How They Met Each Other: Craig Thomas and Rob Greenberg REDUX

How They Met Each Other: Craig Thomas and Rob Greenberg REDUX

From Arts Educators Save the World by Erica Halverson

February 25, 2026 · 1h 0m

About this episode

This episode features a conversation between Craig Thomas and Rob Greenberg about their experiences in television and mentorship.

Revisiting another Oldie-But-Goodie this week while we're recording new episodes at the Comic Con Museum in San Diego!! More to come soon!! Our dear friend Craig Thomas, working at the highest levels of network television, is proof positive that mentorship doesn't end at graduation. Craig is the co-creator of CBS's smash sitcom HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, which received 30 Emmy Award nominations in its nine-season run. His prose has been published in The Iowa Review, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and the Weekly Humorist. In this episode, he joins us in conversation with Rob Greenberg, who, as a writer/producer on FRASIER, won three Emmys, and a Writers Guild Award. Rob was an executive producer for the pilot of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, where he remained as consulting producer -- and mentor to Craig and co-creator Carter Bays -- for the show's first six years. At the time of this recording, he and his partner, Bob Fisher, are writing, directing and producing the second season of ANIMAL CONTROL for Fox.

People in this episode

Host: Erica Halverson

Guests: Craig Thomas, Rob Greenberg

Topics covered

  • mentorship
  • television
  • comedy
  • writing
  • production
  • Emmy Awards

Keywords

  • Craig Thomas
  • Rob Greenberg
  • HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
  • FRASIER
  • mentorship
  • television production
  • Emmy Awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, FRASIER, ANIMAL CONTROL, The Iowa Review, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Weekly Humorist

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