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Karl Mayer (footballer)
Karl Mayer is a fictional character portrayed by Richard Burgi and created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives''. He is the ex-husband of housewife Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) and father of Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen), as well as a successful practitioner of family law. The character also becomes romantically involved in the series with two other housewives, Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan) and Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), both of whom he gets engaged to. Karl dies in Season 6, Episode 11 after injuries sustained when a plane crashes into Wisteria Lane during the Christmas Festival. Development and casting According to Cherry, casting the role of Karl was difficult because he "wanted a guy that was nice looking and seemed like he would have been married to Teri, but was also someone you wouldn't like."Touchstone Television, p. 85. The character was portrayed by another actor in a series of non-speaking flashb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Burgi
Richard William Burgi (, born July 30, 1958) is an American film and television actor best known for the roles of Det. Jim Ellison on '' The Sentinel'' and as Karl Mayer on ''Desperate Housewives''. He also portrayed Paul Hornsby in the ABC daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'', and Ashland Locke in the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. Early life Burgi was born in the suburbs of New York City in Montclair, New Jersey. His family was involved in community theatre. His brother, Chuck Burgi, is a well-known rock drummer who has most recently toured with Billy Joel. After high school, Burgi travelled through the US and Europe, taking odd jobs. Career Burgi began his career in New York, which led to regular roles on the Manhattan-based daytime soap operas ''One Life to Live'', '' Another World'' and ''As the World Turns''. After moving to Los Angeles, he appeared on the serial, ''Days of Our Lives''. He made a number of guest appearances on episodic television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Cross
Marcia Anne Cross (born March 25, 1962) is an American actress. She acted in daytime soap operas such as ''The Edge of Night'', '' Another World'', and ''One Life to Live'' before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on ''Knots Landing''. From 1992 to 1997, she starred as Kimberly Shaw on ''Melrose Place''. Cross played the role of the housewife Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives'' (2004–12), for which she was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She had a recurring role as President Claire Haas on the ABC series '' Quantico''. Early life Cross was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and is of English and Irish descent. She is one of three daughters of Janet, a teacher, and Mark J Cross (1923–2021), a personnel manager. Cross was raised Catholic. She graduated from Marlborough High School in 1980 and received a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
David Grossman (director)
David Grossman is an American film and television director. He is best known for his work on the ABC series ''Desperate Housewives'', where he also served as co-executive producer. Grossman's other television directing credits include ''Lost'', '' Weird Science'', ''MadTV'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Angel'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Dead Like Me'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''Devious Maids'', ''Revenge'', ''The InBetween'', ''Grand Hotel'', ''Why Women Kill'', '' Tell Me a Story'', '' 9-1-1: Lone Star'', ''9-1-1 , usually written 911, is an emergency telephone number for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Palau, Argentina, Philippines, Jordan, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes. Like other emergency nu ...'', '' Motherland: Fort Salem'' and '' In the Dark'' among other series. References External links * American film directors American television directors American televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Could Drive A Person Crazy
The second season of the American dramedy-mystery television series ''Desperate Housewives'' commenced airing in the United States on September 25, 2005 and concluded on May 21, 2006. The season continues the story of the Wisteria Lane residents, while their seemingly perfect lives in the suburban neighborhood are shaken by the arrival of the mysterious Betty Applewhite. Broadcast in the Sunday night time slot at 9.00 ET, the season aired twenty-four regular episodes, including a two-part season finale. In addition, three clip shows were produced for the season, in order to put the previous events of the show in perspective. " All the Juicy Details" aired before the eleventh episode, detailing the most memorable events of the season's first half, whereas " The More You Know, The Juicier It Gets", which aired before the twentieth episode, prepared the viewers for the highly anticipated season finale. " Time to Come Clean" aired three weeks before the inception of the third season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schulner
''David Schulner'' is an American television writer and producer. His production company is Mount Moriah. The company signed an overall deal with Universal Television. Television filmography Producer * ''What About Brian'' (2006) * ''Desperate Housewives'' (2004) Writer * ''New Amsterdam'' (2018–2023) * '' Reverie'' (2018) * '' Do No Harm'' (2013) * ''The Event'' (2010–2011) * '' Kings'' (2009) * '' The Oaks'' (2008) * '' Tell Me You Love Me'' (2007) * ''Desperate Housewives'' (2005) * ''Miss Match'' (2003–2004) * ''Everwood'' (2003) * '' MDs'' (2002) * ''Once and Again'' (1999) Showrunner * ''Emerald City The Emerald City (sometimes called the City of Emeralds) is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1900). Fictional description Located in the center of the La ...'' (2017) References External links * American soap opera writers American male television writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John David Coles
John David Coles is an American director and producer. Coles was nominated in 2015 for an Emmy and PGA Award for his work as an Executive Producer and Director on the Netflix phenomenon, ''House of Cards (American TV series), House of Cards. '' Known for his recent directing credits on the Emmy Award-winning Showtime series ''Homeland (TV series), Homeland,'' the Epix original series ''Berlin Station (TV series), Berlin Station'', ''11/22/63 (TV series), 11/22/63'' for Hulu, and Amazon’s ''Mad Dogs (American TV series), Mad Dogs''. His production companyTalking Wall Pictures has focused on the development of cutting-edge and writer-forward feature and television projects after securing a first round of equity financing in 2019. Early life Coles shot his first full length 16mm film at age 17 – a wry update of ''Casablanca (1942)'' re-imagined in a high school. While at Amherst College he directed a documentary about the school that was aired on PBS, and soon after was makin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Delfino
Michael Delfino is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives''. The character was played by actor James Denton from the show's inception, until the eighth and final season of the show. Storylines Backstory Michael "Mike" Delfino was born in 1967 as the second child of Adele and Nick Delfino. He was engaged to Deirdre Taylor. He was very popular in High School until his father’s trial for the murder of his co-worker. Since then, his maternal grandfather took care of him and Adele. Unfortunately, he fell into drug addiction and Mike, defending a woman against a policeman, killed him in self-defense. In 1987 he was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison in Kansas. In September 1988, his girlfriend Deirdre visited him in prison and they conceived a son during the meeting. Deirdre later lied to him that she carried out the abortion and then disappeared from his life. In 1992, he moved to Los Angeles and got married. The woman died in 2003. They had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move On (Desperate Housewives)
The first season of ''Desperate Housewives'', an American television series created by Marc Cherry, commenced airing in the United States on October 3, 2004, concluded May 22, 2005, and consisted of 23 episodes. It tells the story of Mary Alice Young, a seemingly perfect housewife who commits suicide, fearing that a dark secret, involving her, her husband, and their son would be exposed. At her wake, Mary Alice's four close friends and the main characters, Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp and Gabrielle Solis, are introduced. All of them live in the suburb of Fairview on Wisteria Lane. Narrating the series from the grave, Mary Alice describes how her friends try to find out the reason for her suicide, while trying to deal with the problems of their personal lives. ''Desperate Housewives first season aired in the United States (U.S.) on Sundays at 9:00 pm ET on ABC, a terrestrial television network. In addition to the 23 regular episodes, a special, Sorting Out the Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Housewives (season 6)
The sixth season of ''Desperate Housewives'', a television series created by Marc Cherry, began airing on September 27, 2009, and concluded on May 16, 2010. The season consists of 23 episodes. The deceased Mary Alice Young continues to narrate the events in the lives of her friends and Wisteria Lane residents, Susan Delfino, Lynette Scavo, Bree Hodge, Gabrielle Solis and Katherine Mayfair. Angie Bolen and her family are the focus of this season's mystery. The sixth season of ''Desperate Housewives'' began on RTÉ Two in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. The sixth season also started airing at 10:00pm on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2010, as well as on the Seven Network in Australia on February 1, 2010. It started airing at 9:00pm on February 1, 2010, on OSN's ''Show Series'' in the Middle East. It also started airing in India on Star World from February 26, 2010, at 10pm. In France, Season 6 began airing in the translated version on April 1, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Housewives (season 3)
The third season of the American dramedy-mystery television series ''Desperate Housewives'' commenced airing on ABC in the United States on September 24, 2006, and concluded on May 20, 2007. The season continues the story of the Wisteria Lane residents, describing their lives in the suburban neighborhood, while dealing with the arrival of the mysterious Orson Hodge. Broadcast in the Sunday night timeslot at 9:00 ET, the season aired twenty-three regular episodes. In addition, two clip shows were produced for the season, in order to put the previous events of the show in perspective. " The Juciest Bites" aired before the seventeenth episode, detailing the events of the first three seasons, in order to introduce the new story arcs in the end of the season. " Secrets and Lies" was narrated by Brenda Strong and was the last clip show to be produced for the series, airing before the inception of the fourth season. The season received critical acclaim, most critics noting an improveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
