25 TV Writers to Follow on Twitter

Twitter Handle: @abobrow
Followers: 30,624
Show(s) Worked On: Community

Honestly, the entire Community writing staff could make this list. Maybe it's because Community has one of the most active fanbases, but the writers of the show just tend to be engaged on a higher level than many of their peers. Andy Bobrow tweets a nice mix of insider Community information and off-beat jokes.

Twitter Handle: @KayKayCannon
Followers: 31,504
Show(s) Worked On: 30 Rock, New Girl

The sucess of Pitch Perfect has increased Kay Cannon's profile in recent months, but those who've been following her on Twitter already knew she was great. Cannon watches more TV than you do, as she's able to comment on, and sometimes live tweet, every show on the air. From Chicago Fire to Downton Abbey, Cannon has a witty remark ready. Next time you like a show and none of your friends do, head over to Cannon's feed and you won't feel so lonely.

Twitter Handle: @zhubinparang
Followers: 1,282
Show(s) Worked On: The Daily Show

A relative newcomer to The Daily Show, Parang spent the years prior to getting comedy's most wanted writing gig honing his skills at New York's UCB Theatre and elsewhere in the city's indie comedy scene. On Twitter, he shows hilarious passion for his two loves in life: politics and SEC football. When not tweeting about his beloved Tennessee Volunteers or the Middle East (Zhubin is of Iranian descent), he shares self-deprecating musings about his love of pumpkin-flavored things and hatred for cold weather.

Twitter Handle: @kareydornetto
Followers: 4,603
Show(s) Worked On: South Park, Arrested Development, Community, The New Normal, Portlandia

Dornetto's resumé reads like a list of shows people talk about while sipping craft brews and buying organic. From Arrested Devlopment to Portlandia, Dornetto has written for most of the best comedies of the last decade. Her jaded, sharp feed makes it easy to see why she fit in on the coolest shows in recent memory. With the same detached tone, Dornetto comments on topics like therapy, abortion, and sexuality, keeping us laughing with every tweet.

Twitter Handle: @eeshmu
Followers: 10,568
Show(s) Worked On: Parks and Recreations; Sit Down, Shut Up

Like many former staffers on the The Harvard Lampoon, Aisha Muharrar is making a name for herself on the TV comedy landscape. Since earning her first major writing credits in 2009, she's written, directed, produced, and acted in projects large and small, from network comedies to a micro-budget web series.

Twitter Handle: @thejoshpatten
Followers: 7,462
Show(s) Worked On: Saturday Night Live

Reader, please give it up to Josh Patten for his persistence. Patten was recently hired on SNL, and word on the street is that he credits Twitter with his big break. After resolving to step up his game, he started tweeting six to ten jokes a day, most gems. Next time your mom threatens to kill you for using your phone, just tell her the story of Josh Patten.

Twitter Handle: @mulaney
Followers: 132,039
Show(s) Worked On: Saturday Night Live, Important Things with Demetri Martin

John Mulaney finds a quirky, intelligent way to joke about current events and trending topics that must be an asset in the Saturday Night Live writers room. His policy? Nothing is too serious.

Twitter Handle: @shawnryan
Followers: 27,592
Show(s) Worked On: The Shield, The Unit, Terriers, Chicago Code, Lie to Me, Last Resort

Prolific showrunner Shawn Ryan doesn't crack jokes like the others. Then again, it's not like The Shield and Chicago Code were laugh-a-minute programs. Instead, Ryan offers commentary on the state of TV, sensibly weighing in on everything from women in writers rooms to monetizing shows. Given his tendency to tweet about Chicago sports, Ryan will have you feeling like you're eavesdropping on him at the local bar.

Twitter Handle: @MollyMcNearney
Followers: 45,403
Show(s) Worked On: Jimmy Kimmel Live

When your friends offer up personal anecdotes, it sucks. When Molly McNearney does, it's amazing. Most of McNearney's tweets appear to be plucked straight from her reactions to social interactions. It doesn't matter if she's dealing with her family at Thanksgiving or strangers at the gym, her thoughts about those people, places, and things are always hilarious.

Twitter Handle: @danguterman
Followers: 16,753
Show(s) Worked On: The Colbert Report

Some writers are funny no matter the form. Former The Onion writer Dan Guterman is one of those people. Though he's on staff at The Colbert Report now, he keeps his pen fresh with prose published by places like The New Yorker. His acerbic, high-minded wit plays just as well on his Twitter as in his longer essays. Follow him to add a bitter flavor to the comedy in your feed.

Twitter Handle: @jenstatsky
Followers: 48,039
Show(s) Worked On: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Statsky has gone on record giving some credit to Twitter for landing her the Fallon job. After being passed over the first time she applied to write for the show, she came back next time around with an active Twitter and got the gig. Follow her and find out why.

Twitter Handle: @spivey_e
Followers: 4,185
Show(s) Worked On: Up All Night, King of the Hill, Saturday Night Live

It's easy to see where Emily Spivey gets her inspiration to contribute in the writers room of Up All Night. Her Twitter is filled with great observations on the ups and downs (often downs) of motherhood. If you were thinking of having children anytime soon, make sure you review Spivey's tweets, including, "I pray to God my son doesn't shit in his fort" before making a baby.

Twitter Handle: @DamonLindelof
Followers: 227,646
Show(s) Worked On: Lost, Crossing Jordan

Fans flocked to Lindelof when he first hit Twitter, expecting insider stories from his days as a Lost showrunner and periodic moments of nerding out. Then they stayed because he was so damn funny. Even though he generally writes for drama and action, Lindelof's tweets stand toe-to-toe with the comedy writers on this list.

Twitter Handle: @perlapell
Followers: 79,650
Show(s) Worked On: Saturday Night Live

Being a writer for a sketch comedy show ensures that you'll deliver excellent one-liners, and Paula Pell is no exception to the rule. The O.G. SNL scribe, who wrote Tina Fey's next feature film The Nest, has a timeline so jam-packed with hilarity that your Twitter followers won't even get annoyed at how much you retweet her.

Twitter Handle: @scullymike
Followers: 76,475
Show(s) Worked On: The Simpsons, Parks and Recreation, Everybody Loves Raymond

The three shows listed above are just the highlights of an impressive career that's spanned 25 years in TV writing, and earned Mike Scully a lifetime achievement award from the Writers Guild in 2010. His life experience and sheer hilarity are evident in his tweeting, whether discussing family life or mocking the current state of television.

Twitter Handle: @meganganz
Followers: 32,380
Show(s) Worked On: Modern Family, Community, Important Things with Demetri Martin

Few possess the social media savvy of Megan Ganz. When she left Community for Modern Family, Ganz took to Reddit to make the announcement, and got the Internet's undivided attention (at least for a few minutes). Showrunners leaving the revolving door of The Walking Dead is news, but that's not usually the case for staff writers. The Internet's reaction to her switching gigs tells you all you need to know: Her followers love her earnest, witty slice-of-life tweets, and you will too.

Twitter Handle: @kenlevine
Followers: 9,837
Show(s) Worked On: Cheers, MASH, Frasier, The Simpsons, Wings

A writer turned baseball announcer, Ken Levine is the OG of Twitter TV scribes. In his heyday, Levine wrote for MASH and Cheers before turning to baseball color commentary. He's since stepped away from the writers room, but Levine keeps a phenomenal blog where he shares his wise (and wise-ass) thoughts on an industry he's watched evolve. Keep up with his blog and the baseball season at the same time with his Twitter account.

Twitter Handle: @DannyZuker
Followers: 169,456
Show(s) Worked On: Modern Family, The Arsenio Hall Show, Just Shoot Me

Modern Family executive producer Danny Zuker has one of the most distinctive voices on Twitter, spending most of his time taking shots at his children, wife, and co-workers with jokes that always turn back on himself. Zuker makes light of his aging and ego regularly. We're glad he's got all those followers and Emmys to help his self-esteem.

Twitter Handle: @JoeMande
Followers: 59,668
Show(s) Worked On: Delocated, The Kroll Show

His jokes are hilarious in their own right, but Mande is at the top of his game when he holding a light up to the stupidity of celebrities and corporations on Twitter. Count on Mande to mock inspirational quotes posted by Paris Hilton, replacing the word "God" with "Dick" in Joel Osteen's tweets, or retweeting multi-national corporations wishing you a Happy MLK Jr. Day. The man takes endless joy in exposing the vapid and ridiculous on Twitter. It's important work.

Twitter Handle: @meganamram
Followers: 330,817
Show(s) Worked On: The Kroll Show, Parks and Recreation

The only Twitter comedian more beloved than Megan Amram is King Rob Delaney (@robdelaney), but that doesn't mean she isn't worthy of a look. Amram is funny inside and outside of 140 characters. Don't sleep on her long form pieces published on sites like The Awl and on her personal Tumblr.

Twitter Handle: @sutterink
Followers: 228,173
Show(s) Worked On: Sons of Anarchy, The Shield

Kurt Sutter is the bad boy of showrunners on Twitter. From telling critic Myles McNutt that his blog posts on Sons of Anarchy were "masturbation," to criticizing AMC's business dealings with Mad Men (which caused him to temporarily quit Twitter), Sutter has never shied away from sharing his opinion. His brash, profane, deeply honest tweets have expanded SOA's fanbase, gathering enemies along the way as well. Props for his regular Q&As with fans.

Twitter Handle: @twittels and @humblebrag
Followers: 52,434; 263,333
Show(s) Worked On: Parks and Recreation

If Harris Wittels's name doesn't ring a bell, then his amazing Twitter alter-ego, @humblebrag surely does. Wittels defined the Humblebrag as "a specific type of bragging that masks the brag in a faux-humble guise" in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. If you don't quite get it, then his RTs from that account will drive the point home. His personal account is pretty great too, and as @humblebrag has been inactive since the end of October, we may have to live with just one Wittels-run account until he graces us with his Twitter genius once more.

Twitter Handle: @lizzwinstead
Followers: 69,160
Show(s) Worked On: The Daily Show

You'd expect a co-creator and producer of The Daily Show to strike a political tone with her social media presence. But Lizz Winstead takes her political engagement to a whole new level on Twitter, debating, pontificating, and wise-cracking as she works through the news of the day from an ultra-liberal perspective. Imagine the same level of humor that Jon Stewart has behind his desk, but angrier, and with a hard R rating.