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Dr. Ken
''Dr. Ken'' is an American multi-camera sitcom that aired on ABC from October 2, 2015, to March 31, 2017. The series was created, written, and co-executive produced by its lead actor, Ken Jeong, who based the concept on his experience as a physician prior to becoming a stand-up comedian. The series is an ABC Studios/Sony Pictures Television co-production. On October 20, 2015, ABC ordered a full season of 22 episodes for the first season. On May 12, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 23, 2016. On May 11, 2017, ABC cancelled the series after two seasons. Premise ''Dr. Ken'' is about a Korean-American doctor (Ken Jeong), with a questionable bedside manner; his wife, a talented therapist (Suzy Nakamura); and his two children: son Dave (Albert Tsai) and daughter Molly (Krista Marie Yu). Cast Main * Ken Jeong as Dr. Kendrick "Ken" Park. Ken is a constantly-joking, narcissistic, sometimes-thoughtless general practitioner employed at Welltopi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel McHale
Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger, Jeffrey "Jeff" Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community (TV series), Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed in the films ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004), ''Spy Kids: All the Time in the World'' (2011), ''Ted (film), Ted'' (2012), and ''The Happytime Murders'' (2018). McHale also starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom ''The Great Indoors (TV series), The Great Indoors'' (2016–2017), hosted a reboot of ''Card Sharks'' (2019–2021), and portrayed the superhero Sylvester Pemberton, Starman on the show ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl'' (2020–2022). In 2020, he hosted a special aftershow interviewing key subjects from the Netflix documentary series ''Tiger King'' and voiced Johnny Cage in the direct-to-video martial arts film ''Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'', a role he reprised in its sequel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Yun Lee
William Yun Lee (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Danny Woo in the supernatural drama ''Witchblade (2001 TV series), Witchblade'' and Jae Kim in the sci-fi series ''Bionic Woman (2007 TV series), Bionic Woman''. He has also appeared in the films ''Die Another Day'' (2002), ''Elektra (2005 film), Elektra'' (2005) and ''The Wolverine (film), The Wolverine'' (2013). He had a recurring role as Sang Min in ''Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Hawaii Five-0'', played the original body of series protagonist Takeshi Kovacs in ''Altered Carbon (TV series), Altered Carbon'', appeared as Marvelous Man in ''The Guardians of Justice'' (2022) and voiced Wei Shen in the game ''Sleeping Dogs (video game), Sleeping Dogs'' (2012). From 2018 to 2024, he has appeared on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC medical drama ''The Good Doctor (American TV series), The Good Doctor'' playing Dr. Alex Park. Early life Lee was born in Arlington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Cengiz Oz ( ; ; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (), is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator and government official serving as the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services since 2025. The son of Turkish immigrants, Oz was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. A Multiple citizenship, dual citizen of the United States, U.S. and Turkey, Oz completed 60 days of mandatory military training in the Turkish Land Forces, Turkish Army during the 1980s. He subsequently began his residency in surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 1986. In 2001, Oz became a professor of surgery at Columbia University, and later retired to professor emeritus in 2018. In May 2022, the institution dissafilliated with Oz and removed his presence from their website. In 2003, Oprah Winfrey was the first guest on the Discovery Channel series ''Second Opinion wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Vigman
Gillian Vigman is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She has played Jack Box's Wife in many Jack in the Box commercials, and was a recurring cast member of the sketch comedy series ''MADtv''. Vigman also starred in the ABC comedy '' Sons & Daughters'', and had recurring roles in the sitcoms ''Suburgatory'' and ''New Girl''. Since 2020, she has voiced the character of Dr. T'Ana on the animated series '' Star Trek: Lower Decks''. Early life Vigman was born to a British mother and American father. Her father was born to Jewish parents, whereas her mother converted to Judaism. Vigman attended Colgate University, graduating in 1994. Career She started her professional comedy career in Chicago working for The Second City. Prior to joining the cast of ''MADtv'', Vigman toured with The Second City National Touring Company in 2000, to launch its 20th anniversary S season. She first appeared on ''MADtv'' in the eighth episode of the eighth season in a sketch called "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Chon
Justin Jitae Chon (born May 29, 1981) is a South Korean-American actor and filmmaker. He has directed three films, Gook (film), ''Gook'' (2017), ''Ms. Purple'' (2019), and ''Blue Bayou (film), Blue Bayou'' (2021). He is also known for portraying List of Twilight characters#Eric Yorkie, Eric Yorkie in ''The Twilight Saga (film series), The Twilight Saga'' film series. He is a member of the K-pop parody group Boys Generally Asian. Early life Chon was born in Garden Grove, California, and raised in Irvine, California, where he attended University High School (Irvine, California), University High School. Chon is of Korean Americans, Korean descent. His father, Sang Chon, was an actor in South Korea and later a shoe wholesales owner in Paramount, California. His mother is a pianist. He has a younger sister. Chon attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he majored in business. During college, he studied abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Career Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Minor
Jerome Charles Minor Jr. is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as '' Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', '' Trigger Happy TV'', '' Delocated'', ''Brickleberry'', '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', '' Crossballs'', '' The Hotwives of Orlando'', '' Carpoolers'', ''Community'', '' Lucky Louie'', and '' Dr. Ken''. Life and career Minor was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Flint, Michigan. Minor was raised as a Jehovah's Witness during most of his youth. Later in life, after rejecting his Jehovah's Witness upbringing, Minor was shunned by some members of his family. He began doing stand-up comedy and writing/performing with sketch comedy groups in Detroit before eventually joining the Second City Detroit's mainstage improv troupe. After writing and performing in three revues, he joined the Second City Chicago for two shows and then one revue at the Second City Toronto. At the time he was the only performer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Guarino
Stephen Guarino (born November 14, 1975) is an American actor and comedian, known as Sully Patterson on the Jim Carrey-produced Showtime series '' I'm Dying Up Here'' (2017–2018) and for his recurring role as Derrick in the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings'', a character that has since been carried over to the NBC sitcom '' Marry Me'',"Stephen Guarino Will Eat You Alive" '''', November 22, 2011. as well as Connor on the ABC sitcom '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK). Both countries proclaimed independence in 1948, and the two countries fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The region is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Yalu River, Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen River, Duman (Tumen) rivers, and is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. Known human habitation of the Korean peninsula dates to 40,000 BC. The kingdom of Gojoseon, which according to tradition was founded in 2333 BC, fell to the Han dynasty in 108 BC. It was followed by the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms period, in which Korea was divided into Goguryeo, Baekje, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Cho
Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actress and musician. In her Stand-up comedy, stand-up routines she critiques social and political problems, especially about race and sexuality. She starred in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''All-American Girl (TV series), All-American Girl'' (1994–95). As an actress, she has acted in such roles as Charlene Lee in ''It's My Party (film), It's My Party'' and John Travolta's FBI colleague in the action film ''Face/Off'' Cho was part of the cast of the TV series ''Drop Dead Diva'' on Lifetime Television, in which she appeared as Teri Lee, a paralegal assistant. For her portrayal of Kim Jong Il on ''30 Rock'', she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2012. In 2022, Cho co-starred in the film ''Fire Island (film), Fire Island'', a portrayal of the LGBT Asian American experience on Fire Island. She has worked in fashion and music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
