Robert Morton is an American television producer most notable for his work as a producer and later co-executive producer of the NBC program Late Night with David Letterman.
Morton is a 1975 graduate of American University ( Washington, DC). He served as the creative director for MTV prior to joining David Letterman's staff. [1]
Morton went with Letterman to CBS in 1993 and was the executive producer of CBS' Late Show with David Letterman; he left the show in 1996. [2] After leaving the Late Show Morton produced several programs, including Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, The Wayne Brady Show, Over the Top, and Mind of Mencia. He returned to late-night television becoming the executive producer of Lopez Tonight on TBS in 2010. [3]
In 2001, he married restaurateur Jennifer Rush; [4] they have two daughters, Billie Morton (b. 2001) and Emmy Morton (b. 2006). They divorced in 2016. [5]