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Council Of Dads (TV Series)
''Council of Dads'' is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series inspired by the book ''The Council of Dads (book), The Council of Dads'' by Bruce Feiler, developed by Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, that premiered on NBC as part of the 2019–20 United States network television schedule, 2019–20 television season, on March 24, 2020. In June 2020, the series was canceled after one season. Premise Cancer patient Scott Perry worries about his five children growing up without his help and advice. He and his wife Robin recruit three friends to act as a "council of dads" to be father figures to his children. Scott dies and his loved ones form an expanded chosen family. Cast Main * Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Robin Perry, Scott's widow Her children * Michele Weaver as Luly Perry, Anthony's biracial daughter, whom Scott raised as a single father for eight years (thinking she was his daughter) before meeting Robin * Emjay Anthony as Theo Perry, Scott and Robin's tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Television
Universal Television LLC (abbreviated as UTV) is an American television production company that is a division of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming#Universal Studio Group, Universal Studio Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which, in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It serves as the network television production arm of NBC; a predecessor of the company, NBC Studios, previously assumed such functions, and a substantial portion of the company's shows air on the network. It was formerly known by various names, including Revue Studios, Universal Pictures Television Department, Universal-International Television, Studios USA Television LLC, Universal Studios Network Programming, Universal Network Television, Universal Domestic Television, NBC Universal Television Studio, and Universal Media Studios. It is also known as Open 4 Business Productions in copyright in certain television series produced by them since 2009. Re-established in 2004, both NBC Studios and the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert V
Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album ''Here Comes a Song'' *Bert (Sesame Street), fictional character on the TV series ''Sesame Street'' *Bert (horse), foaled 1934 * Bert (Mary Poppins), a Cockney chimney sweep in the book series & Disney film ''Mary Poppins'' * Iron Bert (one half of the two yellow diesels 'Arry and Bert), also in ''Thomas and Friends'' Places *Berd, Armenia, also known as Bert * Bert, Allier, a commune in the French of Allier (pronounced \bɛʁ\) *Bert, West Virginia Electronics and computing *Bit error rate test, a testing method for digital communication circuits *Bit error rate tester, a test equipment used for testing the bit error rate of digital communication circuits *HP Bert, a CPU in certain Hewlett-Packard programmable calculators *BERT (language model) (Bidir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Misiano
Christopher Misiano is an American television director and producer. He is best known for his work on '' ER'', ''The West Wing'', and '' Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''. In 2017, he sold his historic home in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, for US$4.3 million. Filmography *'' Pan Am'' *'' Fringe'' *''Grey's Anatomy'' *''Eli Stone'' *'' Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' *'' ER'' *''Revenge'' *''The West Wing'' *''Trinity'' *'' Nash Bridges'' *'' Law & Order'' *'' Mistresses'' *'' Third Watch'' *'' The Good Wife'' *''Perception'' *''Emergence In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when a complex entity has properties or behaviors that its parts do not have on their own, and emerge only when they interact in a wider whole. Emergence plays a central rol ...'' *'' Stumptown'' *'' Council of Dads'' *'' Suits'' *'' Suits LA'' External links * References American television producers American television directors Living people Primetime Emmy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Brown (cinematographer)
Jonathan Brown is an American cinematographer and television director. Career Throughout his career, Brown would frequently serve as cinematographer on films directed by Shawn Levy, working with him on ''Big Fat Liar'', ''Just Married'', ''Cheaper by the Dozen'', ''The Pink Panther'' and '' The Internship''. In June 2008, Brown was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Beginning in 2014, he served as a frequent cinematographer on episodes of the CBS drama series '' Madam Secretary''. He would soon switch to directing episodes with Learan Kahanov taking over Brown's cinematography duties. Personal life Brown is the son of Garrett Brown, a cinematographer who invented Steadicam. Filmography As cinematographer Film Television As Director Television References External linksJonathan Brownat the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Futon Critic
''The Futon Critic'' is a website that provides articles and information regarding prime time programming on broadcast and cable networks in the United States. The site publishes reviews of prime time programming and interviews of people in the television industry, as well as republishing Nielsen ratings data reports, and press releases provided by television networks and streaming television platforms. ''The Futon Critic'' was founded by Brian Ford Sullivan in 1997. History Brian Ford Sullivan, CEO of Futon Media, registered ''The Futon Critic'' on January 14, 1997. From its founding, the site has published reviews on prime time programming, as well as interviews its staff conducted with members of the television industry. The site also contains sections of articles dedicated to republishing press releases, network schedules and Nielsen ratings data, which have been cited by articles on websites such as '' The Huffington Post'' and TV by the Numbers. Its publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilarie Burton
Hilarie Ros Burton (born July 1, 1982), also known as Hilarie Burton Morgan, is an American actress. A former host of MTV's ''Total Request Live'', she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WB/The CW drama '' One Tree Hill'' for six seasons (2003–2009). Post ''One Tree Hill'', Burton starred in '' Our Very Own'', ''Solstice'', and '' The List''. She has also had supporting or recurring roles in television series, including her role as Sara Ellis on ''White Collar'' (2010–2013), Dr. Lauren Boswell on the ABC medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2013), Molly Dawes on the ABC drama series ''Forever'' (2014), and Karen Palmer on the Fox television series ''Lethal Weapon'' (2016). Burton was a co-host on the '' Drama Queens'' podcast along with her former ''One Tree Hill'' co-stars, Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz until the summer of 2024. Early life Burton was born on July 1, 1982, in Sterling, Virginia, United States. Her father, James William "Bill" Burton (born 1947), is a veteran of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Daniels
Kevin Dwight Daniels Jr. (born December 9, 1976, in San Diego, California), is an American actor who started his career with a supporting role in the 1998 film ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' by director Nicholas Hytner. He has appeared in the film ''Hollywood Homicide'', as well as the TV series ''Law & Order'', ''Frasier'', ''Chuck'', ''House'' and ''Modern Family'', the latter in the recurring role of Longinus. He has since participated in more than 20 productions. He is best known for playing Don Miller, a firefighter for the Baltimore City Fire Department in the movie ''Ladder 49'' and the USA show ''Sirens'' where he played Hank St. Clare, a Chicago EMT. He starred in the 2012 Broadway play ''Magic/Bird'' playing the lead role of Magic Johnson. Daniels attended the Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Everett Scott
Thomas Everett Scott (born September 7, 1970) is an American actor. His film work includes a starring role as drummer Guy Patterson in the film '' That Thing You Do!'', the protagonist in '' An American Werewolf in Paris'', and notable roles in '' Boiler Room'', '' One True Thing'', '' Dead Man on Campus'', '' The Love Letter'', '' Because I Said So'', '' Danger One'', ''La La Land'', and ''Clouds''. In television, he played the roles of Detective Russell Clarke in the series '' Southland'', Charles Garnett in '' Z Nation'', and played the recurring roles of Eric Wyczenski in '' ER'', Sam Landon in '' Beauty & the Beast'', Kevin Duval in the series '' Scream'', William in ''Reign'', and Mr. Down in ''13 Reasons Why''. He also co-starred in the truTV sitcom '' I'm Sorry''. Early life Scott was born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of Cynthia "Cindy" (née Pierce), an insurance sales representative, and William Joseph "Bill" Scott (died 2007), a civil engineer. He g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelve-step Program
Twelve-step programs are international mutual aid programs supporting recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by Bill Wilson and Bob Smith, aided its membership to overcome alcoholism. Since that time dozens of other organizations have been derived from AA's approach to address problems as varied as drug addiction, compulsive gambling, sex, and overeating. All twelve-step programs utilize a version of AA's suggested twelve steps first published in the 1939 book '' Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism.'' As summarized by the American Psychological Association (APA), the process involves the following: * admitting that one cannot control one's alcoholism, addiction, or compulsion; * coming to believe in a Higher Power that can give strength; * examining past errors with the help of a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led Mutual aid, mutual-aid fellowship focused on an abstinence-based recovery model from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. AA's Twelve Traditions, besides emphasizing anonymity, stress lack of hierarchy, staying non-promotional, and non-professional, while also unaffiliated, non-denominational, apolitical and free to all. , AA estimated it is active in 180 countries with an estimated membership of nearly two million—73% in the United States and Canada. AA traces its origins to a 1935 meeting between Bill W., Bill Wilson (commonly referred to as Bill W.) and Dr. Bob Smith (doctor), Bob Smith (Dr. Bob), two individuals seeking to address their shared struggles with alcoholism. Their collaboration, influenced by the Christian Revivalism, Christian revivalist Oxford Group, evolved into a mutual support group that eventually became AA. In 1939, the fellowship published The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous), ''Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Assignment
Sex assignment (also known as gender assignment) is the discernment of an infant's sex, typically made at birth based on an examination of the baby's external genitalia by a healthcare provider such as a midwife, nurse, or physician. In the vast majority of cases (99.95%), sex is assigned unambiguously at birth. However, in about 1 in 2000 births, the baby's genitalia may not clearly indicate male or female, necessitating additional diagnostic steps, and deferring sex assignment. In most countries the healthcare provider's determination, along with other details of the birth, is by law recorded on an official document and submitted to the government for later issuance of a birth certificate and for other legal purposes. The prevalence of intersex, intersex conditions, where a baby's sex characteristics do not conform strictly to typical definitions of male or female, ranges between 0.018% and 1.7%. While some intersex conditions result in Ambiguous genitalia, genital ambigui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
