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Michael Zinberg
Michael Allan Zinberg (born March 22, 1944) is an American television director, producer and writer. Early life and education Zinberg was born in Bexar County, Texas to Dorothy (née Rissien) and William Zinberg. Zinberg graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas. In 1977, he earned a B.S. in radio-television-film from Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. Career Zinberg moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1968, with his first job as an usher at CBS Television City. He worked his way up to become a production assistant and then a writer, eventually working as an Associate Producer on the James Garner TV show '' Nichols''. In 1972, Zinberg joined the MTM Productions television production company that was founded by Mary Tyler Moore's husband, Grant Tinker. While at MTM Productions he wrote, produced and directed ''The Bob Newhart Show'' for six seasons, as well as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show,'' among other popular TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bexar County, Texas
Bexar County ( or ; ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county. Bexar County is included in the San Antonio–New Braunfels, Texas, New Braunfels, TX Greater San Antonio, metropolitan statistical area. It is the List of the most populous counties in the United States, 16th-most populous county in the nation and the fourth-most populated in Texas. Bexar County has a large Hispanic population with a significant growing African American population. With a population that is 59.3% Hispanic as of 2020, it is Texas' List of Majority-Hispanic or Latino Counties in the U.S., most populous majority-Hispanic county and the third-largest such nationwide. History Bexar County was created on December 20, 1836, and encompassed almost the entire western portion of the Republic of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTM Productions
MTM Enterprises (also known as MTM Productions) was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' for CBS. The name for the production company was drawn from Moore's initials. With MTM, Moore would become one of the first women to own a television production company. MTM became very successful, producing a number of successful television programs during the 1970s and 1980s. Since 2019, The Walt Disney Company has owned all of the company's programs through its subsidiary 20th Television. History In 1969, MTM Enterprises was organized by both Mary Tyler Moore and Grant Tinker, and hired James L. Brooks and Allan Burns to create her sitcom, ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Brooks' show ''Room 222'' has even been credited by the Television Academy Foundation for breaking the "new narrative ground" which developed MTM Enterprises' "major sitcom factories of the 1970s." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCIS Season 1
The first season of the American police procedural drama '' NCIS'' was originally broadcast between September 23, 2003, and May 25, 2004, on CBS. The first season dealt with introducing the characters and their strengths, skills, and weaknesses. Three recurring characters are also introduced: the main foe for the first two seasons, Ari Haswari; Special Agent Timothy McGee and Jimmy Palmer who replaces Gerald Jackson, Ducky's assistant, after he was shot. The season also introduces Sasha Alexander as Special Agent Caitlin Todd who serves as Special Agent Vivian Blackadder's ( Robyn Lively) replacement, who was a member of Gibbs' team during the two-part '' JAG'' backdoor pilot. Cast Main * Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard * Sasha Alexander as Caitlin Todd, NCIS Special Agent and former Secret Service Special Agent assigned to the security detail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCIS (TV Series)
''NCIS'' is an American Military fiction, military police procedural television series and the first installment within the NCIS (franchise), ''NCIS'' media franchise. The series revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The concept and characters were Television pilot#Backdoor pilot, initially introduced with two episodes of the CBS series ''JAG (TV series), JAG'' (JAG season 8, season eight episodes 20 and 21: "NCIS backdoor pilot, Ice Queen" and "Meltdown"); as a spin-off from ''JAG'', the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date, it has entered into the 23rd full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the NCIS (franchise), ''NCIS'' franchise. , ''NCIS'' was the List of longest-running scripted American primetime television series, third-longest-running scripted, live-acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCIS Season 20
The twentieth season of the American police procedural television series ''NCIS'' premiered on September 19, 2022 on CBS during the 2022–23 television season, and concluded on May 22, 2023. This is the first season not to credit Mark Harmon who had portrayed Leroy Jethro Gibbs since the show's first season, and the last to feature David McCallum prior to his death on September 25, 2023. This season includes the 450th episode of the series. The season contains 22 episodes. Premise ''NCIS'' revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Based at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., the NCIS team is led by Supervisory Special Agent Alden Parker, an ex-FBI Special Agent and a skilled investigator. Cast and characters Main * Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, NCIS Senior Special Agent, Second in Command of MCRT, Acting Director of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JAG (TV Series)
''JAG'' (United States Armed Forces, U.S. military acronym for Judge Advocate General's Corps, Judge Advocate General) is an American legal drama television series with a U.S. Navy theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television (now CBS Studios).. From the Paramount website, through archive.org. Retrieved on 2015-03-22. The series originally aired on NBC for one season from September 23, 1995, to May 22, 1996, and then on CBS for an additional nine seasons from January 3, 1997, to April 29, 2005. The first season was co-produced with NBC Productions (now Universal Television) and was originally perceived as a ''Top Gun'' meets ''A Few Good Men'' hybrid series.Neal Karlen, Karlen, Neal.COVER STORY;From the Man Behind 'Magnum, P.I.,' 'Top Gun' Meets 'A Few Good Men'", ''The New York Times'' (November 5, 1995) In the spring of 1996, NBC cancelled the series after it finished 79th in the ratings, leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life On The Street
Life, also known as biota, refers to matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes. It is defined descriptively by the capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction. All life over time eventually reaches a state of death, and none is immortal. Many philosophical definitions of living systems have been proposed, such as self-organizing systems. Viruses in particular make definition difficult as they replicate only in host cells. Life exists all over the Earth in air, water, and soil, with many ecosystems forming the biosphere. Some of these are harsh environments occupied only by extremophiles. Life has been studied since ancient times, with theories such as Empedocles's materialism asserting that it was composed of four eternal elements, and Aristotle's hylomorphism asserting that living things have souls and embody both form and matter. Life originated at least 3.5&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
