Thomas W. Lynch (born February 25, 1956 in

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) is an American

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creator and executive producer who is the head of his own production company, Tom Lynch Company (previously Lynch Entertainment which is owned by Lynch Pictures, as well as Lynch/Biller Productions with Gary Biller) based in Los Angeles, CA.

Career

The New York Times referred to him as "the

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of Tween TV," a reference to his prolific array of successful television shows aimed at the 8- to 14-year-old age group. He has created several hit teenage/children's programs such as ''

The Secret World of Alex Mack ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' is an American television series that ran from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, on Nickelodeon (part of the SNICK line-up). The series was co-created by Ken Lipman and Thomas W. Lynch and was produced by Lync ...

'', ''

The Journey of Allen Strange ''The Journey of Allen Strange'' is an American television series that aired on Nickelodeon's SNICK block of programming for three seasons from November 1997 to April 2000. Premise The series follows the story of a young Xelan alien (Arjay Smit ...

'', and the drama series ''

Caitlin's Way ''Caitlin's Way'' (aired in Australia under the title ''Just a Kid'') is a live action teen drama series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2002. The show was co-created by Thomas W. Lynch. Premise ''Caitlin's Way'' focuses on Caitlin Seeg ...

'' for

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and the drama series ''

Scout's Safari ''Scout's Safari'' is an American teen comedy-drama television series that aired on Discovery Kids and Saturday mornings on NBC. The series was created by Thomas W. Lynch (''The Secret World of Alex Mack'', ''Caitlin's Way''). Premise The show ...

'' for

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(which also aired on

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during its original run on Discovery Kids). Lynch also created the TBS

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series, ''

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'', and the popular long-running syndicated/

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musical-variety series ''

Kids Incorporated ''Kids Incorporated'' (also known as ''Kids Inc.'') is an American children's television program that began production in the mid-1980s and continued airing well into the early 1990s. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performan ...

'', which spawned the careers of several future stars such as

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and Stacy Ferguson (known as Fergie of the popular R&B group

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). ''Kids Incorporated'' was Lynch's first hit series. By the 1980s, Gary Biller was Lynch's partner, thus identifying it as Lynch/Biller Productions. By the 2000s, he also executive produced the dramedy '' Sk8'' and the ground-breaking teen drama ''

Just Deal ''Just Deal'' is a comedy-drama series that aired Saturday mornings on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC lineup. The series premiered on September 23, 2000 and ended on September 7, 2002. Premise The show revolves around Dylan Roberts, an ordin ...

'' for NBC's

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Saturday morning lineup, the sitcoms ''

100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd ''100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd'' is a television sitcom created for Nickelodeon by Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, and Nat Bernstein. The series ran for three seasons, premiering on October 16, 1999, and airing its final episode on April 21, 2002 ...

'' and ''

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'' for Nickelodeon, the drama ''

South of Nowhere ''South of Nowhere'' is an American teen drama television series created by Thomas W. Lynch. It first aired on November 4, 2005, on Noggin (brand), Noggin as part of its teen programming block, The N. The show was produced by Noggin LLC in assoc ...

'' for

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's nighttime block "

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," the sci-fi series ''

Galidor ''Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension'', sometimes shortened as ''Galidor'', is a 2002 television series that ran on YTV in Canada and Fox Kids in the United States in 2002 with a total of 26 half-hour episodes. The series was created by ...

'' for YTV, and the animated musical series ''

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'' for

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. In 2009, Lynch executive produced two new series: the comedy series ''

The Assistants ''The Assistants'' is a Canadian sitcom created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. In the United States, the series aired on The N. Premise Gillian, an aspiring actress, has become an assistant to film producer Zak Del Toro in the hopes of jump ...

'' for The N, and the sci-fi comedy ''

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'' for Nickelodeon. ''

'' filmed its second season and aired late 2010/early 2011. In addition to his Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Series for ''

'', Lynch's shows have been nominated for GLAAD Awards, Humanitas Prize, Kids Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards, WGA Awards, DGA Awards, Image Awards, Gemini Awards, Leo Awards and Young Artists Awards. Lynch has written pilots for a number of networks such as NBC, FX and CBS. He currently is in development on several projects for Nickelodeon, The N, MTV, Spike and Cartoon Network. In 2011, Lynch executive-produced ''

Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures ''Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures'' is an American teen sitcom. The series aired on Nickelodeon from July 1, 2011 until June 9, 2012. The remaining episodes of the series were broadcast on TeenNick from December 22, 2012 to May 1, 2013. Premise ...

'' for Nickelodeon. In 2015, Lynch created ''

Make It Pop ''Make It Pop'' is a Canadian musical comedy television series created by Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon that aired on Nickelodeon from March 26, 2015 to August 20, 2016. The series stars Megan Lee, Louriza Tronco, Erika Tham, and Dale Whibley. ...

'' starring

Megan Lee Megan Lee (born September 18, 1995) is a Korean-American singer-songwriter and actress best known for her role as Sun Hi Song on ''Make It Pop'' and her singing talents on YouTube. From February 2013, Megan Lee was signed to Kim Tae-woo's (lead ...

, Louriza Tronco, Erika Tham, and Dale Whibley. It premiered on

on March 26. ''Make It Pop'' is renewed for a second Season and it premiered on January 4, 2016 with a Christmas special aired December 5, 2015. During the show's run, Lynch was criticized for making racist statements against Asians and saying he would never allow Asian men to be on his shows. In 2016, ''

The Other Kingdom ''The Other Kingdom'' is a fantasy sitcom created by Thomas W. Lynch that aired on Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for ...

'' officially premiered April 10, 2016 on

and Lynch served as creator and executive producer of the show.

Personal life

Lynch and his sister Rachel were raised in Los Angeles where their father was a nuclear physicist. His parents divorced when he was eight. Lynch is the father of four children.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Tom Lynch Company website
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