Denis Leary and Peter Tolan are creators, executive producers, and writers of "Rescue Me", while Jim Serpico is also an executive producer. Leary and Tolan first paired up on "The Job" (ABC), which also starred Leary. Tolan's other writing credits include "Analyze That, Stealing Harvard, Bedazzled" and "Analyze This". He also won Emmys for his work on "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Murphy Brown". The series is produced by Leary and Serpico's production company Apostle, The Cloudland Company and DreamWorks Television in association with Sony Pictures Television.