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Christopher Lloyd (born June 18, 1960) is an American television producer and screenwriter. Lloyd is the co-creator and executive producer of the ABC mockumentary family sitcom ''Modern Family'', which he co-created and produced with Steven Levitan. Lloyd has had an extensive career on many series, primarily ''Frasier''. Lloyd has won 12 Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on ''Modern Family'' and ''Frasier''. He holds the record for Primetime Emmy awards as either a comedy or drama series producer. Career Lloyd began screenwriting with the first four seasons of ''The Golden Girls''. He then wrote for the comedy ''Wings''; then ''Frasier'', where he became its showrunner. While he was executive producer, ''Frasier'' won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years, the first time any series had done so. Lloyd left ''Frasier'' after its seventh season, then returned to helm its final (eleventh) season. He then produced the series '' Out of Pr ...
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Waterbury
Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Waterbury had a population of 114,403 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census. The city is southwest of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury is the largest city in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and second-largest city in New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven County. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Waterbury had large industrial interests and was the leading center in the United States for the manufacture of brassware (including castings and finishings), as reflected in the nickname the "Brass City" and the city's motto ''Quid Aere Perennius?'' ("What Is More Lasting Than Brass?"). It was also noted for the manufacture of watches and clocks (Timex Group USA, Timex). The city is alongside Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts), Interstate 84 (Yankee Expressway) and Connecticut Route 8, Route 8 and has a ...
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Anne Flett-Giordano
Anne Flett-Giordano (née Flett; born 1965) is an American television producer and screenwriter, known for her work on '' Kate & Allie'', ''Frasier'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Hot in Cleveland'' and '' Mom.'' On ''Hot in Cleveland'', the fictional medical condition A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function (biology), function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical condi ... "Flett-Giordano Syndrome" was named after her. She is also the author of the murder mystery / social satire “Marry, Kiss, Kill” References External links * American television producers American women television producers American television writers Primetime Emmy Award winners Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American women television writers 1965 births 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women wri ...
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Chuck Ranberg
Chuck Ranberg is an American playwright, producer and screenwriter. He won five Primetime Emmy Awards in the categories Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for his work on the television program ''Frasier''. Ranberg produced and wrote for television programs including '' Kate & Allie'', '' Becker'', ''Desperate Housewives'', '' The Game'' and ''Hot in Cleveland''. In the 2000s, he wrote the Off-Broadway play ''End of the World Party'', starring Jim J. Bullock and David Drake David A. Drake (September 24, 1945 – December 10, 2023) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran, he worked as a lawyer before becoming a writer in the military science fiction genre. Biography .... Ranberg is openly gay. Notes References External links * Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American television producers American male screenw ...
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Jack Burditt
Jack Burditt is an American producer and screenwriter who has worked on television shows like '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Frasier'', ''30 Rock'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''Modern Family'', and ''The Mindy Project''. He won two Emmy awards for his work on ''Frasier'' and three as an Executive Producer on ''30 Rock''. Biography Burditt is the son of the late writer and producer George Burditt and Joyce Burditt. He has one brother, Paul, and one sister, Ellen. He worked as a writer on ''30 Rock'' and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the third season. Burditt created the comedy '' Last Man Standing'', which premiered in fall 2011 on ABC. The show was moved to Fox in its seventh season. Filmography * '' Nobody Wants This'' (2024-present) * '' The Santa Clauses'' (2022–2023) * ''Modern Family'' (2017–2020) * '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2019) * ''The Mindy Project'' (20 ...
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Rob Greenberg
Rob Greenberg is an American writer. Credits Writing Television *'' Animal Control'' (written by) *'' The Moodys'' (written by) *''Spellbound'' (2004/I) (TV) (writer) *''Harry's Girl'' (2003) (TV) (writer) *''Spellbound'' (2003) (TV) (writer) *''Bad Haircut'' (2001) (TV) (writer) *''Frasier'' Film *'' Meet Dave'' (2008) (written by) *''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' (2009) (additional screenplay material) *'' Overboard'' (2018) (written by) *'' The Valet'' (2022) (written by) Directing Television *'' Animal Control'' *'' The Moodys'' *''My Boys'' *''How I Met Your Mother'' *'' Scrubs'' *'' Happy Endings'' *'' Worst Week'' *'' Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Journal'' (2008 special) Film *'' Overboard'' (2018) Awards and nominations Nominated for 4 Emmy Awards and 2 Writers Guild of America Award The Writers Guild of America Awards is an award for film, television, and radio writing including both fiction and non-fiction categories given by the Writers Guild of America ...
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Joe Keenan (writer)
Joe Keenan (born July 14, 1958) is an American screenwriter, television producer and novelist. Known for his television work on series like ''Frasier'' and ''Desperate Housewives'', Keenan has been referred to as the "gay P.G. Wodehouse" for his three successful novels. Early life Keenan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into an Irish American Catholic family. He has a twin brother, John, and two other siblings, Ronald and Geraldine. He grew up in the blue collar neighborhood of Cambridgeport. Keenan attended Boston College High School and Columbia College. Early career In 1991 ''Cheers'' creators James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles, having read Keenan's novel ''Blue Heaven,'' invited Keenan to create a new sitcom for their production company. The resulting pilot, ''Gloria Vane'', starring JoBeth Williams, was not picked up by a network, but it led to a writing post on ''Frasier''. In 1992, his first play, ''The Times'', a musical that charts the course of a seventeen-yea ...
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Moon Dance (Frasier)
The third season of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' aired on NBC from September 19, 1995 to May 21, 1996. The opening title card was changed to turquoise. Cast Main * Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane * Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon * David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane * Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle * John Mahoney as Martin Crane Special guest * Mercedes Ruehl as Kate Costas * Griffin Dunne as Bob * Donald O'Connor as Harlow Stafford * Tony Shalhoub as Manu Special appearance by * Dan Butler as Bulldog * Shelley Long as Diane Chambers Recurring * Edward Hibbert as Gil Chesterton Guest * Patrick Kerr as Noel Shempsky * Trevor Einhorn as Frederick * John Carroll Lynch as Franklin * Harris Yulin as Jerome Belasco * Jane Kaczmarek as Maureen * Denise Poirier as Maggie * Harriet Sansom Harris as Bebe Glazer The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' (1993–2004) and the 2023 revival ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his fat ...
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I Hate Frasier Crane (Frasier Episode)
The first season of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' aired on NBC from September 16, 1993 to May 19, 1994. The opening title card was blue. Cast Main * Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane * Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon * David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane * Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle * John Mahoney as Martin Crane Special guest * Amanda Donohoe as Catherine * John Glover as Ned Miller * Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith * Mako as Sam Tanaka Special appearance by * Dr. Joyce Brothers as herself Recurring * Dan Butler as Bulldog Guest * Kathleen Noone as Aunt Patrice * Harriet Sansom Harris as Bebe Glazer * Claire Stansfield as Kristina * Patrick Kerr as Noel Shempsky * Edward Hibbert as Gil Chesterton The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' (1993–2004) and the 2023 revival ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, his brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his father's live ... Episodes Awards and nomina ...
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Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (commonly known as Fox; stylized in all caps) is an Television in the United States, American commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast television broadcaster, television network serving as the flagship property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment. Fox is based at Fox Corporation's corporate headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it hosts additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and at the Fox Media Center in Tempe, Arizona. The channel was launched by News Corporation on October 9, 1986 as a competitor to the Big Three (American television), Big Three television networks, which are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the NBC, National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network; it was also the highest-Nielsen ratings, rated free-to-air netwo ...
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Back To You (TV Series)
''Back to You'' is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from September 19, 2007, to May 14, 2008. The creators and executive producers were Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, and the director was James Burrows. The series starred Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as squabbling anchors of a news program. Plot Chuck Darling ( Grammer) and Kelly Carr ( Heaton) were co-anchors of Pittsburgh news program WURG News 9 that had great on-screen chemistry, despite constant quarreling off-screen. However, Chuck left to take a job elsewhere. After an embarrassing comment he makes results in his dismissal from a large market LA newscast, Chuck returns to Pittsburgh after 10 years to become an anchor on the newscast he originally left. Chuck also learns that he is the father of Carr's 10-year-old daughter. Their daughter, Gracie, turns 11 years old in the episode, " Something's Up There". Characters *Chuck Darling (Kelsey Grammer) is the co-anchor at WURG-TV, News 9, and also the former ...
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Wings (1990 TV Series)
''Wings'' is an American television sitcom that ran for eight seasons on NBC from April 19, 1990, to May 21, 1997, for a total of 172 episodes. The show is set at the fictional "Tom Nevers Field" airport, a small two-airline airport in Nantucket, Massachusetts (not to be confused with the actual Nantucket Memorial Airport), where brothers and pilots Joe and Brian Hackett operate Sandpiper Air, a single-plane airline. The majority of the episodes are set in the airport. Tim Daly and Steven Weber star as Joe and Brian. Crystal Bernard plays Helen, their friend since childhood and later Joe's love interest and wife, who runs the airport's lunch counter but dreams of becoming a concert cellist. David Schramm plays Roy Biggins, who runs a competing airline, Aeromass. Rebecca Schull plays Fay, Joe and Brian's employee at Sandpiper Air. Thomas Haden Church portrayed the mechanic Lowell in the first six seasons, Tony Shalhoub was taxi driver Antonio from season 3 onward, and Farrah ...
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