Founded in 2001


Efficiency Studios is the brainchild of playwright & long-time TV producer Scott Carter.

Scott Carter on Set
Scott Carter headshot
Scott Carter smiling

Scott Carter is Executive Producer / Co-creator of Regional Emmy winning talk show LOVE & RESPECT WITH KILLER MIKE (PBS / REVOLT TV). He was nominated for dozens of Primetime Emmys as Executive Producer / Writer of the first 1,100 episodes of POLITICALLY INCORRECT (Comedy Central, ABC) and the first 16 seasons of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER (HBO), for which he won Producers Guild of America and Writers Guild of America awards. 

Carter has created and produced talk shows for Lewis Black (Comedy Central), Candice Bergen (Oxygen Media), Kevin Nealon (Spike TV), and most recently, Bob Costas (HBO). 

His play DISCORD: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JEFFERSON, DICKENS AND TOLSTOY  has been produced in 26 cities in four countries.

Mr. Carter has an omnivorous curiosity and he keeps an open mind as he pursues his own path to spiritual enlightenment…
— Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times
Scott Carter and Salmon Rushdie
Scott Carter and Mel Brooks
Scott Carter and Neil Degrasse Tyson
Scott Carter and guest