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Charged (Reaper)
The following is an episode list for the comedy-drama ''Reaper''. The program premiered on September 25, 2007, in the United States on The CW ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m .... Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2007–2008) Season 2 (2009) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Reaper Lists of American fantasy television series episodes Lists of American comedy-drama television series episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', '' Northern Exposure'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', '' Desperate Housewives'' and '' Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure * Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological drama References Comedy drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz; August 12, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including ''The State'', ''Viva Variety'', '' Stella'', '' Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp'', ''Michael & Michael Have Issues'', and ''Another Period''. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, he was the puppeteer and voice actor for the Pets.com sock puppet dog. He also appeared on ''Celebrity Poker Showdown'' several times. He released his first children's book, ''Chicken Cheeks'', in 2009, and has since released six more, in addition to four books for adults. Early life Black was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Jill and Robert Schwartz, a store owner and an executive, respectively. His family is Jewish. He grew up in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, where he attended Hillsborough High School. His parents divorced when he was three years old; his mother, Jill, later came out as a lesbian. Black's father died at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the population during that process. Thirdly, it is a phenotypic trait or adaptive trait, with a functional role in each individual organism, that is maintained and has evolved through natural selection. Historically, adaptation has been described from the time of the ancient Greek philosophers such as Empedocles and Aristotle. In 18th and 19th century natural theology, adaptation was taken as evidence for the existence of a deity. Charles Darwin proposed instead that it was explained by natural selection. Adaptation is related to biological fitness, which governs the rate of evolution as measured by change in allele frequencies. Often, two or more species co-adapt and co-evolve as they develop adaptations that interlock with those of the oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cattle Prod
A cattle prod, also called a stock prod or a hot stick, is a handheld device commonly used to make cattle or other livestock move by striking or poking them. An electric cattle prod is a stick with electrodes on the end which is used to make cattle move via a relatively high-voltage, low-current electric shock. The electric cattle prod is said to have been invented by Texas cattle baron Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. of the King Ranch around 1930, although versions were sold as early as 1917. Electric prods A hotshot is typically cylindrical, and can carry an open electric current at the "shock end" when activated. The electric current at the shock end runs through two metal electrodes. Anything that touches the electric current receives a high-voltage low-current shock, not strong enough to kill a human or a large animal such as a cow or sheep from short-term exposure, but strong enough to cause significant pain. The electric cattle prod is designed to inflict a painful shock to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or Power (social and political), power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation."Krug et al."World report on violence and health", World Health Organization, 2002. Internationally, violence resulted in deaths of an estimated 1.28 million people in 2013 up from 1.13 million in 1990. However, global population grew by roughly 1.9 billion during those years, showing a dramatic reduction in violence per capita. Of the deaths in 2013, roughly 842,000 were attributed to self-harm (suicide), 405,000 to interpersonal violence, and 31,000 to collective violence (war) and legal intervention. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Succubus
A succubus is a demon or supernatural entity in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. According to religious tradition, a succubus needs male semen to survive; repeated sexual activity with a succubus will result in a bond being formed between the succubus and the man; a succubus cannot drain or harm the man with whom she is having intercourse. In modern representations, a succubus is often depicted as a beautiful seductress or enchantress, rather than as demonic or frightening. The male counterpart to the succubus is the incubus. Etymology The term derives from Late Latin ''succuba'' "paramour" from ''succubare'' "to lie beneath" (''sub-'' "under" and ''cubare'' "to lie"), used to describe this female supernatural being's implied sexual position relative to the male sleeper's position. The English word "succubus" dates from the late 14th century. The succubus is also known as the earth wanderer, and she seeks her victi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Spezialy
Tom Spezialy is an American television producer, director and screen writer. In 2007, began serving as executive producer of ''Reaper''. Career Spezialy began his career in 1989 writing for the CBS television series '' Doctor Doctor''. He has also written and produced for ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'', '' Weird Science'', ''The District'', ''That Was Then'', '' Jack & Jill'', '' Ed'', and ''Dead Like Me''. He has directed a few numbers of television series such as ''Reaper'' and '' Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show''. During the 2004–2005 television season, Spezialy became known as executive producer and writer for ''Desperate Housewives'', one of the season's best received premieres. Following the criticized second season of the show, "creative differences" arose between Spezialy and the series creator, Marc Cherry, and in May 2006 Spezialy announced that he was leaving the crew of ''Desperate Housewives''. As of spring 2011, Spezialy created and served as an executive produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fortenberry
John Fortenberry is an American film and television director. Born in , he graduated from the , after which he went to work at ' '' |
Chris Black (screenwriter)
Chris Black is a screenwriter and television producer, from Toledo, Ohio. Black is known for writing and producing mainly science fiction and action series, although he also was a part of the production team of the comedy-drama ''Desperate Housewives'' during its first two seasons. Black has produced and written episodes of ''Cleopatra 2525'', '' The Huntress'', ''Sliders'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', ''Hawaii'' and '' Standoff''. In addition, he has written episodes of several other shows, including '' Weird Science'', '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and '' Vanished''. He also co-wrote the 1997 action movie '' Masterminds'' starring Patrick Stewart. In 2022, Black and Matt Fraction co-created ''Godzilla and the Titans'' for Apple TV+. Black also serves as showrunner A showrunner (or colloquially a helmer) is the top-level executive producer of a television series production who has creative and management authority through combining the responsibilities of employer and, in comedy o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Melman
Jeffrey L. Melman (born May 18, 1947) is an American television director and producer. Melman has directed for several present-day network television series. More recently Melman has directed episodes of ABC's ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Private Practice'' and ''Desperate Housewives''. Melman previously directed on many hit sitcoms which include ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', '' That's My Bush!'', ''The King of Queens'', ''Two and a Half Men'' and ''Frasier''. Melman was also a producer on ''Oliver Beene'', '' Laverne & Shirley'', and ''Night Court''. at .com Filmography *'' |
Lucy Davis
Lucy Clare Davis (born 17 February 1973) is an English actress best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy ''The Office'' (2001–2003). She is also known for her roles as Hilda Spellman in the Netflix series '' The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' (2018–2020), Dianne in the horror-comedy ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), and Etta Candy in ''Wonder Woman'' (2017). She is also currently playing the role of Eva in ''The Villains of Valley View''. Career Davis appeared briefly in an episode of '' The Detectives'', a show created for and starring her father (Jasper Carrott). She played Maria Lucas in the BBC's 1995 production of ''Pride and Prejudice'', and also had a role in the 1996 Christmas special of ''One Foot in the Grave''. After her breakthrough role as Dawn Tinsley in ''The Office'', Davis appeared in the films ''Sex Lives of the Potato Men'' and ''Shaun of the Dead'' in 2004, whilst continuing to play Hayley Jordan in ''The Archers'' on BBC Radio 4. She gave up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Etten
Kevin Etten is an American screenwriter and television producer. He began his career as a writer for ''The Late Show with David Letterman'', and then moved on to be the screenwriter and producer for notable television series including ''Reaper (TV series), Reaper'', ''Workaholics'', ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'', and ''Desperate Housewives''. He has been nominated twice for Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe awards and has won once. Biography Etten was born in a neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. While at Harvard University, he played for the Crimson Hockey team and was editor of The Harvard Lampoon. Beginning as a writer for the ''Late Show with David Letterman'', Etten has since been a part of the crews of the dramedy, dramedies ''Ed (TV series), Ed'' and ''Desperate Housewives'', the latter for which he also served as a producer. In 2011, Etten began as executive producer of Comedy Central's new show, ''Workaholics''. On November 15, 2019, Etten co-wrote and produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
