Linwood Boomer (born October 9, 1955) is a

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, and former

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. He is known for playing the role of Adam Kendall on the drama '' Little House on the Prairie'', and for creating the Fox sitcom ''

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''.

Early life

Boomer was born into a lower-middle class family in

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, Canada, the third of four sons. He was enrolled in a gifted program at school. His mother is named Eileen. He was the middle child in his household. Boomer made a show based on his life story called ''

'', which ran on FOX from January 2000 to May 2006.

Career

Boomer began his career as an actor. After playing Adam Kendall on '' Little House on the Prairie'', Boomer began focusing his talents on the behind-the-scenes aspects of television. Boomer's writing and executive producing credits include '' Night Court'', '' Flying Blind'', '' The Boys Are Back'', '' Townies'', ''

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'' and '' God, the Devil and Bob''. He also created and executive produced the pilots ''Family Business'', ''Nice Try'', and the U.S. version of ''

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'', and served as an executive producer under

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for the pilot of '' Big''. He also owns his own production company Satin City. Boomer negotiated with CBS on a pilot order for a project that reunited him with Gail Berman, the exec who shepherded ''Malcolm'' during her tenure at Regency TV and as programming chief at Fox. Boomer wrote the script and exec produced along with Berman and Lloyd Braun for their ''BermanBraun'' shingle and Universal Media Studios, where BermanBraun is based. Dubbed ''The Karenskys'', the multi-camera comedy would revolve around a daughter's return to the fold of her large, eccentric, ethnic family after her husband takes a job in her hometown. It was directed by Pamela Fryman and starred Annie Potts,

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, Sasha Alexander, Tinsley Grimes, & Todd Stashwick.

''Malcolm in the Middle''

Although Boomer has created, produced and acted in many television series, he is best known for creating the Fox sitcom ''

'', which was based on his life story. The pilot episode of the series premiered on January 9, 2000 and was watched by 22.5 million viewers, while the second episode, "Red Dress" (premiered on January 16, 2000), was watched by 26 million viewers. Boomer wrote two episodes, starting with the pilot episode and then "Francis Escapes" and directed five episodes -- "Opera," "Stilts," "Reese vs. Stevie," "Bride of Ida," and the series finale, "Graduation." Boomer received a

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for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the pilot episode. The series completed its six-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes.

Awards and nominations

Wins

* Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in Comedy Series for ''

'' ("Pilot")

Nominations

* Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for ''

'' (2001) * Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for '' Night Court'' (1984)

Filmography

References

External links

*
Hollywood Reporter Interview from February 2004

Malcolm In The Middle Voting Community - Fan Site
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