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Ed Decter
Edward Decter (born May 19, 1959) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Early life and education Born in West Orange, New Jersey, Decter graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Art from Wesleyan University in 1979. Career His credits include, ''There's Something About Mary'', '' The Santa Clause 2'', '' The Santa Clause 3'', ''The New Guy'', '' The Lizzie McGuire Movie'', and television series ''Boy Meets World'', ''In Plain Sight'', and ''Shadowhunters ''Shadowhunters'', also known as ''Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments'', is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on the novel series ''The Mortal Instruments'' written by Cassandra Clare. It premie ...''. He frequently collaborates with fellow producer and writer John J. Strauss. His production company was Frontier Pictures and is now Carteret Street Productions. Filmography Film Television The numbers in writing credits refer to the number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown. It is now a secular, coeducational institution. The college accepted female applicants from 1872 to 1909, but did not become fully coeducational until 1970. Before full coeducation, Wesleyan alumni and other supporters of Women's colleges in the United States, women's education established Connecticut College in 1912. Wesleyan, along with Amherst College, Amherst and Williams College, Williams colleges, is part of "The Little Three". Its teams compete athletically as a member of the NESCAC in NCAA Division III. History Before Wesleyan was founded, a military academy established by Alden Partridge existed, consisting of the campus's North and South Colleges. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgettable (American TV Series)
''Unforgettable'' is an American police procedural Drama (film and television), crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 20, 2011. ''Unforgettable'' was developed by Ed Redlich and John Bellucci, and stars Poppy Montgomery as Detective Carrie Wells, a police detective with an unusually detailed and photographic memory. After being canceled twice by CBS, ''Unforgettable'' was picked up by A&E (TV channel), A&E for a fourth season. The season premiered on November 27, 2015, with two back-to-back episodes. In February 2016, A&E cancelled the show. Premise Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner, Lieutenant Al Burns, asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helix (TV Series)
''Helix'' is an American science fiction horror drama television series that aired on Syfy from January 10, 2014, to April 10, 2015. The series follows a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who travel to a research facility in the Arctic to investigate a potential outbreak of disease. While there, they find themselves stuck in a life-or-death situation that could decide the future of mankind. The executive producers of ''Helix'' were Ronald D. Moore, Lynda Obst, Steven Maeda, and Cameron Porsandeh, with Maeda serving as day-to-day showrunner. On April 29, 2015, Syfy announced that the show was canceled after two seasons. Plot Season 1 Researchers from the CDC, led by Dr. Alan Farragut and Dr. Sarah Jordan investigate a viral outbreak at an Arctic bioresearch station, only to discover that it has disastrous and wider implications for the entire world. Proscribed genetic engineering research is being done by the Ilaria Corporation, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifetime (TV Network)
Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company. It features programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. , Lifetime is available to approximately 63,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 100,000,000 households. As of November 2023, Lifetime has garnered nominations for 63 Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards and 20 Critics' Choice Movie Awards. History Predecessors There were two television channels that preceded Lifetime in its current incarnation. Daytime, originally called BETA, was launched in March 1982 by Hearst-ABC Video Services.(June 15, 1983Hearst-ABC, Viacom in Pact. New York Times. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Client List (TV Series)
''The Client List'' is an American drama (film and television), drama television series based on the 2010 television The Client List, film of the same name, which aired on the Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime network. The series stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, who starred in the film, though she plays a different character in a premise that is slightly different from the film. The series premiered on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime ordered an initial 10 episodes for the first season and on May 7, 2012, renewed the series for a second season of 15 episodes to air March 10, 2013. On November 1, 2013, Lifetime cancelled the series after two seasons. Premise The series follows Riley Parks (née Campbell) (Jennifer Love Hewitt), whose husband Kyle Parks (Brian Hallisay) abandons her and their children, leaving her in financial debt. She comes close to losing their house to foreclosure. Riley accepts work at a day spa in a town Sugar Land, Texas an hour away from he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A&E (TV Network)
A&E (an initialism of its original name, the Arts & Entertainment Network) is an American cable and satellite television network and the flagship property of A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Walt Disney Company (through the Disney General Entertainment Content division of Disney Entertainment). A&E was launched on February 1, 1984, as a block on Nickelodeon. The network originally focused on fine arts, documentaries, dramas, and educational entertainment. Today, it deals primarily in non-fiction programming, including reality television, true crime, documentaries and miniseries, thus de-emphasizing its full name in the process. Since 1985, it is no longer a programming block, due to its joint owners spinning it off into a 24-hour channel while Nickelodeon later launched Nick at Nite to fill in the time slot A&E formerly held. , A&E is available to approximately 63,000,000 pay television households in the United States – down from its 2011 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (or simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It was launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels. It was relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980, and in the years since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWF/ WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming. USA increased its sports coverage significantly in 2022, after the shutdown of NBCSN, and now serves as the main cable component of NBC Sports. , USA Network is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network was launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Man Out (American TV Series)
''Odd Man Out'' is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the '' TGIF'' lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999, to January 7, 2000. This show was created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss. Synopsis Set in Miami, the show revolved around 15-year-old Andrew Whitney (Erik von Detten), the only male in a house full of women. He is constantly surrounded by his three sisters (Val, Paige, and Elizabeth), Aunt Jordan, and widowed mom, Julia. The episodes mostly revolved around Andrew's lack of privacy and dealing with his best friend Keith's crush on his unresponsive older sister, Paige. Cast *Erik von Detten as Andrew Whitney * Trevor Fehrman as Keith Carlson, Andrew's best friend * Jessica Capshaw as Aunt Jordan, Andrew's maternal aunt *Natalia Cigliuti as Paige Whitney, Andrew's older sister *Vicki Davis as Valerie "Val" Whitney, Andrew's older sister *Marina Malota as Elizabeth Whitney, Andrew's younger sister * Markie Post as Julia Whitney, Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Closer (1998 TV Series)
''The Closer'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS for 10 episodes from February 23 to May 4, 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive. Plot Jack McLaren (Tom Selleck), a successful advertising executive, starts his own agency. The business, the employees in the agency, and his personal life provide the story lines. The characters include a creative director, Carl Dobson (Ed Asner), an accountant, Erica Hewitt (Penelope Ann Miller), and a bored secretary, Beverly (Suzy Nakamura); McLaren's estranged and eventually divorced wife, Claire McLaren ( Joanna Kerns), and daughter Alex ( Hedy Burress). Cast * Tom Selleck as Jack McLaren * Hedy Burress as Alex McLaren * Ed Asner as Carl "Dobbs" Dobson * David Krumholtz as Bruno Verma * Suzy Nakamura as Beverly Andolini * Penelope Ann Miller as Erica Hewitt Production The project was originally started off at Paramount Television with Barry Kemp at the helm. Eventually, it p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Sons
''Chicago Sons'' is an American sitcom television series created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, that aired on NBC from January 8 until July 2, 1997. Premise Three brothers move into an apartment overlooking Wrigley Field. Cast *Jason Bateman as Harry Kulchak * D.W. Moffett as Mike Kulchak * David Krumholtz as Billy Kulchak *Paula Marshall Paula Marshall (born June 12, 1964) is an American actress. Career In 1990, Marshall had a guest role as Iris West, the love interest of Flash (Barry Allen) in the pilot episode on ''The Flash''. In 1991, she guest-starred on ''Superboy'' with ... as Lindsay Sutton Episodes References External links * * *{{epguides, ChicagoSons 1997 American television series debuts 1997 American television series endings 1990s American multi-camera sitcoms American English-language television shows Television shows set in Chicago Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television series about brothers NBC sitcoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
