Kit Boss, KING OF THE HILL, CREATURE COMFORTS exec producer, writer: Mr. Media Radio (Rewind)

‘King of the Hill’ and ‘Creature Comforts’ TV exec and writer Kit Boss makes Mr. Media his intern!

(Originally broadcast May 24, 2007.) The confounding thing about seeing your friends become successful is that while you’re obviously happy for the good things that come their way, a tinge of jealousy and envy is not unusual, and that certainly captures my feelings about today’s guest.

Most of you won’t know this man by name, but when you hear his credits, I think you’ll agree with me that he’s accomplished an awful lot, and you will probably understand why I greet him with a touch of envy, at the very least.

Kit Boss was a gangly young kid when I met him more than twenty years ago in the Clearwater Bureau of the . He arrived as this year’s intern, joining the staff for a time in search of real-life newspaper experience. Kit was an instant hit with the staff, funny, self-effacing, and extremely talented at capturing life’s special moments in a way that the best journalists do.

When he later joined the Seattle Times Kit met several men and women who wrote for TV and started thinking, “Hey, maybe I could do that.”

His first job was writing for “Bill Nye, the Science Guy,” and he won a couple of Emmys for it. Next was a big one, getting a story credit on “Seinfeld.” That led to “King of the Hill,” then in its third season. He rose to executive producer on that show.

When “King” was briefly cancelled, Kit moved on to HBO’s sitcom “Lucky Louie,” starring comedian Louis C. K. Then he was asked to adapt the British series, “Creature Comforts,” for CBS.