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Superstore (season 1)
The first season of '' Superstore'', the U.S. television series, was ordered on January 14, 2015. The series was picked up by NBC on May 7, 2015. It debuted on November 30, 2015, with a two-episode premiere. The series was created by Justin Spitzer, who also serves as an executive producer. The season ended on February 22, 2016. The first season originally had an episode order of 13 episodes, but it was later trimmed by NBC to 11 episodes due to scheduling, and ''The Voice'' returning to schedule. ''Superstore'' follows a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box store in St. Louis, Missouri. The ensemble and supporting cast features America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom and Mark McKinney. Cast Main cast * America Ferrera as Amy Dubanowski * Ben Feldman as Jonah Simms * Lauren Ash as Dina Fox * Colton Dunn as Garrett McNeil * Nico Santos as Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag * Nichole Bloom as Cheyenne Tyler Lee * Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America Ferrera
America Georgina Ferrera (; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedy-drama ''Real Women Have Curves'', earning praise for her performance. Ferrera has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award among others. Ferrera achieved modest success early in her career with roles in films such as the Disney original film ''Gotta Kick It Up!'' (2002) and the drama ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' (2005); the latter earned her the Imagen Award Best Actress and her first nomination at the ALMA Awards. She undertook television roles including the eponymous role on the ABC comedy-drama ''Ugly Betty'' (2006–2010). She was praised for playing the protagonist of the series, Betty Suarez, and won Best Actress Awards in 2007 from the Golden Globe Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Lawson
Joshua Lawson (born 22 July 1981) is an Australian actor and filmmaker best known for his role as Doug Gugghenheim in ''House of Lies'', Tate in '' Superstore'' and as Kano in the 2021 film ''Mortal Kombat''. Early life Lawson was born and raised in Brisbane, and attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2001. He also spent one year studying improvisation techniques in Los Angeles at The Second City, The Groundlings, ACME Comedy Theatre and I.O. West. His older brother is actor Ben Lawson. In 2003 Lawson was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowship. Career Television Lawson has had guest-starring roles in such popular Australian television programs as ''Blue Heelers'' and ''Home & Away'', and is known for his appearances on the improv comedy program ''Thank God You're Here'' and on the Australian drama ''Sea Patrol'' and comedy '' The Librarians''. He also had a guest role in the comedy '' Wilfred'' and starred in sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Busting
Union busting is a range of activities undertaken to disrupt or prevent the formation of trade unions or their attempts to grow their membership in a workplace. Union busting tactics can refer to both legal and illegal activities, and can range anywhere from subtle to violent. Labor laws differ greatly from country to country in both level and type of regulations in respect to their protection of unions, their organizing activities, as well as other aspects. These laws can affect topics such as posting notices, organizing on or off employer property, solicitations, card signing, union dues, picketing, work stoppages, striking and strikebreaking, lockouts, termination of employment, permanent replacements, automatic recognition, derecognition, ballot elections, and employer-controlled trade unions. Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) declares that everyone has a right to form and/or join a trade union. The provision is, however, not legally bindi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Beth McCarthy-Miller (born September 3, 1963, Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American television director. Shows she has directed include ''Saturday Night Live'' and '' 30 Rock''. Early life McCarthy-Miller was born on September 3, 1963, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She attended the University of Maryland, where she was a DJ and majored in radio, television and film. While in college she interned at CNN and MTV. Career McCarthy-Miller worked as a line producer's assistant and assistant director at MTV and began directing in 1988. During her nine years with MTV, she worked on ''MTV Unplugged'' with Nirvana, Neil Young, Elton John, Tony Bennett, and k.d. lang. She worked for '' The Week in Rock'' and later ''The Jon Stewart Show.'' She was the director of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' for eleven years. She left ''SNL'' in 2006 at the end of season 31, replaced as director by Don Roy King. She became a director for Viacom's MTV again in 2003 when she directed the MTV Video Mus ... [...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] |
Sierra Teller Ornelas
Sierra Nizhoni Teller Ornelas (born 1981) (Navajo) is an American showrunner, screenwriter, filmmaker and weaver from Tucson, Arizona. She is one of three co-creators of the scripted NBC (Peacock) comedy series ''Rutherford Falls'', alongside Ed Helms and Mike Schur. Known for writing and production work on shows such as ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', '' Happy Endings'', ''Splitting Up Together'', and '' Superstore'', Ornelas has also written and contributed to ''This American Life'' and the ''New York Times''. In 2019 Ornelas signed a multi-year development deal with Universal Television, beginning with the Peacock sitcom ''Rutherford Falls''. Early life and education Ornelas is from Tucson, Arizona. She is Navajo, born to the Edge Water clan. Her maternal grandfather is Water Flowing Together clan and her paternal grandfather is Mexican clan. Ornelas knew as early as second grade that she wanted to write for television. She attended the University of Arizona, where she studied media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Ackerman
Robert Andrew Ackerman (born September 19, 1956) is an American director, producer, and script editor who is best known for his work on '' Seinfeld'', ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' and the HBO series '' Curb Your Enthusiasm''. He is a 1978 graduate of Santa Clara University. Born in Los Angeles, Ackerman began his career as a videotape editor on ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' (1979–82) and ''Newhart'', winning an Emmy for the former. He also was an assistant editor on ''Welcome Back, Kotter''.''Andy Ackerman Interview , Archive of American Television'' Retrieved June 16, 2022. Ackerman directed '' Seinfeld'' starting in its sixth season. He directed 89 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Hardcastle
Alex Hardcastle (born 19 November 1972) is a British television director and producer who has worked on television shows and movies in both the UK and the United States. He is best known for his directorial work on the American comedies ''New Girl'', ''The Mindy Project'', ''The Office,'' ''Grace & Frankie,'' ''Parks and Recreation'' as well as his series ''A Young Doctor's Notebook'' starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe. Hardcastle directed multiple episodes of the musical comedy ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' for the CW, ''Grace & Frankie'' for Netflix and the comedy drama ''You're the Worst'' for FX. He directed the Warner Brothers / Paramount Network period drama ''American Woman'' starring Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari and Cheyenne Jackson, as well as multiple episodes of the Robin Williams show ''The Crazy Ones.'' Career Hardcastle began his career during the mid-nineties producing British television documentaries such as in Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Leggero
Natasha Leggero () (born March 26, 1974) is an American comedian, actress and writer. She rose to fame after appearing as the host of the MTV reality television series '' The 70s House'' in 2005, and as a regular roundtable panelist on Chelsea Handler's late-night talk show ''Chelsea Lately'' from 2008 to 2014. Leggero created the Comedy Central period sitcom ''Another Period'' (2015–2018) with Riki Lindhome, which she starred in as Lillian Abigail Bellacourt, a daughter of the fictional Bellacourt family. As a voice actress, Leggero has starred in several adult animated sitcoms, voicing the roles of Callie Maggotbone in '' Ugly Americans'' (2010–2012), Ethel in ''Brickleberry'' (2013–2015) and Shannon in ''Hoops'' (2020). She also starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom '' Free Agents'' (2011) as Emma Parker, in the Showtime comedy series ''Dice'' (2016–2017) as Carmen, and in the CBS sitcom '' Broke'' (2020) as Elizabeth. In 2022, Leggero released her first book The World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Nelli, Jr
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film Music * ''Victor'' (album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album ''Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company ** Victor Entertainment, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label ** Victor Interactive So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Hubbard
Matt Hubbard is an American television writer and screenwriter who has worked on many television shows. He graduated from Beverly High School, in Beverly, Massachusetts in the class of 1996, where he excelled in the English Department. He later went on to attend Harvard University where he was an editor for the Harvard Lampoon. He has worked as a writer on the NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ... comedy series '' 30 Rock''. He won Emmy awards in 2009 for both Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, for his 30 Rock episode "Reunion," and for Outstanding Comedy Series. He worked as a Consulting Producer and writer on the last two seasons of '' Parks and Recreation''. Filmography Television References External links * American television writers Am ... [...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] |
