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Shaky Ground
Shaky Ground is an American sitcom, created by Bob Keyes, Chip Keyes, and Doug Keyes, which starred Matt Frewer as Bob Moody, a hapless but supportive and caring father. Robin Riker played his wife and Matthew Brooks, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Bradley Pierce played their children. The show aired on Fox from December 27, 1992 to May 23, 1993. Theme Bob Moody was mid-life, mid-career, middle-management and middle-class. He worked as a quality-control inspector for United General Technologies. He loved his family and worked hard to support them, but in ways was struggling with adulthood as well. Episodes often focused on Bob's thwarted ambitions at work, or the fact that he was not a traditional husband and father at home. Bob managed to get by as a result of finding the confidence to accept himself. Some episodes were surrealistic in nature, such as Bob trying an experimental hair-restoration product that slowly turned him into a werewolf. In another episode he takes up "Dance ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoning
Zoning is a method of urban planning in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into areas called zones, each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for a single use (e.g. residential, industrial), they may combine several compatible activities by use, or in the case of form-based zoning, the differing regulations may govern the density, size and shape of allowed buildings whatever their use. The planning rules for each zone determine whether planning permission for a given development may be granted. Zoning may specify a variety of outright and conditional uses of land. It may indicate the size and dimensions of lots that land may be subdivided into, or the form and scale of buildings. These guidelines are set in order to guide urban growth and development. Zoning is the most common regulatory urban planning method used by local governments in developed countries. Exceptions include the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s American Sitcoms
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Berlinger
Robert Berlinger (sometimes credited as Bob Berlinger) (born May 31, 1958) is an American television director and producer. Career Berlinger was born in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Dartmouth College. He also graduated from the University of California San Diego after training in professional theatre directing.Bio located at official website During much of the 1980s, Berlinger directed a number of stage productions namely ''Desire Under the Elms'' (1980), '' The Voice of the Turtle'' (1985), '' On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning'' (1986-1987) ''Orphans'' (1987), ''Timon of Athens'' (1988) and '' Another Antigone'' (1988-1989) He made his television directorial debut with an episode of ''Working Girl'' starring Sandra Bullock. He was the primary director for the entire four season run of the Jamie Lee Curtis-Richard Lewis ABC comedy ''Anything But Love'' from 1989 to 1992. He also directed 13 episodes of NBC's '' Cafe Americain'' starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Trainer
David Trainer is an American television director. He is perhaps best known for directing every episode of the Fox sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (except the pilot, which was directed by Terry Hughes) and directed all the episodes of the Netflix sitcom '' The Ranch''. He also directed the first two seasons of the television show '' Boy Meets World'' (also a supervising producer), the 4th and final season of '' the John Larroquette Show'' and over 60 episodes of ''Designing Women''. Among many others, his directing credits also include several episodes of '' FM'', ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', ''Grace Under Fire'', ''Cybill'', ''Anything But Love'', '' My Boys'', ''Hot in Cleveland'' and '' Mike & Molly''. He also wrote episodes for the soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' in 1977 and the sitcom ''Misery Loves Company'' which he co-created with Michael Jacobs and Bob Young in 1995. Awards Trainer was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on ''Designing Women ''Design ... [...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] |
Richard Correll
Richard Thomas Correll (born May 14, 1948) is an American television actor, director, producer and writer. Life and career Born in Los Angeles County, California, Correll is the son of Charles Correll, who starred as Andy Brown on the radio program ''Amos 'n' Andy''. He is the brother of Barbara Correll, Dottie Correll and Charles Correll Jr., who worked on ''Animal House'' as cinematographer and directed episodes of ''Without a Trace'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', '' Melrose Place'' and ''Stargate SG-1''. As a child actor, Correll played the role of Beaver's friend Richard Rickover during the last three seasons of '' Leave It to Beaver'' (1960–63). He also appeared in multiple episodes of ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', '' Lassie'' and ''National Velvet''. As a teenager, Correll became a close friend of legendary silent film comedian Harold Lloyd and his family, and volunteered to assist Lloyd in preserving and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Devanney
Thomas Devanney is an American writer and producer. He has written several episodes of the animated series '' Family Guy''. Devanney also wrote briefly for '' The Fresh Prince of Bel Air'', and was a producer on '' Perfect Strangers'' in the 1991–92 season. Devanney and his ''Perfect Strangers'' producing colleagues (Shari Hearn, Bob Keyes) went on to produce the Fox sitcom ''Shaky Ground'', which ran during the 1992–93 season and starred Matt Frewer, Robin Riker and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Devanney met fellow '' Family Guy'' writer Chris Sheridan while writing for the 1993 series '' Thea''. While not only writing for several episodes of Family Guy including the famous "You Have AIDS" song, as well as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, he voiced Marilyn Manson in an episode of Family guy. In the 2020 episode "CutawayLand" (S19 E4), the Griffins travel to a land of the past episode's cut aways and you hear the famous AIDS song, at which Peter says that the patient's name is Tom D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Zuckerman
Stephen Edward "Steve" Zuckerman (born November 7, 1947) is an American television and theater director. He began his career in the theater. After being trained at the University of Michigan and the Yale School of Drama, he went on to be the Associate Artistic Director of the IRT Theater where he directed celebrated productions of Odets "Clash By Night" and Ibsen's "Brand" among many others. He was Director of Play Development at the Circle in the Square Theater and the Associate Artistic Director of the WPA Theater where he directed the premiere of "Nuts" which moved directly to Broadway and received two Tony Nominations and two Drama Desk Nominations. Since 1987, he has amassed a number television credits including '' Full House'', '' The Golden Girls'', ''Murphy Brown'', '' Empty Nest'', ''Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Vane (screenwriter)
Christopher Vane is an American television producer and television writer. His credits include ''Thundarr the Barbarian'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Wings'', ''Suddenly Susan'', ''All About the Andersons'' and ''The Bill Engvall Show''. He was a co-executive producer and writer on ''Good Luck Charlie'' from 2010–2015. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on ''Good Luck Charlie'' as a part of the producing team. He is the creator of '' Impastor'' comedy series,which aired for two seasons on TV Land. Television (series head writer denoted in bold) * ''The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'' (1979) * ''Thundarr the Barbarian'' (1980) * ''The Love Boat'' (1980-1985) * '' Goldie Gold and Action Jack'' (1981) * ''Too Close for Comfort'' (1982) * ''Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour'' (1982) * ''Finder of Lost Loves'' (1984-1985) * ''The Torkelsons'' (1992) * '' Man of the People'' (1992) * ''Shaky Ground'' (1993) * '' Blue Skies'' (1994) * '' Dream On'' (1995-1996) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60 Minutes
''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. In 2002, ''60 Minutes'' was ranked number six on ''TV Guide''s list of the " 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time", and in 2013, it was ranked number 24 on the magazine's list of the "60 Best Series of All Time". ''The New York Times'' has called it "one of the most esteemed news magazines on American television". Originally airing in 1968, the program began as a bi-weekly television show hosted on CBS hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner. The two sat on opposite sides of the cream-colored set, though the set's color was later changed to black, the color still used today. The show used a large stopwatch during transition periods and highlighted its topics through chroma key—both techniques are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animated Series
''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 by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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