Michael George Moye (born August 11, 1954) is an American

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and a former television writer and producer. In his television career he has

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for shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Good Times ''Good Times'' is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans (actor), Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was televis ...

'', and ''

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'', and produced ''

It's Your Move ''It's Your Move'' is an American sitcom television series created by Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye, starring Jason Bateman, Tricia Cast, Caren Kaye, Ernie Sabella, David Garrison, Adam Sadowsky, and Garrett Morris. The show originally aired ...

'' and ''The Jeffersons''. His best-known work is likely the 1987 series '' Married... with Children'', created with

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for the then-fledgling

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network.

Early career

Moye began his career in 1977 with a staff writing position on ''Good Times''. Between 1979 and 1984, he wrote for ''The Jeffersons'', and in 1982 he co-developed ''

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'', which ran for five seasons. He also co-developed both ''It's Your Move'' and ''227'' (with

Bill Boulware Bill Boulware is an American producer and screenwriter. He was the creator of the sitcom television series '' 227'' along with Michael G. Moye. Boulware produced and wrote for television programs including, ''The Parkers'', '' Cosby'', '' New ...

), the latter under alias C.J. Banks.

''Married... with Children''

''Married... with Children'', created by Moye and Leavitt in 1987 for the Fox network, was called an "anti-family" series or "the anti-Cosby", Moye and Leavitt being fed up with the idealized family of the sitcoms of the 1980s. They created the couple Al-Peggy by imagining a fictional union between

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and

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. Moye was a producer and a writer on the show for most of its run, and had a hand in writing a series-leading 25 episodes as well as having a few cameo appearances on screen. The show ran for 11 seasons and was credited with keeping the fledgling Fox network "in the black for five or six years." The show has been the target of conservative political campaigns several times. In 1993, he refused to modify a two-episode show (the one where Al Bundy lobbies in Congress after his favorite show ''Psycho Dad'' was cancelled), accusing instead Fox to be too soft with censorship regulators.

Personal life

Moye retired from television in 1995 and is now a photographer and an avid coral

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hobbyist. He has two children from two marriages. In 1992, Michael G. Moye acquired a 13,749-square-feet estate in

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in Greenwich Connecticut, for $1.5 million. It was put up for sale for $8.595 million in November 2017. He also owned a house in Encino that he sold for $1.65 million in 2017, and bought a 2000-square-feet residence on sugar sand beaches in North Carolina in 2006.

Filmography

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'' (1979) (Creative Consultant, Executive Story Editor) *'' Sanford'' (1980) *''

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'' (1981) *''

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'' (1984) (co-creator, with Ron Leavitt) *''

'' (1985–1990) (Credited as "C.J. Banks", co-creator, with Bill Boulware) *'' Married... with Children'' (1987–1997) (Co-Creator, with

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