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Fired Up (TV Series)
''Fired Up'' is an American sitcom television series created by Arleen Sorkin and Paul Slansky, that aired on NBC from April 10, 1997 to February 9, 1998, for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence as a self-centered promotions executive and Leah Remini as her mouthy assistant. When the pair got fired from their jobs, they teamed up to create a business as equal partners. The tagline of the series was ''"First she got fired, then she got fired up."'' Plot Gwendolyn Leonard epitomized the term "self-involved." After being fired from her corporate job, she was reduced to moving in with her former assistant, spunky Terry Reynolds, and starting up a new promotions business as her partner. Terry and her brother Danny shared a loft apartment atop a clock tower in New York City, and Danny worked as bartender at Clockworks, the restaurant below, while he pursued his dream of becoming a writer. Clockworks was owned by Guy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca P
Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name ''Franciscus'' meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived from the same source as the female name ''Frances'', and the male names '' Francesc'', '' Francesco'' and '' Francis''. People named Francesca * Daniel Francesca, Danish esports player * Francesca Alderisi, Italian television presenter and politician * Francesca Allinson, English author and musician * Francesca Annis, British actress * Julia Francesca Barretto, Filipino actress *Francesca Battistelli, American Christian musician * Francesca Beard, Malaysian performance poet * Francesca Caccini, Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque *Francesca Anna Canfield, American poet and translator * Francesca Capaldi, American child actress * Francesca Cumani, English racing presenter for ITV * Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-season Replacement
In American network television scheduling, a mid-season replacement is a television show that premieres in the second half of the traditional television season, usually between December and May. Mid-season replacements usually take place after a show that was in the fall schedule was canceled or put on hiatus, outside factors such as an actor's family emergency or personal illness led to a delay in the program's debut, a program was purposefully scheduled for mid-season (for example, shows NBC airs on Sunday nights after the NFL season ends, as it only takes up the first half of the television season), or a program had a shortened season for some other reason which resulted in a time slot that needed filling. A few shows in American television history have been perennial mid-season replacements. For example, ''American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Enterta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard R
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' Leo,'' and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners. Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic ''O'Leannain'' also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany. Variations The name has variants in other languages: * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish) * Len (English) * :hu:Lénárd (Hungarian) * Lena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Mackenzie
Will Mackenzie (born July 24, 1938) is an American television director and actor. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mackenzie began his professional career as an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1965 in the original production of the musical ''Half a Sixpence''. During the original run of '' Hello, Dolly!'', he stepped into the role of Cornelius Hackl created by Charles Nelson Reilly, and he also appeared in the plays ''Sheep on the Runway'' by Art Buchwald and ''Scratch'' by Archibald MacLeish and a revival of ''Much Ado About Nothing''. Off-Broadway he was featured in '' As You Like It'' and directed a revival of ''I Do! I Do!'' with David Garrison and Karen Ziemba. On television, Mackenzie made guest appearances in '' Route 66'', ''ABC Stage 67'', ''That Girl'', ''The Mod Squad'', '' Rhoda'', ''Baretta'', and ''All in the Family'', and he had a recurring role in ''The Bob Newhart Show''. His sole feature film credit as an actor was in ''The Landlord''. Mackenzie made h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Fryman
Pamela Gail Fryman (born 1959) is an American sitcom director and producer. She directed all but twelve episodes of the television series ''How I Met Your Mother''. Early life Fryman was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Career Fryman got her first job on ''The John Davidson Show'' as an assistant to the talent coordinator, and went on to be a booth production assistant and secretary on '' Santa Barbara'', eventually moving up to assistant director (AD), and director. In 1993, producer Peter Noah, with whom she had worked on the game show '' Dream House'', gave Fryman a chance to direct an episode of the short-lived sitcom ''Café Americain''. These would be the first stepping stones toward a long and successful career. Before her directing career blossomed, Fryman pursued stage directing. On the set of ''Frasier'', rehearsal resembled a play staging, which is exactly what creator and executive producer David Lee had in mind when he hired her. Fryman directed 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Hunt (director)
Gordon Edwynn Hunt (April 26, 1929 – December 17, 2016) was an American writer, director and actor who worked in television, film, theatre and voice work. He directed such animated productions as ''The Jetsons'', ''Scooby-Doo'', ''Super Friends'', '' The Richie Rich Show'', ''The Smurfs'', ''Pound Puppies'', ''Tom & Jerry Kids'', ''The Pirates of Dark Water'', ''Droopy, Master Detective'' and ''The New Adventures of Captain Planet''. Early life and career Hunt was born on Friday, April 26, 1929 in Pasadena, California, the son of Helen F. (''née'' Roberts; originally Rothenberg) and George Smith Hunt II, an industrial designer. He also had a younger half-brother, director and lighting designer Peter H. Hunt. His mother was from a German-Jewish family. His father was from Minnesota, and was a Mayflower descendant, of English origin. He had been working as a freelance director in New York City before being hired to work at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aron Abrams
Aron Abrams (February 3, 1960 – December 25, 2010) was an American television producer and writer, whose works ranged from ''Everybody Hates Chris'' to ''Grounded for Life''. Born in Emerson, New Jersey, Abrams landed several projects with famed producer Dino De Laurentiis before establishing himself as a comedy writer. Career Abrams began his career in the 1990s, writing and producing episodes for shows like the short-lived '' Fired Up'' and '' Maggie''. Abrams then began to write for popular shows ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', ''Grounded for Life'', ''King of the Hill'' (which he also served as a consulting producer) as well as ''Glenn Martin DDS'' and ''Everybody Hates Chris''. Nearly all of the aforementioned work was with fellow producer and writer Gregory Thompson. Death On Christmas morning, 2010, Abrams was found dead in his luxury hotel suite by staff. Foul play was not suspected. Abrams is survived by his wife Lynn, his children, nieces and two brothers, Michael, and I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Thompson (writer)
Gregory Thompson is an American television producer and writer. He graduated from University of Washington with a BA in English in 1983, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to get his masters at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. His credits include '' Fired Up'', '' 3rd Rock from the Sun'' (co-producer), '' Maggie'', '' Big Wolf on Campus'', ''Grounded for Life'', ''King of the Hill'', ''Everybody Hates Chris'' and ''Glenn Martin, DDS''. Nearly all of the aforementioned work was with fellow producer and writer Aron Abrams (1960–2010). He is currently a writer and consulting producer on the Fox animated comedy Bob's Burgers. He has written episodes including " The Unnatural" and "The Millie-churian Candidate "The Millie-churian Candidate" is the 12th episode of the fifth season of the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers'' and the overall 79th episode, and is written by Greg Thompson and directed by Don MacKinnon. It aired on Fox in the United Stat ... [...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 *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Shallat-Chemel
Lee Shallat Chemel (born June 15, 1943, in Los Angeles, California), sometimes credited as Lee Shallat, is an American film and television director and television producer. She began her professional directorial career at the South Coast Repertory theatre in Costa Mesa, California, while working at the same time as the head of the theatre's conservatory program. She also directed at the ShakespeareSummerfest Orange County (originally the Grove Shakespeare Festival in Garden Grove, California and the Matrix Theatre in Hollywood. After a meeting with producer Gary David Goldberg, she made her television directorial debut in 1984 on the NBC television show ''Family Ties''. Her career has included directing a multitude of shows including: ''Diff'rent Strokes'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''Mad About You'', ''Suddenly Susan'', '' Becker'', ''Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 worked in television commercials as a production assistant and as a prop master. His brothers are director Michael Fresco and television drama writer Rob Fresco. Career Fresco was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in the second season of ''Mad About You'' and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe''. He created the ABC television series ''Better Off Ted'', which ran for two seasons. Fresco created other television shows, including '' Life on a Stick'', '' The Trouble With Normal'' and ''Sean Saves the World''. He served as the creator, showrunner and executive producer of the Netflix comedy horror series ''Santa Clarita Diet''. He's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |