Background
He was born in New York in 1952, grew up in Dallas, and was educated at the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Bachelor"s degree in Journalism.
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Immediately upon graduation, Jacobs moved to New York to pursue comedy writing. A couple of years later, Jacobs landed his first television job, writing for The Dick Cavett Show. Jacobs then moved to Los Angeles, and began accumulating credits, writing for both variety shows and situation comedies.
In 1988, Jacobs executive produced a new series, Empty Nest, which became a long-running hit for National Broadcasting Company. lieutenant was one of the top ten highest rated shows each of the three seasons Jacobs served as Executive Producer.
After Empty Nest, Jacobs created and executive produced two series of his own. The first, Woops!, was a zany, Monty Pythonesque show about a group of survivors of a nuclear war.
The second series was All American Girl (1994 television series), starring Margaret Cho, the first sitcom to focus on an Asian-American family. In 2000, Jacobs left television and moved to Austin.
He also earned two Masters degrees, one in Education from Texas State University and the other in Creative Writing from Goddard College.
