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Growing Up Fisher
''Growing Up Fisher'' is an American sitcom that began airing mid-season on NBC as part of the 2013–14 United States network television schedule. The semi-autobiographical single camera series was created by D. J. Nash. On January 10, 2014, NBC announced that ''Growing Up Fisher'' would premiere following the 2014 Olympics on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at 10:30 pm, and then move to its regular timeslot on Tuesday, March 4, at 9:30 pm following '' About a Boy''. On May 9, 2014, NBC canceled ''Growing Up Fisher'' after one season. Plot The family of 11-year-old Henry ( Eli Baker) begins to function after the divorce of blind father and lawyer Mel (J.K. Simmons) and mother Joyce ( Jenna Elfman). The series follows everyday situations the family goes through, often involving Henry's sister Katie ( Ava Deluca-Verley) and normal situations the parents handle, usually in a comical way. Cast Main *J. K. Simmons as Mel Fisher * Eli Baker as Henry Fisher * Ava Deluca-Verley as Katie ... [...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 rather t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabela Moner
Isabela Yolanda Moner (born July 10, 2001), known professionally as Isabela Merced since 2019, is an American actress and singer. She played the lead role of CJ Martin on the Nickelodeon television series '' 100 Things to Do Before High School'' (2014–2016) and voiced Kate in Nickelodeon's animated spinoff series '' Dora and Friends: Into the City!'' (2014–2017). In film, she has played Izabella in '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' (2017), Lizzy in ''Instant Family'' (2018), Isabel in '' Sicario: Day of the Soldado'' (2018), the titular character in ''Dora and the Lost City of Gold'' (2019), and Rachel Cooper in the Netflix film '' Sweet Girl'' (2021). Early life and education Merced was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the daughter of Katherine, who was born in Lima, Peru, and Patrick Moner, who was born in Louisiana. Merced has stated that Spanish was her first language, and she struggled with English when she first started grade school, adding that she considers herself mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelie Gillette
Amélie Gillette is an American newspaper columnist and television writer. She wrote the weekly infographic "The Tolerability Index" for ''The A.V. Club'' for 10 years and was a writer for the US version of ''The Office''. She has written for many publications, including ''Spin'', '' The Believer'', and ''Blender''. Early life Gillette is from New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended New York University, where she wrote for ''Washington Square News''. After graduation, she worked as a freelance writer and taught English in Italy. ''The A.V. Club'' (2006–2016) Gillette began writing for ''The Onion''s entertainment newspaper ''The A.V. Club'' in 2006. She wrote "The Hater" column and "The Tolerability Index" infographic, and was the featured performer of The Hater podcast. The last Hater column was published in 2010, but she continued to write "The Tolerability Index" until 2016. She has also written headlines for ''The Onion''. Television writing (2010–present) Gillette jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chan
Henry F. Chan () is an American film and television director. He has directed over 200 episodes of television for all major U.S. networks. In 2013, he directed his first Chinese language film, ''100 Days'' (真愛100天) in Taiwan. Career At the beginning of his career, Chan won a Primetime Emmy Award for editing ''The Cosby Show'' in 1986, he was also nominated again the following year. He made his directorial debut, directing ''A Different World''. Chan has since directed episodes of The Ms. Pat Show, Bigger, The Comedy Get Down, Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life'', ''Fresh Off the Boat'', ''Zoe Ever After'', '' A to Z'', ''Growing Up Fisher'', '' The Neighbors'', ''Whitney'', '' Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'', '' 10 Things I Hate About You'', '' Let's Stay Together'', '' Kitchen Confidential'', ''Living Single'', ''Moesha'', ''The Parkers'', '' Girlfriends'', ''The King of Queens'', '' Scrubs'', ''Lizzie McGuire'' and a few other series. Henry's Chinese com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Barr
Adam Barr is a television screenwriter and producer best known for his comedy credits including the hit NBC series ''Will & Grace''. In the early nineties he teamed up with best friend Peter Ocko, with whom he wrote 12 episodes of ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose''. Later in the decade the writing duo scripted ten episodes of ''Weird Science'', the series spun off the 1985 sci-fi comedy film of the same name. Perhaps Barr's most notable work was on ''Will & Grace'', the long-running situation comedy about a gay man and his best friend, which first aired in the US from 1998 to 2006. Barr wrote 18 episodes of the sitcom and had a hand in the production of 70 (variously as Consulting Producer, Supervising Producer or Co-Executive Producer). Barr also guest-starred once in the show: he played the role of Guy in ' Last Of The Really Odd Lovers', episode 23 of season three. Barr also wrote ''and'' directed a short film, ''Mackenheim'', which was produced by Billy Pollina in 2002. Most re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Mendoza
Linda Mendoza Kahle is an American film director and television director. Mendoza's directorial career began in 1992, directing promotional segments for Fox and MTV. She then went on to direct/produce segments for ''Kidsongs'' and the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series' '' Roundhouse'' and ''All That''. Her other television series credits include, ''The Chris Rock Show'', ''The Brothers García'', ''Unfabulous'', '' Girlfriends'', ''The Bernie Mac Show'', '' Outsourced'', ''MADtv'', '' Scrubs'', ''Gilmore Girls'', ''30 Rock'', ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Suburgatory'', ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'', and ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' among other series. She made her feature film directorial debut with the film ''Chasing Papi'' in 2003. In 2008, Mendoza won an ALMA Award for her direction of the ''Ugly Betty'' episode, "Betty's Baby Bump The second season of the American comedy-drama television series ''Ugly Betty'' started on September 27, 2007, in the United States and Canada and includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker Cawley
Tucker Cawley is an American television comedy writer and producer, best known for writing episodes for ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. He has also written for ''Men of a Certain Age'', ''Parks and Recreation'', '' Up All Night'', and the short-lived Kelsey Grammer sitcom ''Hank''. He has won three Emmy Awards, including the 2003 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Career He is a 1986 graduate of Gonzaga College High School (Washington, DC) and a 1990 graduate of the University of Virginia, where he was a member of Theta Chi social fraternity. ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' episodes This is a list of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' episodes written or co-written by Cawley. Season one *"Frank, the Writer" *"Turkey or Fish" *"The Game" *"Fascinatin' Debra" (with Jeremy Stevens) Season two *"Ray's on TV" *"Civil War" *"Good Girls" *"The Garage Sale" (with Ellen Sandler, Jeremy Stevens, & Lew Schneider) Season three *"Moving Out" *"Pants on Fire" *"Ray Home Alone" (with Ray R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Savage
Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series ''The Wonder Years'' (1988 to 1993). He has earned several awards and nominations, such as People's Choice Awards and Young Artist Awards. He is also known for playing the Grandson in ''The Princess Bride'', and voiced the title protagonist in ''Oswald''. Savage has worked as a director, and in 2005 later starred in the television sitcom ''Crumbs''. Savage returned to acting in the television series '' The Grinder'', as well as the Netflix series ''Friends from College''. Early life and education Savage was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who was an industrial real estate broker and consultant. Savage grew up in Glencoe, Illinois, before moving to California. His younger brother is actor Ben Savage and his younger sister is actress/musician Kala Savage. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Patrick Jann
Michael Patrick Jann (born May 15, 1970, Albany, New York) is an American actor, writer, and director best known as a cast member on MTV's ''The State''. Career Jann attended New York University, where, as a freshman, he joined the then-new comedy troupe The New Group, which was eventually renamed to The State. The troupe continued performing after college, and in 1993 they gained their own series on MTV, the sketch comedy show ''The State'', which ran until 1995. Jann and David Wain directed a majority of the sketches on the series. In 1999, Jann directed the film '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'', which is his feature film directorial debut. Jann produced, and directed many episodes of the 2003-2009 Comedy Central series ''Reno 911!'', which was created by several members of The State. He co-wrote the 2006 film ''Let's Go to Prison'', along with The State members (and ''Reno 911!'' cast members) Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant. He directed most of the episodes of the 2008 HBO show ''Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Appel
Eric Appel (born August 13, 1980) is an American filmmaker working in television, film, and commercials. Originally from Endicott, New York, Appel attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, majoring in computer animation. Describing his childhood interests, Appel said, "I was always playing around with video cameras, but I was also the kid that drew cartoons. It’s weird. I was so obsessed with movies and television, but nobody ever told me that I should go to film school... en I decided to go to school for animation, it felt like a no-brainer. However, when I actually went away to college, I realized that I had made a mistake (and also that I wasn’t that great at drawing). I actually spent more time working on videos with my roommate, who was majoring in video production, than I did working on my own projects." While in college, Appel also began performing improv comedy, after his girlfriend brought him to a "show at the University of Pittsburgh called 'Friday Nite Improvs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVLine
''TVLine'' is a website devoted to information, news, and spoilers of television programs. History In late 2010, ''Entertainment Weekly''s Michael Ausiello announced that he would be leaving ''EW'' after nearly two years in their employ to establish a TV-centered website with PMC, the media company founded by Jay Penske. He later announced that fellow ''EW'' writer Michael Slezak, E! Online's Megan Masters, and ''TV Guide''s Matt Mitovich would be joining him in the venture. The site debuted January 5, 2011, and more than tripled initial expectations for internet traffic in its first six days. In early 2011 a report by TV by the Numbers analyzed the pageview ratings for four television websites: ''TVLine'', its sister site ''Deadline'', ''TheWrap'', and TV by the Numbers itself. With a high of just over 1 million daily pageviews, ''TVLine'' beat all three competitors. A similar report in summer 2012 compared ''TVLine'' again to three other websites: ''Deadline'', ''The Holly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
