Michael Colton

Michael Colton

Michael Colton (born 1975) is a an American screenwriter, producer, comedian, and former journalist. Colton was a staff writer for the Washington Post Style section and has also written for the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe.  While a senior at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, he co-wrote the SAT guide "Up Your Score." He graduated in 1997 from Harvard University, where he was an editor at both the Harvard Lampoon and the Harvard Crimson. Before moving to Los Angeles, Colton and Aboud founded and ran Modern Humorist (2000-2003), an award-winning online magazine and comedy collective based in Brooklyn. In addition to a daily magazine, Modern Humorist published three books with Crown Publishing, including the best-selling My First Presidentiary: A Scrapbook by George W. Bush. Modern Humorist also helped develop ad campaigns for Microsoft, Time Warner Cable and Amazon. For most of the ’00s, Colton and Aboud appeared regularly as panelists on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows. They also appeared on I Love the 70s/80s/90s/00s etc. They have been panelists, separately and together, on CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CMT, NPR, The Today Show, and the DVD releases of Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place. During the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007-8, Colton and Aboud created AMPTP.com, a parody of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' official website, AMPTP.org. He is half of the writing and production team Colton & Aboud; their production cards are designed like record album covers and can also be seen on their website. They were executive producers on the HBO Max show Close Enough for seasons two and three. We wrote for Comedy Central’s The Fake News with Ted Nelms, which won a 2019 Writers Guild Award for Best Variety Special. Other credits include the DreamWorks Animation film Penguins of Madagascar; TNT’s Leverage; Adult Swim’s Childrens Hospital and Newsreaders; and Fox’s animated shows Allen Gregory and Sit Down Shut Up. Colton and Aboud wrote and produced A Futile and Stupid Gesture, a biopic about Doug Kenney and the origins of the National Lampoon. They wrote and produced an animated Zoolander series that’s streaming on Paramount+; co-wrote the film The Comebacks; and have written pilots and specials for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Comedy Central, TBS, VH1 and Adult Swim. Their writing has also appeared in Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Fortune, New York and Time. They are the creators and showrunners of ABC’s Home Economics which debuted in April 2021.

  • Title: Michael Colton
  • Popularity: 2.588
  • Known For: Writing
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  • Homepage: http://coltonaboud.com/
  • Also Known As: Mike Colton , Colton & Aboud
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Michael Colton Movies

  • 2018
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    A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    6.474 2018 HD

    In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.

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  • 2009
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    VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    1 2009 HD

    A countdown of 100 of the most shocking moments in music, hosted by Chris Jericho.

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  • 2007
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    The Comebacks

    The Comebacks

    4.856 2007 HD

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  • 2014
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    Penguins of Madagascar

    Penguins of Madagascar

    6.531 2014 HD

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  • 2018
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    A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    6.474 2018 HD

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  • 2018
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    A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    A Futile and Stupid Gesture

    6.474 2018 HD

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  • 2014
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    Penguins of Madagascar

    Penguins of Madagascar

    6.531 2014 HD

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  • 2016
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    Zoolander: Super Model

    Zoolander: Super Model

    4.6 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Zoolander: Super Model

    Zoolander: Super Model

    4.6 2016 HD

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  • 2004
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    Best Week Ever

    Best Week Ever

    6.3 2004 HD

    Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in...

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  • 1999
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    Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

    7.5 1999 HD

    Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy...

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  • 2005
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    I Love the '90s: Part Deux

    I Love the '90s: Part Deux

    1 2005 HD

    I Love the '90s: Part Deux is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. It premiered on January...

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  • 2006
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    I Love the '70s: Volume 2

    I Love the '70s: Volume 2

    1 2006 HD

    I Love the '70s: Volume 2 is a television mini-series in the I Love the... series presented by VH1. The sequel to I Love the '70s, it premiered on...

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  • 2008
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    I Love the New Millennium

    I Love the New Millennium

    1 2008 HD

    I Love the New Millennium, the latest entry into the I Love the... series, is a nostalgia show focusing on the 2000s and premiered on VH1 Monday,...

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  • 2009
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    The Great Debate

    The Great Debate

    1 2009 HD

    The Great Debate is a VH1 program that debates about pop culture. It premiered July 6, 2009 and is "emceed" by boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer.

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  • 2009
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    1 2009 HD

    A countdown of 100 of the most shocking moments in music, hosted by Chris Jericho.

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  • 1970
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    7.556 1970 HD

    A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their...

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  • 1970
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    8.019 1970 HD

    A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood,...

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  • 1970
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    8.019 1970 HD

    A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood,...

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  • 1970
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    6.8 1970 HD

    The heartwarming yet uncomfortable relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.

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  • 1970
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    4.4 1970 HD

    Allen Gregory is a short-lived American animated television series that aired on Fox from October 30 to December 18, 2011. The series was created by...

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  • 1970
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    6.8 1970 HD

    The heartwarming yet uncomfortable relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.

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  • 1970
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    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    6.8 1970 HD

    The heartwarming yet uncomfortable relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.

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