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Good Advice (TV Series)
''Good Advice'' is an American television sitcom that aired for two seasons on CBS from April 2, 1993, to September 6, 1994. It was co-created and executive produced by Danny Jacobson and Norma Safford Vela; and starred Shelley Long and Treat Williams. Synopsis Dr. Susan DeRuzza (Shelley Long) is a successful marriage therapist and the author of a best-selling book on the subject, ''Giving And Forgiving''. Upon returning from a six-week promotional tour she discovers her husband of 11 years, Joey (Christopher McDonald), in bed with another woman. Furthermore, when she returns to her therapy office, she learns she is now sharing it with high-profile divorce attorney Jack Harold (Treat Williams). While Susan and Jack don't agree on the basics of relationships, love or marriage, the one thing they do share is an undeniable sexual chemistry. Susan's confidant, Artie (George Wyner), tries to lend support at the office and her sister Paige (Teri Garr) and son Michael (Ross Malinger) try ... [...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] |
Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom '' Dream On'', and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitcom ''Just Shoot Me!'', for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe Award. She also starred as Victoria Chase in the TV Land comedy series ''Hot in Cleveland''. She is also known for her recurring role as Gayle Buchannon on ''Baywatch'' as well as Ronee Lawrence on the final season of ''Frasier''. Malick also played many character roles in films, including ''Scrooged'', ''The American President'', ''Racing Stripes'', and '' Confessions of a Shopaholic'', has made over 50 guest appearances on television shows, primarily on comedies, starred in a number of made for television movies, and works as a voice actress, playing Eda Clawthorne on the Disney Channel animated series ''The Owl House''. Early life Malick was b ... [...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'' aired from January to May each year from its second season onward, to great ratings success. An older and related concept is the summer replacement, which deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Dielhenn
Art Dielhenn is an American television director. Primarily working in sitcoms, some of his directing credits include ''The Cosby Show'', ''A Different World'', ''Punky Brewster'', '' Free Spirit'', '' Sister, Sister'', ''Silver Spoons'', ''Designing Women'', '' Brotherly Love'', ''Head of the Class'' and ''The Jamie Foxx Show''. He began his career as an associate director on such shows as ''The Jeffersons'' and ''Diff'rent Strokes''. An alumnus of University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ..., after 1999, Dielhenn retired from the entertainment industry and has since been working as a career coach. References External links * * 1946 births Living people American television directors University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lembeck
Michael Lembeck (born June 25, 1948) is an American actor and television and film director. Best known as Max Horvath in '' One Day at a Time'' (1979-1984). Life and career Lembeck was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Caroline Dubs and Harvey Lembeck, an actor and comedian. His parents practiced the Jewish faith. He began acting in the late 1960s and directing in the 1970s. His most notable acting role was as Julie Cooper ( Mackenzie Phillips)'s husband, Max Horvath, on the sitcom '' One Day at a Time''. He played newscaster Clete Meizenheimer on the series ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman''. In 1975, he appeared on ''Barney Miller'' in the episode "Hair" as Officer Guardeno. He also played Kaptain Kool of the fictional band Kaptain Kool and the Kongs on ''The Krofft Supershow'' from 1976 to 1978. He is also known for his role as Vinnie Fazio in ''The Boys in Company C'' in 1978. He was a member of the cast of the 1985–1986 situation comedy ''Foley Square''. He appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Patrick King
Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an American director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing and writing for ''Sex and the City'' and its film adaptations, and for co-creating the television comedies '' The Comeback'', '' 2 Broke Girls'', and ''AJ and the Queen''. Life and career King was born to Roman Catholic Irish-American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He attended Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania, for three years. In 1975, King moved to New York, did comedy, and wrote plays. He also was a member of a comedy improv group called The Broadway Local which mostly performed at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. They were considered to be the in-house Improv group there. He eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he found work writing for the television series ''Murphy Brown'', and was nominated for several Emmys. He wrote for the HBO show, '' The Comeback'', as well as for broadcast shows ''Will & Grace'', ''Good Advice'', and ''Cybill''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Bessell
TED may refer to: Economics and finance * TED spread between U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar Education * ''Türk Eğitim Derneği'', the Turkish Education Association ** TED Ankara College Foundation Schools, Turkey ** Transvaal Education Department (TED) Entertainment and media * TED (conference) (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) * ''Tenders Electronic Daily'', a journal on government procurement in the European Union * Turner Field (The Ted), of the Atlanta Braves until 2017 Technology and computing * MOS Technology TED, an integrated circuit * TED Notepad, a freeware portable plain-text editor * Television Electronic Disc, an early Telefunken video disc * Transferred electron device or Gunn diode * TransLattice Elastic Database, a NewSQL database Transport * Teddington railway station, London, National Rail station code Other uses * Thyroid eye disease, aka Graves' ophthalmopathy * Tooheys Extra Dry, Australian beer * Turtle excluder device, for letting sea turtles es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Busgang
Howard Busgang is a Canadian comedian and television producer."A comic with chutzpah: He opens a Montreal-style deli in B.C". ''Montreal Gazette'', August 25, 2018. Comedy career Originally from Montreal, Quebec, he studied political science at McGill University before beginning to perform as a stand-up comedian in 1979. He had some supporting roles in film and television, including the film ''Terror Train'' and guest roles in the television series ''The Edison Twins'' and '' Check It Out!'', before he and Shawn Thompson created the short-run comedy series ''We Don't Knock'', in which they performed improvised pranks on real people, for CBC Television in 1986. In the same year, he was one of the performers in ''The Young Comedians All Star Reunion'', a stand-up comedy special on HBO that also included Howie Mandel, Harry Anderson and Robin Williams. Following the end of ''We Don't Knocks run, Busgang and Dale Martindale became cohosts of CBC Television's youth series '' Switchbac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnet Kellman
Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American television and film director, television producer and film actor. Biography Barnet Kellman (born November 9, 1947) is an American theatre, television and film director, television producer and film actor, and educator, best known for the premiere productions of new American plays, and for the pilots of long-running television series such as Murphy Brown and Mad About You. He is the recipient of two Emmy Awards and a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. He is the co-founder and director of USC Comedy at the School of Cinematic Arts, and holds the school's Robin Williams Endowed Chair in Comedy. Early life and education Kellman was born in New York City, and raised in suburban Long Island. His father, was Joseph A. G. Kellman, an attorney, and his mother was Verona Kellman (née Kramer). He attended the Colgate University, Phi Beta Kappa and graduated cum laude in 1969. He attended Yale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Speegle Howard
Jean Frances Speegle Howard (January 31, 1927 – September 2, 2000) was an American actress who acted primarily in film and on television. Howard appeared in over 30 television shows, mostly sitcoms, such as '' Married... with Children'' (1994–1996), but she also had guest spots on such series as ''Grace Under Fire'' (1993) and '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997) beginning from 1975 (mostly during the 1980s and 1990s) until her death. Early life Howard was born Jean Frances Speegle in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of Louise ( née Dewey) and William Allen Speegle. Career Although she was an actress in film and television early on, her son Ron Howard said she largely put her career aside to raise her sons, Ron, born in 1954, and Clint, born in 1959. She appeared in the 1956 film '' Frontier Woman'' alongside husband Rance Howard and young son Ron Howard. In 1975, the entire family would act in the television film Huckleberry Finn. Howard appeared in a bit part in the 1985 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindy Sterling
Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American television, film and voice actress. She portrayed Frau Farbissina in the ''Austin Powers'' film series and starred in the web series ''Con Man'', the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She has had recurring roles as Miss Francine Briggs on the Nickelodeon series '' iCarly'', Principal Susan Skidmore on the Disney Channel series ''A.N.T. Farm'', and Linda Schwartz on the ABC series '' The Goldbergs''. Sterling has also done voiceover work for animation. For Cartoon Network, she provided the voice of Ms. Endive in the series ''Chowder''. For Nickelodeon, she voiced Lin Beifong in ''The Legend of Korra'' (2012–2014) and Morgana in the Nickelodeon version of '' Winx Club''. Sterling was half of the duo (with Dennis Tufano of The Buckinghams) who sang the Theme song for "Family Ties" in its 1st season on TV, prior to Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams' version. Early life Sterling was born in Paters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Torres
Elizabeth Larrieu Torres (born September 27, 1947) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Torres is best known for her role as Mahalia Sanchez in the NBC comedy series ''The John Larroquette Show'' (1993–1996), for which she received two Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. She is also known for her role as Patricia "Miss Patty" LaCosta in The WB family comedic drama series Amy Sherman-Palladino's ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–07) starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. In the 1970s, she played Julie Erskine on ''Phyllis'' and also had a recurring role as Teresa Betancourt on ''All in the Family''. Career Torres started her career as a comedian and singer working the city's night club circuit with her friend Bette Midler. In 1971, she was spotted doing one of her acts by the producer of Johnny Carson's ''The Tonight Show'' who invited her to do a stand-up comedy skit on the show. She made her film debut in 1969 playing a prostitute in a low-budget movie title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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