For his work on The Office, Koh was nominated for three Writers Guild of America awards. He has won two Emmys for his work on The Simpsons.

He went to Harvard University where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.

Episodes by Koh

Kappa Mikey "Like Ozu Like Son" (1.24) "Go Nard Hunting" (2.6) (with James Harvey) "Night of the Werepuff" (2.15) (with Robert Berens and Conrad Klein) "The Karaoke Episode" (2.16) & (2.17) (with Sean Lahey) "Mikey's Memoirs" (2.18) (with Walt Gardner) "Seven From LilyMu" (2.19) (with Walt Gardner) "Live LilyMu" (2.23) (with Robert Berens) "Mitsuki Butterfly" (2.24) The Office "Business Ethics" (5.02) "Heavy Competition" (5.24)Cougar Town "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (1.06) "Finding Out" (1.24) "The Same Old You" (2.10) "Lost Children" (2.13) (with Sam Laybourne) "Money Becomes King" (3.9) Workaholics "Ders Comes in Handy" (3.9)

New Girl

  • "Parents" (2.08)
  • "Quick Hardening Caulk" (2.19)
  • "Longest Night Ever" (3.09
  • "Sister II" (3.17)
  • "Dance" (3.22)

The Simpsons

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2008Writers Guild of America AwardsComedy SeriesThe OfficeNominated
2009NAACP Image AwardsOutstanding Writing in a Comedy SeriesThe Office: "Business Ethics"Nominated
Writers Guild of America AwardsComedy SeriesThe OfficeNominated
2010Nominated
2017Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated ProgramThe Simpsons: "The Town"Nominated
2018The Simpsons: "Gone Boy"Nominated
2019The Simpsons: "Mad About the Toy"Won
Writers Guild of America AwardsAnimationThe Simpsons: "Krusty the Clown"Nominated
2020Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated ProgramThe Simpsons: "Thanksgiving of Horror"Nominated
2021The Simpsons: "The Dad-Feelings Limited"Nominated
2022The Simpsons: "Pixelated and Afraid"Nominated
2023The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"Won
2024The Simpsons: "Night of the Living Wage"Nominated

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