Likkel and Hoberg began their writing careers separately, working in children's television. Likkel and Hoberg next worked on
Better Off Ted (2009–2010),
Better with You (2010–2011),
The Neighbors (2013–2014), In 2015, they began to write and executive produce
Galavant, a fantasy musical series. To oversee production on the eight-episode first season, they moved to England for four months and were on set everyday running the production. They returned as showrunners for the second season of
Galavant. Likkel and Hoberg were showrunners on ABC's
Downward Dog, which premiered with the first four episodes of the first season showing at the
2017 Sundance Film Festival—the first broadcast comedy to be launched at the festival. From 2017 to 2019, Likkel and Hoberg worked as consulting producers on
American Housewife continuing their collaboration with ABC Studios. Likkel and Hoberg wrote the screenplay for
Elemental with Brenda Hsueh. Having previously only worked in television, the
Pixar film was the first feature film for Likkel and Hoberg. They were recruited to take over writing the film in 2019 and the film went through several rewrites before its premiere in 2023.
Elemental was directed by
Peter Sohn. == Personal life ==