Doozer Productions, Inc. is the
production company
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of
Bill Lawrence, best known for making ''
Scrubs''. The company's name is taken from a variant of Lawrence's middle name, Van Duzer. Their logo is depicted as a hand writing the company name, along with a boy wearing sunglasses for the double O's. The dialogue in the logo was provided by Lawrence's daughter,
Charlotte. They currently are under contract with
Warner Bros. Television.
Jeff Ingold, former head of comedy at
NBC
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, serves as president.
Randall Winston is the final head of the triumvirate, acting as a main producer on all Doozer series. Liza Katzer was promoted by Lawrence to the role of VP of development.
It was originally based at
Touchstone Television
The second incarnation of Touchstone Television, formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios, was an American television production company and a subsidiary of the Disney Television Studios, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks business s ...
, then it was shifted to
NBC Studios in 2000 in order to develop their own comedy ''
Scrubs'', which came from a previous Touchstone pact, and it was reupped in 2003. After six years working at the studio, he moved back to
ABC Studios
ABC Signature was a production arm of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which is a subsidiary of Disney Television Studios, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company. The studio's ...
in 2007, for a new overall deal, allowing projects to be developed on the air for the ABC network. After only four years working at ABC, he was moved to
Warner Bros. Television, where they are working at the company ever since then, developing their own projects working for the studio.
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Productions
Current
* '' Shrinking'' (with 3 Chance Productions, Corporate Mandate and Warner Bros. Television) (2023–present)
* '' Bad Monkey'' (with Two Soups Productions and Warner Bros. Television) (2024–present)
* ''Ted Lasso
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'' (with Ruby's Tuna Inc., Universal Television
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and Warner Bros. Television) (2020–present)
In development
* Untitled Sarah Chalke
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/Bill Lawrence project (with Warner Bros. Television)
Former
* '' Scrubs'' (with Touchstone Television
The second incarnation of Touchstone Television, formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios, was an American television production company and a subsidiary of the Disney Television Studios, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks business s ...
/ABC Studios
ABC Signature was a production arm of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which is a subsidiary of Disney Television Studios, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company. The studio's ...
) (2001–2010)
* ''Clone High
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'' (with Lord Miller Productions, Touchstone Television
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and Nelvana
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) (2002–2003)
* ''Cougar Town
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'' (with Coquette Productions and ABC Studios
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) (2009–2015)
* '' Ground Floor'' with (Warner Horizon Television
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) (2013–2015)
* '' Surviving Jack'' (with Warner Bros. Television) (2014)
* '' Undateable'' (with Warner Bros. Television) (2014–2016)
* ''Rush Hour
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'' (with RatPac-Dune Entertainment
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History
Dune ...
, New Line Cinema
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and Warner Bros. Television) (2016)
* ''Life Sentence
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'' (with In Good Company, CBS Television Studios
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and Warner Bros. Television) (2018)
* '' Whiskey Cavalier'' (with Hemingson Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television) (2019)
* ''Head of the Class
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The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program (IHP) at the fictional Millard Fillm ...
'' (with Warner Bros. Television) (2021)
* ''Clone High
''Clone High'' is an adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence for MTV. It premiered on November 2, 2002, in Canada, and January 20, 2003, in the United States. Set at a high school popu ...
'' (with ShadowMachine
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Since its early days producing the stop-motion animation show '' Robot Chicken'', the company has been producing ...
, Lord Miller Productions and MTV Entertainment Studios
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, revival of the original series) (2023–2024)
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