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Living Dolls
''Living Dolls'' is an American sitcom featured on the fall 1989 schedule of ABC. It was a spin-off created by a writer from '' Who's the Boss?'' and featuring characters introduced during an episode of that show. The show was the acting debut of Halle Berry. Both ''Who's the Boss?'' and ''Living Dolls'' were produced by ELP Communications through Columbia Pictures Television and ABC. Synopsis The show featured Charlie Briscoe ( Leah Remini), a friend of Samantha Micelli (the ''Who's the Boss?'' character played by Alyssa Milano). Samantha is dabbling in a modeling career and Charlie, a friend from Samantha's old Brooklyn neighborhood, comes to visit. While doing some test shots for a dog food commercial, it is discovered that Charlie is very photogenic. Charlie is then befriended by the owner of a modeling agency for teenage girls, Trish Carlin (Michael Learned). Trish is also a friend of advertising executive Angela Bower, one of the main characters on ''Who's the Boss?''. Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situation Comedy
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] |
Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is an American actress. She has played Samantha Micelli in '' Who's the Boss?'', Jennifer Mancini in ''Melrose Place'', Phoebe Halliwell in ''Charmed'', Billie Cunningham in ''My Name Is Earl'', Savannah "Savi" Davis in ''Mistresses'', Renata Murphy in '' Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later'', and Coralee Armstrong in Netflix's '' Insatiable''. As an activist, Milano is known for her role in the MeToo movement in October 2017. Early life Alyssa Jayne Milano was born in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New York City's Brooklyn borough on December 19, 1972, the daughter of fashion designer and talent manager Lin Milano and film music editor Thomas M. Milano. She is of Italian descent and has a brother named Cory, who is a decade younger. She was raised Catholic. Career 1980–1996 Milano began her career at age seven, when her babysitter, without notifying her parents, took her to an audition for the national touring company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company Original Programming
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1980s American Sitcoms
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1989 American Television Series Endings
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1989 American Television Series Debuts
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James Widdoes
James Widdoes (born November 15, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), sometimes billed as Jamie Widdoes, is an American actor and director. Early life Widdoes graduated from The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1972, and is a member of their Board of Trustees. He began his acting career during college, starring in a production of ''The New Amen Show'' at the Diners Playhouse in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1974. He next attended Skidmore College in 1972 and then transferred to New York University's Tisch School of Arts, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. While in New York, he roomed with such soon-to-be famous actors as Michael O'Keefe from ''Caddyshack'' and ''The Great Santini.'' He then began performing on New York City stages in productions such as the 1977 Equity Library Theatre revival of ''Wonderful Town'' and the 1982 Broadway musical ''Is there life after high school?'' His role in this last production won him a Theatre World Award. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Williamson
Martha Williamson is a television producer, best known as the head writer and executive producer of the long-running hit CBS television series ''Touched by an Angel''. Martha began her career in television working on musical variety programs for Carol Burnett, Walt Disney Television, and others. She wrote and produced for half-hour comedies such as the long-running ''The Facts of Life (TV series), The Facts of Life'' and ''The Family Man (U.S. TV series), The Family Man'' with Gregory Harrison. She made the transition to one-hour drama as producer of ''Jack's Place (TV series), Jack's Place'' for American Broadcasting Company, ABC Television and Co-Executive Producer of the CBS series ''Under One Roof (1995 TV series), Under One Roof'', which starred James Earl Jones. In 1994 she became the Executive Producer of ''Touched by an Angel''. Currently, she is the creator of the TV series Signed, Sealed, Delivered (TV series), Signed, Sealed, Delivered, which has aired since Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Cadiff
Andy Cadiff is an American producer and television director. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Cadiff attended at the Belmont High School, where he graduated in 1973. He then attended Harvard University, and later moved to New York. Cadiff began his career in 1978, where he worked as an assistant stage manager for the Broadway play ''On The Twentieth Century''. He then worked on the play ''Evita'' in 1979. Cadiff made his debut as director on the play ''Mail'' in 1988. In the same year, he was director for one episode of the sitcom television series ''Eisenhower and Lutz''. Cadiff then made his producing debut in 1989 as producer for three episodes of the sitcom television series '' FM''. His directing credits include ''Quantum Leap'', ''According to Jim'', ''George Lopez'', ''My Wife and Kids'', ''Home Improvement'', ''Hot in Cleveland'', '' Last Man Standing'', ''Growing Pains'' and ''Spin City''. In 1997 Cadiff was director on the film '' Leave It to Beaver''. He then dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Gilliland
Eric Raymond Gilliland is an American television producer, writer, actor and whistler. Early life Gilliland was born and raised in Glenview, Illinois, United States. He graduated from Glenbrook South High School in 1980 and from Northwestern University School of Communication in 1984. Television Film Music Gilliland is an accomplished whistler. His whistling has appeared on Sam Winch's ''The Lullabadeer'', a number of Sumack albums, and on the soundtrack for an episode of '' Penn & Teller: Bullshit!''. He also provided whistling accompaniment to Martha Plimpton's performance of Thunder Road on NPR's Studio 360 ''Studio 360'' was an American weekly public radio program about the arts and culture hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and ''Slate'' in New York City. The program's stated goal was to "Get inside the c .... References External links * screen writers colony profileYouTube channel of "vlogs" {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilliland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Moscow
David Raphael Moscow (born November 14, 1974) is an American actor, producer and activist. He is best known for his role as the young Josh Baskin in the 1988 film ''Big (film), Big'' and as David in the 1992 musical film ''Newsies.'' Career In 1988, Moscow played the young Josh Baskin in ''Big (film), Big'', in which his character was magically transformed into an adult played by Tom Hanks. Moscow landed the role of David Jacobs in the 1992 filmed version of the musical ''Newsies'', co-starring opposite Christian Bale. Moscow also appears in a leading role opposite Jessica Alba in the film ''Honey (2003 film), Honey'' and has starred on several network television series including ''Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane''. He was also featured on the television series ''Seinfeld'' as the character Lomez Jr in the episode "The Van Buren Boys". He has also appeared in leading roles on Broadway theatre, Broadway, including Artie in the production ''What's Wrong with This Picture'' at the Brooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Ward (actor)
Jonathan Ward (born February 24, 1970) is a American actor. He has starred mostly in television series and television films, but has also appeared in a small number of feature films, including the critically maligned 1988 cult film ''Mac and Me''. His acting debut was on Broadway as Michael in ''Peter Pan''. Early life Ward was born in Elkridge, Maryland on February 24, 1970. Career Ward was 12 years old when he appeared in the 1982 telefilm ''Maid in America'', his first on-screen acting role. His television credits include ''Charles in Charge'', '' Heart of the City'', ''The New Adventures of Beans Baxter'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose'', ''Grace Under Fire'', ''The Twilight Zone'', and the short-lived '' Who's the Boss'' spin-off ''Living Dolls''. His film appearances include ''White Water Summer'', ''Mac and Me'', ''Steel Magnolias'', '' FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' and '' Geronimo: An American Legend''. He has writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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