Matt Tarses is a screenwriter and producer best known for his work on the comedies Scrubs and Sports Night. In 1998 he began working on the latter, serving as co-producer and writing nine episodes from 1998 to 2000. He wrote two episodes of the sitcom Norm before starting work on the long-running sitcom Scrubs. He wrote eight episodes of the series and was co-executive producer of 80 episodes from 2001 to 2005. In 2003 he wrote the screenplay for the film A Guy Thing, and a year later produced the TV film Americana, directed by David Schwimmer.

In 2006 he wrote and produced an episode of the series Teachers, and two years later wrote and served as executive producer of the series Worst Week. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Comedy Series category for the first season of Scrubs and received two Humanitas Prizes: one for Scrubs and another for an episode of Sports Night.