Sentences with phrase «writer on the sitcom»

Sherman - Palladino began her career as a producer and staff writer on the sitcom Roseanne in 1990, and her work would be the basis for much of the show's most critically acclaimed material, including an Emmy - nominated storyline about birth control.

Not exact matches

To avoid bad but vaguely plausible start - up ideas — what the Y Combinator team calls sitcom ideas, i.e., the kind of ideas TV writers would make up if a character on a show had a start - up — choose something that some people want a lot rather than something lots of people might sort of want a little.

Fey is the creator of Kemper's hit Netflix sitcom, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as well as a producer and writer on the show, which was just picked up for a third season.

I am unfamiliar with Lister - Jones's previous work (she is best known for the sitcom «Life in Pieces»), but she's a compelling screen presence, on top of her achievements as a writer - director; her close - ups register glib resistance and genuine vulnerability, often in rapid succession.

«Permanent Midnight» is based on writer Jerry Stahl's hyped memoir about his descent into drugs while cranking out scripts for awful sitcoms like «ALF.»

Born in 1937 in West Cliff - on - Sea, England, screenwriter - turned - director Dick Clement cut his teeth on the small screen in his mid - to late twenties, as a BBC television writer and director, including such now - classic programs as the sitcom The Likely Lads (1964), the Dudley Moore and Peter Cook series Not Only... But Also (1965), and the brief Steptoe and Son successor Mr. Aitch (1967), starring Harry H. Corbett.Clement segued into big - screen comedy in 1966, co-scripting (with Ian La Frenais) the Michael Winner - directed picture The Jokers.

I am glad that Jules and Grayson seem like a steady thing, not going for the typical sitcom route of «on and off relationship» that we have seen with Ted and Robin, Ross and Rachael, Leonard and Penny... I was worried that that would be the deal - breaker for Cougar Town, but the writers don't take the obvious route.

Meanwhile, several key writers have moved on to other projects, including Andy Bobrow, who's now on Fox's Will Forte comedy Last Man on Earth, and Erik Sommers, now working on NBC's new sitcom Marry Me.

After Tracy Morgan triumphantly returned to television in October with a Saturday Night Live hosting gig, the comic will soon be back on TV on a more regular basis after Morgan signed on for a new FX sitcom from Key & Peele's Jordan Peele and Eastbound & Down writer John Carcieri.

What makes the Russos such an interesting choice to direct Captain America 2 is that considering the specific voices of the sitcoms they've directed, it seems like they have a real knack for preserving the work of writers and actors by helping them best display what they've created while still putting their stamp on something.

Jim Rash & Nat Faxon («The Way Way Back») Sure, «The Way Way Back» writers / directors Jim Rash & Nat Faxon might have already won an Oscar, but even with both actors killing it in regular roles on network sitcoms (Rash is the Dean on «Community,» Faxon is one half of the title duo on Fox «s recently axed «Ben & Kate «-RRB-, most of the country, and even the industry, might have struggled to pick them out of a line - up, but that could all start to change once their directorial debut, «The Way Way Back,» leaves Park City and finds audiences around the world.

Created by veteran sitcom writer / producer Tom Hertz («Spin City», «Less Than Perfect», «Married to the Kellys»), «Rules of Engagement» centers on a circle of adult friends living in New York City in different stages of relationships.

We last ran one of these nearly two years ago, and all five of our picks have gone on to big things — Emma Forrest has David Yates and Emma Watson adapting her memoir «Your Voice In My Head ``; «Prometheus» writer Jon Spaihts just got hired to reboot «The Mummy ``; Michael Diliberti is writing «Little White Corvette» for Emma Stone; Brian K. Vaughan is adapting Stephen King «s «Under The Dome» for Showtime, and Liz Meriwether created the smash - hit sitcom «New Girl.»

In the 15 - odd years since he started acting — on a whim after seeing a flyer for a sketch comedy group while walking across his college campus — he's starred in a long - running, much - beloved network sitcom, landed supporting roles alongside some of Hollywood's heaviest hitters, become a bona fide leading man in an action film, and donned both a writer's and director's hat.

Jane Levy One of the most pleasant surprises of this past TV season has been «Suburgatory,» a smart, often hilarious sitcom from «Parks and Recreation» writer Emily Kapnek that plays out like a small - screen take on «Mean Girls.»

Whether it's a serious drama, a wacky sitcom, or some dramedy that melds the two — TV writers and producers find excuses to let their characters cut a little rug on the boob tube.

, followed by further time spent as a writer / producer on TV sitcoms such as «Amen», «Baby Talk» and «Working It Out».

Early in 2011, however, an unlikely group of artists, comedians and writers worked together on The Last of the Red Wine, a radio sitcom based in the artworld.

Speaking of parodies, Maxim magazine's funny take on the «real» Green Week hit on a few clever points, like the writers pledging to incorporate Al Gore into sitcom scripts 14 times.