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Oliver Beene
''Oliver Beene'' is an American sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 9, 2003. The show was created by Howard Gewirtz. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene (played by Grant Rosenmeyer), in first person perspective. ''Oliver Beenes other main characters are his parents Jerry and Charlotte Beene, his older brother Ted Beene, and his two friends Joyce and Michael. The narrator, an older Oliver reflecting on his experience, is voiced by David Cross. Often in episodes, the story is interrupted by flashbacks and flash-forwards. Premise Oliver (born c. 1951), attempts to sustain normality in an often unpredictable family. Oliver's father Jerry spends his days drilling teeth as a dentist, while his mother attempts to play the traditional homemaker. Oliver's brother, Ted is a sports nut and a womanizer. Oliver's life is often made more bearable with friends Michael, Joyce and his crush Bonnie, who appears at his mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Gewirtz
Howard Gewirtz is an American television producer and writer, whose credits include ''Taxi'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', '' Just Shoot Me'', ''Wings'', '' Oliver Beene'', ''Everybody Hates Chris'' and ''The Simpsons''. Film Reference ''The Simpsons'' episodes *"Homer Defined
"Homer Defined" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 17, 1991. In the episode, Homer accidentally saves the Sp ... "
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Maggie Grace
Margaret Grace Denig (born ) is an American actress and model. She is known for playing Shannon Rutherford on the ABC television series ''Lost'' (2004–2006; 2010), Kim Mills in the '' Taken'' trilogy (2008–2014), Irina in ''The Twilight Saga'' (2011–2012), and Althea Szewczyk-Przygocki in '' Fear the Walking Dead'' (2018–2021). Grace earned a Young Artist Award nomination in 2002 with her portrayal of 15-year-old murder victim Martha Moxley in the television movie '' Murder in Greenwich''. In 2004, she was cast as Shannon Rutherford in the television series ''Lost'', on which she was a main cast member for the first two seasons, winning a Screen Actors Guild Award shared with the ensemble cast. Leaving the series, Grace was keen to work more prominently in film. She appeared in ''The Jane Austen Book Club'' (2007), and opposite Liam Neeson as Kim Mills in '' Taken'' in 2008. She reprised the role of Kim in ''Taken 2'' (2012) and ''Taken 3'' (2014). She played the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter Bays
Carter Loard Bays (born August 12, 1975) is an American author, composer and television showrunner. Bays co-created the CBS sitcom '' How I Met Your Mother'' where he served as showrunner, writer and executive producer for all nine seasons. The show received ten Primetime Emmy Awards. Bays wrote the novelThe Mutual Friend(2022, Dutton Books). Early life Bays was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, James C. Bays, is a retired corporate lawyer, and his mother, Martha Bays, is a minister in the United Church of Christ. While at Shaker Heights High School, Bays' play Five Visits From Mr. Whitcomb was selected for the Stephen Sondheim founded Young Playwrights Inc. 1993 Young Playwrights Festival produced at Playwrights Horizon's in New York City. Bays studied English at Wesleyan University, where he met bandmate Craig Thomas who would later become his writing partner and his co-creator for How I Met Your Mother. Bays and Thomas co-founded the band The Solids, who perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Levitan
Steven E. Levitan (born April 6, 1962) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. He has created such television series as ''Just Shoot Me!'', '' Stark Raving Mad'', ''Stacked'', '' Back to You'', ''Modern Family'', and ''Reboot''. Early life and education Levitan was raised Jewish in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Glenbrook South High School and University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1980 to 1984, graduating with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Career Levitan worked as a WKOW-TV on-air news reporter and morning anchorman in Madison, Wisconsin, and as a copywriter at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago. He moved to Hollywood in 1989. As executive producer, Levitan won an Emmy Award in 1996 for ''Frasier'' in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. He was also nominated in that same year for Outstanding Writing in Comedy Series category for ''The Larry Sanders Show''. He was nominated for an Emmy in the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Fuller
Kurt Fuller (born September 16, 1953) is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He is best known for his roles in the films '' No Holds Barred'' and '' Ghostbusters II'' (both 1989), '' Wayne's World'' (1992), and ''Scary Movie'' (2000), as well as for playing Coroner Woody Strode in the television series '' Psych'' (2009–2014) and Zachariah in '' Supernatural'' (2009–2019). Career Fuller has played television director Russell in '' Wayne's World''; a mayoral aide in '' Ghostbusters II''; the television executive and mastermind of the "Battle of the Tough Guys", Mr. Brell, in '' No Holds Barred''; a real estate agent in '' Elvira: Mistress of the Dark''; and NSC Director Robert Lindsey in the third season of '' Alias''. Fuller also played real-life figures Werner Klemperer (in Paul Schrader's ''Auto Focus'') and Karl Rove (on the TV satire '' That's My Bush!''). He also portrayed Pacific Bell Retirement Fund Execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Callahan (producer)
Bill Callahan is a writer/producer for such shows as '' Spin City'', ''8 Simple Rules'', '' Oliver Beene'', '' Scrubs'' and ''Psych''. Career Callahan was an executive producer/writer on '' Scrubs'', which entered its ninth season on December 1, 2009. He joined the show in its fourth season as co-executive producer, and was an executive producer for the sixth season, and the first six episodes of the seventh season. ''Scrubs'' is created by Bill Lawrence, who co-created '' Spin City'', which Callahan also worked on, as co-producer/producer/supervising producer. He also was a writer on ''8 Simple Rules'' and ''Psych'', and a producer/writer on '' Oliver Beene''. He is the first cousin of John C. McGinley John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor. His best known roles include Perry Cox in '' Scrubs'', Bob Slydell in ''Office Space'', Captain Hendrix in '' The Rock'', Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's ''Platoon,'' ... with whom he worked on ''S ... [...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] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Los Angeles Times
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Berry
Matthew J. Berry (born December 29, 1969) is an American writer, columnist, fantasy sports analyst, and television personality. Berry started his career by writing for television and film and creating a few pilots and film scripts with his writing partner Eric Abrams. After writing for Rotoworld as a side-job, Berry launched his own fantasy sports websites "TalentedMr.Roto.com" in 2004 andRotopass.com. Berry worked for ESPN from 2007 to 2022 as their "Senior Fantasy Sports Analyst". Early life Berry was born in Denver, Colorado, to Nancy and Leonard Berry. The family moved several times, including to Richmond, Virginia, Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlottesville, Virginia. From the age of 12 to adulthood he was raised in College Station, Texas. His mother is the former mayor of the city and his father is a professor for Texas A&M University. Berry graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1992 with a degree in electronic media. Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Spiller
Michael Alan Spiller (born August 1, 1961) is an American cinematographer and television director.Michael Spiller Biography (1961-) Film Reference Spiller has directed on numerous series and has also served as a prior to directing. Early on, he worked frequently with director and classmate Hal Hartley, including cinematography for Hartley's breakout indie film The Unbelievable Truth, which helped launch both of their careers. He was a regular directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at an interplanetary delivery company, working alongside the one-eyed Leela and robot Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on ''The Simpsons''; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox. Following its initial cancelation by Fox, ''Futurama'' began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007. It was revived in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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