andrew ross breckman (born march 3, 1955) is an american television and film writer and a radio personality on wfmu. he is the creator and executive producer of the emmy award-winning television series "monk" on the usa network, and is co-host of wfmu radio's long-running conceptual comedy program "seven second delay". he has written screenplays for a number of comedy films including "sgt. bilko" (starring steve martin) and "rat race" (directed by jerry zucker), and is frequently hired as a "script doctor" to inject humorous content into scripts written by other screenwriters.