Honoring James Burrows
On Sunday February 21, 2016, NBC will honor James Burrows as TV's most accomplished comedy director. Burrows directed one or more episodes from each of the shows listed below. Which of these Burrows’ directed shows best exemplifies his directorial skill?
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- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsStarsMary Tyler MooreEdward AsnerGavin MacLeodThe lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.
- CreatorDavid DavisLorenzo MusicStarsBob NewhartSuzanne PleshetteBill DailyThe professional and personal misadventures of a psychologist and his family, patients, friends and colleagues.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsDavid DavisStarsValerie HarperJulie KavnerLorenzo MusicIn this spin-off of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," Rhoda Morgenstern leaves best pal Mary Richards and her other friends in Minneapolis, Minn., to try her luck in Manhattan.
- CreatorStan DanielsEd. WeinbergerStarsCloris LeachmanHenry JonesJane RoseMary Richards' landlady, Phyllis Lindstrom, moves back to her hometown of San Francisco with her teenage daughter Bess following the sudden death of her husband, Lars.
- CreatorLowell GanzGarry MarshallMark RothmanStarsPenny MarshallCindy WilliamsDavid L. LanderThe misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksAllan BurnsGene ReynoldsStarsEdward AsnerRobert WaldenMason AdamsThe trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
- CreatorStan DanielsDavid LloydEd. WeinbergerStarsBetty WhiteJohn HillermanGeorgia EngelThe exploits of hack TV actress Joyce Whitman, star of the fictitious "Undercover Woman" series.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksStan DanielsDavid DavisStarsJudd HirschJeff ConawayDanny DeVitoThe staff of a New York City taxicab company go about their job while they dream of greater things.
- CreatorJames BurrowsGlen CharlesLes CharlesStarsTed DansonRhea PerlmanJohn RatzenbergerThe regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
- CreatorReinhold WeegeStarsHarry AndersonJohn LarroquetteRichard MollAn eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
- CreatorCharlie HauckStarsJason BatemanJeremy LichtDan PonceOriginally is was the saga of a working mom raising her three sons alone while her pilot husband was away, but after star Valerie Harper left, Sandy Duncan stepped in as the boys' aunt.
- CreatorBob EllisonPeter NoahJohn SullivanStarsJudd HirschJere BurnsJane CarrA divorced man tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife.
- CreatorDavid AngellPeter CaseyDavid LeeStarsTim DalySteven WeberCrystal BernardBrothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
- CreatorDavid AngellPeter CaseyDavid LeeStarsKelsey GrammerJane LeevesDavid Hyde PierceDr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.
- CreatorDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsJennifer AnistonCourteney CoxLisa KudrowFollows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
- CreatorPaul SimmsStarsDave FoleyStephen RootAndy DickThe workplace sitcom "NewsRadio" explores the office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.
- CreatorFred BarronMarco PennetteDottie Dartland ZicklinStarsLea ThompsonMalcolm GetsAmy PietzCaroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist in Manhattan, whose eclectic friends are sometimes the subjects of her comic strip.
- CreatorBonnie TurnerTerry TurnerStarsJohn LithgowJane CurtinKristen JohnstonA group of aliens is sent to Earth, disguised as a human family, to experience and report life on the third planet from the sun.
- CreatorChuck LorreDottie Dartland ZicklinStarsJenna ElfmanThomas GibsonJoel MurrayA free-spirited yoga instructor finds true love in a conservative lawyer and they get married on the first date. Though they are polar opposites, he fulfills her need of stability and she fulfills his need of optimism.
- CreatorDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsKirstie AlleyKathy NajimyDan CorteseVeronica Chase is the ultimate romance expert. Unfortunately, her expertise only works on others. After leaving her philandering husband, she must rebuild her life and her image through her company and with the help of her employees.
- CreatorDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsEric McCormackDebra MessingMegan MullallyGay lawyer Will and straight interior designer Grace share a New York City apartment. Their best friends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral socialite Karen.
- CreatorIra UngerleiderStarsChristina ApplegateEric LloydJennifer MilmoreA single mother tries to find love again with her new boyfriend Diego, of whom her father disapproves. She gets help from her two brothers and two girlfriends at work (her father's bar).
- CreatorDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsConstance ZimmerMark FeuersteinAshley WilliamsA talented young TV producer arrives in Miami to revamp the lowest-rated morning show in the country.
- CreatorLee AronsohnChuck LorreStarsJon CryerAshton KutcherAngus T. JonesA hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
- CreatorChuck LorreBill PradyStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoA woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
- CreatorSteven LevitanChristopher LloydStarsKelsey GrammerPatricia HeatonJosh GadA pair of star news anchors work together at a local TV station.
- CreatorMark RobertsStarsBilly GardellMelissa McCarthyReno WilsonA couple meets at an Overeaters' Anonymous meeting.
- CreatorJustin HalpernDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsWilliam ShatnerJonathan SadowskiNicole SullivanA middle-aged son moves in with his old-fashioned dad.
- CreatorRicky BlittStarsAlyssa MilanoKyle BornheimerJosh LawsonRebecca is a recently-divorced single-mom attorney in Pittsburgh who hasn't dated "since Bill Clinton was president."
- CreatorWhitney CummingsMichael Patrick KingStarsKat DenningsBeth BehrsGarrett MorrisTwo young women waitressing at a greasy spoon diner strike up an unlikely friendship in the hopes of launching a successful business - if only they can raise the cash.
- CreatorDavid KohanMax MutchnickStarsMichael UrieDavid KrumholtzSophia BushTwo lifelong friends, who are both architects, form a business partnership.
- CreatorVictor FrescoStarsSean HayesMegan HiltyEcho KellumCenters on Sean, who must figure out how to parent his 14-year-old daughter, who just moved in, while navigating a temperamental new boss at work.
- CreatorGregory Thomas GarciaStarsJ.B. SmooveMargo MartindaleWill ArnettA divorced reporter, looking forward to the single life, finds his parents' marital problems derail his plans.
- CreatorCarrie MuddAlan ThickeStarsAlan ThickeTanya CallauCarter ThickeA look at the life of the entertainer Alan Thicke and his family.
- CreatorSuzanne MartinStarsPatrick WarburtonCarrie PrestonMiranda CosgroveAn empty nest couple find out that their adult daughters want to move back home with them.