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Family Tools
''Family Tools'' is an American sitcom that ran on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from May 1 to July 10, 2013, and aired on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm ET. The series was created by Bobby Bowman (producer), Bobby Bowman, is produced by Mark Gordon (film), Mark Gordon, ABC Studios and ITV Studios America. It is based on the British sitcom ''White Van Man (TV series), White Van Man'' aired on the now defunct BBC 3 and produced by ITV Studios America's parent company, ITV Studios, and whose creator, Adrian Poynton, is also a co-creator and producer of the American version. Thirteen episodes were ordered on May 11, 2012, for the first season. It was later reported on November 10, 2012, that ABC cut their order from 13 episodes to 10 because of scheduling conflicts. ''Family Tools'' was canceled on May 10, 2013, after only two episodes had aired. The show was not renewed for a second season. However, the remaining episodes aired over the summer. Premise The series follows a man who's ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Van Man (TV Series)
''White Van Man'' is a British sitcom that was created and was written by Adrian Poynton and first broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD in 2011. It began screening in March 2011, becoming the highest-rated launch ever for a sitcom on BBC Three. Will Mellor plays Ollie, a man who has to put his business dreams on hold while he takes over the family handyman business from his father, Tony, played by Clive Mantle. The series was filmed in and around Greater Manchester, including the Best Bet betting shop in Cheadle and Hollins DIY Store in Marple. A second series ran from 23 February to 29 March 2012. BBC Three announced on 29 April 2012 that it had cancelled ''White Van Man.'' On 11 May 2012, it was announced that an American version of White Van Man, ''Family Tools'', was picked up by ABC for a full series. Poynton served as its co-creator. ''Family Tools'' was canceled in 2013, after filming only 10 episodes. Synopsis White van man is colloquial for working class tradesmen in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Hegarty
Elliot Hegarty is a film and television director working in Britain and the United States. His film and TV credits include Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis for Apple TV which won 7 Emmys in 2021, the highly-acclaimed Cheaters (American TV series), Cheaters for BBC1, two film adaptations of David Walliams' books - The Midnight Gang with Alan Davies and Haydn Gwynne and Grandpa's Great Escape with Tom Courtenay and Jennifer Saunders. He also directed ''Lizzie and Sarah'' by Julia Davis, ''Lovesick (TV series), Lovesick'' on Netflix, ''Star Stories'', ''The Kevin Bishop Show'', ''FM (British TV series), FM'', ''Moving Wallpaper'', ''Great Night Out'' and Jack Whitehall's TV series - ''Bad Education (TV series), Bad Education''. In the US Elliot has directed over 35 episodes of TV across a broad range of Network comedies such as ''Black-ish'', ''The Real O'Neals'', ''Mr. Sunshine (2011 TV series), Mr. Sunshine'', ''The Middle (TV series), The Middle'', ''Suburgatory,'' Selfie, Troph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Carlson
Matthew Carlson (birth name Matt James Carlson; born February 10, 1951) is an American television producer and writer. He is best known for his work on the series ''Malcolm in the Middle'' and ''The Wonder Years''. He was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on the latter series. Carlson's other television credits include ''Townies'', ''God, the Devil and Bob'', ''Camp Wilder'', '' The Boys Are Back'', ''Men Behaving Badly'' (creating all the aforementioned series), ''Big Day'', ''Samantha Who?'', ''Sons of Tucson'', '' Mr. Sunshine'' and ''Alexa & Katie''. Carlson also wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film ''Wagons East'' starring John Candy and Richard Lewis. In his latest work, he wrote the Disney+ The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and deligh ...'s origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Putch
John Putch (born July 27, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his recurring role as Bob Morton on the 1970s sitcom '' One Day at a Time'' and as Sean Brody in the film ''Jaws 3-D''. Life and career Putch was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He began his career as an actor at the age of five in summer theater company, The Totem Pole Playhouse, run by his father William H. Putch (1924–1983). He is the son of actress Jean Stapleton (1923–2013). After guest starring on his mother's series ''All in the Family'' (playing a Boy Scout in 1973 episode "Archie Is Branded"), he was remembered by producer Norman Lear who cast him in a recurring role as Bob Morton on the sitcom '' One Day at a Time'', appearing in 14 episodes from 1976–1983. Putch's next notable role was in the film ''Jaws 3-D'' (1983) co-starring as Sean Brody the son of Roy Scheider's character, Martin Brody, and his other film credits include appearances in ''The Sure Thing'' (1985), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Zisk
Randall "Randy" Zisk is an American television director and producer. He graduated from the University of Southern California and is a native of Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas. His brother, Craig Zisk, also works in television. As both a director and producer, he has worked most substantially on the television series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' and ''Monk''. He also wrote the 2006 film ''Maybe It's in the Water'', and two episodes of ''Midnight Caller''. Zisk was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award, in 2005. Directing credits *'' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' (6 episodes, 1993–1995) *''NYPD Blue'' (2 episodes, 1996–1997) *''Early Edition'' (3 episodes, 1996–1998) *''Chicago Hope'' (1 episode, 1997) *''Providence'' (3 episodes, 1999–2002) *'' Felicity'' (1 episode, 2000) *''Strong Medicine'' (1 episode, 2001) *''American Dreams'' (4 episodes, 2002–2004) *''Without a Trace'' (6 episodes, 2002– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyal Gordin
Eyal Gordin ( he, אייל גורדין) is an American cinematographer and television director. Born and raised in Israel, to a Jewish family. He moved to the U.S. in 1984. He began his career as a camera operator working on the films ''Kansas'' (1988), ''Highway to Hell'' (1992) and ''Kalifornia'' (1993). Before working in the television series ''Babylon 5'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Freaks and Geeks''. He eventually made his directorial debut directing an episode of ''The Division'', later amassing directing credits for series ''My Name Is Earl'', ''Everybody Hates Chris'', ''Jonas'', ''Zeke and Luther'' and ''Raising Hope''. Gordin is also the founding farmer of Lemon Acres, LLC, a lemon farm located in Moorpark, California, founded in 2004. Directing credits From 2004 to present: *''The Division'' *''Everybody Hates Chris'' *''My Name Is Earl'' *''Worst Week'' *''Jonas'' *''Raising Hope ''Raising Hope'' is an American sitcom that aired from September 21, 20 ... [...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 ' '' |
Todd Linden
Todd Anthony "Moose" Linden (born June 30, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Florida Marlins; and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Early life Before being drafted by the San Francisco Giants, he attended Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale, Washington and played collegiate baseball at the University of Washington. After a tumultuous two years at Washington, Linden transferred to Louisiana State University, where he played center field. At LSU, Linden distinguished himself as a switch hitter by setting a Southeastern Conference record for games in a season with home runs hit from both sides of the plate. After the 2000 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. Nicknamed "Moose" by his Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees teammates after a horrible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lauer
Peter Lauer is an American music video and television director. He directed the music videos "Run's House" for Run-DMC and edited " It Takes Two" for Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock. Lauer made his television directorial debut in 1993 directing an episode of ''The Adventures of Pete & Pete''. He has since directed episodes of ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'', ''Strangers with Candy'', ''Dead Like Me'', ''Arrested Development'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''Chuck'', '' Scrubs'', ''Wonderfalls'', ''Remember WENN'', ''Sons of Tucson'', and the Nickelodeon film ''Cry Baby Lane'' among other series. In 2014, Lauer has directed episodes of ''Awkward'' and ''Finding Carter ''Finding Carter'' is an American teen drama television series that aired on MTV for two seasons from July 8, 2014, to December 15, 2015. The series stars Kathryn Prescott as Carter Stevens, a teenage girl whose life is torn apart when she disco ...''. References External links * American music video directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fresco
Michael Fresco is an American television director and television producer. Most notably Fresco has directed a number of episodes from shows including ''The O.C.'', ''My Name is Earl'' and the pilots to ''1-800-Missing'', ''Suburgatory'', and '' Providence''. He has also been a producer on '' Providence'' along with other shows such as '' Northern Exposure''. He has also directed nine episodes of the series ''Better Off Ted'' (2009–10), written by his brother, Victor Fresco Victor Fresco (born January 9, 1958) is an American television writer and producer. Personal life Born and raised in Los Angeles, Fresco received his Bachelor's Degree in film and political science from Hampshire College. After graduating, he w .... References External links * American television directors American television producers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tv-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry. The English word is taken from the Latin ''seminarium'', translated as ''seed-bed'', an image taken from the Council of Trent document ''Cum adolescentium aetas'' which called for the first modern seminaries. In the United States, the term is currently used for graduate-level theological institutions, but historically it was used for high schools. History The establishment of seminaries in modern times resulted from Roman Catholic reforms of the Counter-Reformation after the Council of Trent. These Tridentine seminaries placed great emphasis on spiritual formation and personal discipline as well as the study, first of philosophy as a base, and, then, as the final crown, theology. The oldest C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
