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Bollywood Homicide
The fourth season of ''Psych'' originally aired in the United States on USA Network from August 7, 2009 to March 10, 2010. It consisted of 16 episodes. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen and Kirsten Nelson reprised their roles as the main characters. James Roday portrayed Shawn Spencer, a fake psychic detective who periodically consults for the Santa Barbara police department. A DVD of the season was released on July 13, 2010. Production Steve Franks, creator of the series, returned for the fourth season as showrunner. The theme song, "I Know, You Know" by The Friendly Indians, continued to be used, though it was edited twice: in "Bollywood Homicide", the song was given a Bollywood theme with the lyrics sung in Hindi, while Boyz II Men performed an a cappella version for "High Top Fade Out". Mel Damski returned to direct four episodes, while Stephen Surjik returned for three and Steve Franks directed two. Returning to direct one episode each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels, before being relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980. Since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming that increased significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. As of September 2018, USA Network is commercially available to about 90.4 million households (98% of households with pay television) in the US. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network originally launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused with the New York City-area regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Top Fade Out
The fourth season of ''Psych'' originally aired in the United States on USA Network from August 7, 2009 to March 10, 2010. It consisted of 16 episodes. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen and Kirsten Nelson reprised their roles as the main characters. James Roday portrayed Shawn Spencer, a fake psychic detective who periodically consults for the Santa Barbara police department. A DVD of the season was released on July 13, 2010. Production Steve Franks, creator of the series, returned for the fourth season as showrunner. The theme song, "I Know, You Know" by The Friendly Indians, continued to be used, though it was edited twice: in "Bollywood Homicide", the song was given a Bollywood theme with the lyrics sung in Hindi, while Boyz II Men performed an a cappella version for "High Top Fade Out". Mel Damski returned to direct four episodes, while Stephen Surjik returned for three and Steve Franks directed two. Returning to direct one episode each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Vick
Karen C. Vick (née Dunlap) is a character on the American comedy detective drama ''Psych'' played by Kirsten Nelson. Fictional biography According to Head Detective Carlton Lassiter's weblog, Vick replaced Police Chief John Fenich upon his retirement about a month prior to Shawn's arrival at the SBPD in the pilot episode. However, in "Poker? I Barely Know Her", she references an event known as "The Secret Santa Debacle of 2005", suggesting that she has been involved in the Santa Barbara Police Department in some capacity at least since December of that year. Vick's relationship with Lassiter seems strained by the fact that she is "an outsider" who was chosen by "the powers that be in City Hall" to take the position over "someone from within our own ranks." Vick's decision to allow a self-proclaimed psychic so far into official police investigations has done little to assuage Lassiter's misgivings. Eventually, Lassiter's attitude towards both Shawn and Vick soothed. On her way to n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Spencer (Psych Character)
Henry William Spencer, Jr. is a fictional character on the American television dramedy ''Psych''. He is played by American actor Corbin Bernsen. Fictional biography A retired police officer, Henry Spencer raised his only son, Shawn Spencer, Shawn, to follow in his footsteps, schooling him in detective work from a young age. The character is based loosely on series creator Steve Franks' father, a police officer who wanted his son to choose a similar career path. He would sometimes try to hone Franks' observational skills by asking how many people were wearing hats in a restaurant, a tactic which Henry employs with Shawn in the series pilot. In the wiktionary:Penultimate, penultimate episode of the second season, List of Psych episodes#Season 2: 2007–2008, "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion", Karen Vick, Chief Vick set Henry up with her friend, Susan "Sue B.", from the Mayor's office (played by Corbin Bernsen's wife, Amanda Pays). He's the son of Henry Spencer, Sr., played by B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet O'Hara
Head Detective Juliet Lynn "Jules" O'Hara is a character on the American comedy ''Psych'' played by Maggie Lawson. She attended the University of Miami. Fictional biography Juliet O'Hara first appears undercover in the show's second episode, "Spellingg Bee", as a recently transferred junior detective from Miami Beach where she attended the University of Miami, replacing Lucinda Barry as Head Detective Carlton Lassiter's partner after Shawn discovered Carlton and Lucinda were having an affair during the first episode, "Pilot". Born in October 1981, she was raised in a family of brothers and is shown to be close with both her parents and her siblings.''Psych'', Episode 1.02: "Spellingg Bee." Original airdate: July 14, 2006. Although she is initially frustrated by her coworkers not taking her seriously enough due to her relatively young age, as the series progresses she is given more responsibility, being left in charge in the absence of Lassiter and then Interim Chief Karen Vick. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Lassiter
Detective Carlton Jebediah Lassiter MCJ is a fictitious character in the American sitcom ''Psych'', played by Timothy Omundson. Fictional biography One of the main supporting characters of the detective comedy-drama show ''Psych'', Lassiter is a ten-year veteran of the Santa Barbara Police Department, and the youngest Head Detective ever named to the force. He also has a Master's Degree in Criminology. He has a tense relationship with Shawn Spencer that often leads to exceedingly funny situations. According to Lassiter's blog, which is written by actor Timothy Omundson, he was a close friend of the former Santa Barbara police chief, who led him to enroll in the police academy during a "dangerous point" in Lassiter's youth. Upon his first appearance in the series pilot, Lassiter is said to be five months into a trial separation from his wife, Victoria, although he later, when drunk, confesses that they have in fact been separated for two years. Part of their marriage troubles ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Guster
Burton "Gus" Guster is a fictional character on the USA Network television comedy ''Psych'' played by American actor Dulé Hill. He functions as the "straight man" for Shawn Spencer's antics, and provides sobering advice, helpful knowledge, steady support, and friendship. Over the course of the show, Gus evolves from nothing more than a conventional, uptight pharmaceutical representative to a strong support system through all Shawn Spencer's crazy antics. He frequently tries to pass himself off as "fearless" although in reality the opposite is true, and often cries, sometimes due to "sympathy" and other times when Shawn is insensitive to his feelings. It is believed that Gus was named after a relative of Steve Franks, the technical producer of the show, Burton Franks. Fictional biography Gus, born sometime in December 1977, has been Shawn Spencer's best friend since childhood. Together they co-own the detective agency "Psych", after Shawn was able to forge Gus' name on the lease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Callahan (producer)
Bill Callahan is a writer/producer for such shows as ''Spin City'', '' 8 Simple Rules'', ''Oliver Beene'', '' Scrubs'' and '' Psych''. Career Callahan was an executive producer/writer on '' Scrubs'', which entered its ninth season on December 1, 2009. He joined the show in its fourth season as co-executive producer, and was an executive producer for the sixth season, and the first six episodes of the seventh season. ''Scrubs'' is created by Bill Lawrence, who co-created ''Spin City'', which Callahan also worked on, as co-producer/producer/supervising producer. He also was a writer on '' 8 Simple Rules'' and '' Psych'', and a producer/writer on ''Oliver Beene ''Oliver Beene'' is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 9, 2003. The show was created by Howard Gewirtz. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene (played by Grant ...''. He is the first cousin of John C. McGinley with whom he worked on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawnia McKiernan
Tawnia McKiernan is an American television director and producer. Since the mid-1990s she has amassed a number of directorial credits. She is also the daughter of late television producer Stephen J. Cannell.Stephen J. Cannell dies at 69; TV writer, producer (Page 3 of 3) By Dennis McLellan of '''' - October 2, 2010 Career McKiernan made her directorial debut on the series '''' directing two episodes, she then directed four episodes of '' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Bernstein (director)
Andrew Bernstein is an American television director and producer. Biography Bernstein is the son of Judith (née Braun) and Walter Bernstein, an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter.Fear the Walking Dead Cast and Crew: "Andrew Bernstein – Co-Executive Producer / Director" retrieved July 22, 2017 In 2002, he directed his first film, the short '''', starring , |
Matt Shakman
Matt Shakman is an American film, television, and theatre director, and former child actor. He produced and directed ''WandaVision'' and has directed episodes of ''The Great'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', '' Fargo'' and ''Game of Thrones''. He is the artistic director of the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California. Early life Shakman was born and raised in Ventura, California. His Jewish father and Catholic mother maintained a "relatively secular household", their interfaith marriage being a source of conflict with Shakman's Jewish paternal grandmother. After acting as a child, starting with commercials and landing a series regular role on ''Just the Ten of Us'', he stepped away to attend The Thacher School in Ojai. Shakman went on to attend Yale University where he graduated with an art history and theater double major. It was at Yale where Shakman became interested in theatre, going on to direct a number of stage productions. After university, Shakman lived in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Chandrasekhar
Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films ''Super Troopers'', ''Club Dread'', ''Beerfest'' and '' Super Troopers 2''. Since 2001, he has also worked frequently as a television director, directing many episodes of ''Community'' and '' The Goldbergs'', among dozens of other comedy series. He has also occasionally worked as a film director outside of Broken Lizard projects, most notably on the 2005 film ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. Early life and education Chandrasekhar was born in Chicago to parents who lived in the adjacent suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. Both his father, Arcot Jambulingam "AJ" Chandrasekhar, and his mother, Hema Chandrasekhar, are physicians of Tamil origin and are originally from Chennai, India. The hospital where he was born, old Cook County Hospital, was whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |