Phoef Sutton

TV & Film Work

Chesapeake Shores (2020-2022)

(Showrunner and Executive Producer) For the Hallmark Channel. Working with the late Treat Williams was near the high-point of my career.

Emma Fielding Mysteries

EMMA FIELDING MYSTERIES (2018-2019)

(Writer) Produced by Joel Rice and Muse Entertainment for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Writer of “Past Malice” and “More Bitter Than Death.”

Kevin Can Wait

KEVIN CAN WAIT (2017)

(Writer – with Mark Jordan Legan) Produced by Rob Long. For CBS.

Darrow & Darrow

DARROW & DARROW (2017-2019)

(Writer) Produced by Alan Ett, Jonathan Axelrod and Brad Krevoy for the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel. Writer of all four films: “Darrow & Darrow,” “In the Key of Murder,” “Body of Evidence” and “Witness to Murder.”

Alpha House

Alpha House (2014)

(Consulting Producer) Produced by Garry Trudeau and Jonathan Alter for Amazon Prime.  Loved working with those guys.

Defiance

Defiance (2013)

(Consulting Producer) Produced by Kevin Murphy. Cult hit for the SyFy Channel. A wonderful experience.

The Soul Man

The Soul Man (2012-2013)

(Executive Producer) Cedric the Entertainer for TV Land.

Rob!

ROB (2012)

(Consulting Producer) Loved working with Cheech Marin and Eugenio Derbez.

Terriers

Terriers (2010)

(Consulting Producer) Created by Ted Griffin. A cult hit. Should have been a real hit.

THE LOST SKELETON RETURNS AGAIN

THE LOST SKELETON RETURNS AGAIN (2009)

(Actor) The sequel to Larry Blamire’s classic LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA.

Valentine

Valentine (2008)

(Consulting Producer) Produced by Kevin Murphy. Show nobody ever heard of. Great fun.

Boston Legal

Boston Legal (2005-2007)

(Consulting Producer) Produced by David E. Kelley. Starring James Spader and William Shatner. A television classic. Peabody Award winner.

Songs from the Tall Grass

SONGS FROM THE TALL GRASS (2005)

The Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. A musical.

Coupling

COUPLING (2003)

(Executive Producer) – American version of the British hit.

The Fighting Fitzgeralds

THE FIGHTING FITZGERALDS (2001)

(Executive Producer) – Brian Dennehy and Chris Moynihan. Comedy about a Irish-American family.

Thanks

THANKS (1999)

Co-created with Mark Jordan Legan, Starring Tim Dutton, Cloris Leachman, Jim Rash. The cult sitcom about the Pilgrims. My happiest time in TV. Sarah Vowell gave
high praise to this show in an NPR piece and wrote about it in her book THE
WORDY SHIPMATES.

NewsRadio

NEWSRADIO (1998)

(Consulting Producer) Dave Foley and Phil Hartman.

Almost Perfect

ALMOST PERFECT (1997)

(Consulting Producer) Nancy Travis as TV producer. Should have been a hit. Produced by Ken Levine, David Isaacs and Robin Schiff.

The Fan

THE FAN (1996)

(Screenwriter) Directed by Tony Scott, With Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes. A baseball thriller.

Mrs. Winterbourne

MRS. WINTERBOURNE (1996)

(Screenwriter) An adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s I MARRIED A DEAD MAN. A personal favorite.

Bob

BOB (1992-1993)

(Co-Creator and Executive Producer) Bob as a comic-book artist. A cult hit? I wish. Co-produced with the great Bill & Cheri Steinkellner.

Cheers

CHEERS (1985-1991)

(Executive Producer) My education, my graduate school, my family. Classic television. Two Emmys. Cool.

Newhart

NEWHART (1986)

(Writer) My first year as a freelancer. Bob as an innkeeper, Tom Poston as his handyman. Classic television.