From 1986 to 1999, Royce was a
stand-up comedian in New York City. For several years, he was also a warmup comedian for such shows as
The Maury Povich Show,
Viva Variety, and
Spin City. In 2005,
Louis C.K. asked Royce to be the
executive producer and
show runner of a new sitcom,
HBO's
Lucky Louie. By January 2009, TNT had ordered 10 episodes for the new series
Men of a Certain Age, which premiered on Monday December 7, 2009 at 10:00. TNT picked up
Men of a Certain Age for a second season as the ratings have increased with men in the age demographic of 25 to 54. On July 15, 2011, TNT cancelled the series after two seasons. In 2011, Mike Royce and his Snowpants Productions company signed a deal with
20th Century Fox Television. In addition to two pilots, he produced two series under his Fox deal,
1600 Penn and
Enlisted. In 2015, he moved to Sony Pictures in an overall deal and developed a pilot for CBS, as well as the reimagining of Norman Lear's '70s sitcom "One Day at a Time" for Netflix In 2017,
One Day at a Time premiered on
Netflix starring
Justina Machado and
Rita Moreno. A reimagining of the 1975
Norman Lear sitcom, Royce co-created the 2017 version with
Gloria Calderon Kellett. He is executive producer and co-showrunner of the series, alongside Ms. Kellett. ==Awards and nominations==