this season's writers were barry w. blaustein, joe bodolai, brian doyle-murray, nate herman, tim kazurinsky, nelson lyon, maryilyn suzanne miller, pamela norris, mark o'donnell, michael o'donoghue, margaret olberman, tony rosato, david sheffield, rosie shuster, andrew smith, terry southern, bob tischler and eliot wald. the head writers were michael o'donoghue (episodes 1-8) and bob tischler (episodes 9-20).