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Jeremy Stevens

Writing

Biography

Jeremy Stevens was an American writer and producer. Stevens earned a degree in theater at Brooklyn College before studying with acting coaches Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof. Several small off-Broadway roles led to his being added to the cast of the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys. While studying improvisational theatre, Stevens was offered his first opportunity to write for television on a variety show hosted by former Tonight Show bandleader Skitch Henderson. This led to more writing jobs in variety television, including Playboy After Dark, Saturday Night Live, and shows hosted by Mac Davis and Barbara Mandrell. Stevens won his first Emmy Award in 1972, as one of the founding writers of the children's television program The Electric Company for PBS. He would go on to write for such shows as Fernwood Tonight/America 2-Nite, The Richard Pryor Show, What's Happening?, Mork & Mindy, Dear John, and Coach. Stevens met writer Phil Rosenthal in the early 1990s, beginning a friendship that would lead to his joining the writing staff of Everybody Loves Raymond. He would remain for all nine seasons, serving as executive producer and earning two Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series. Stevens traveled back and forth to Russia, spending the better part of seven years supervising the successful Russian version of Everybody Loves Raymond ('Voroniny'). Stevens died October 27, 2020, in Northridge, California. He was 82.

Known For

Saturday Night Live
6.9

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Saturday Night Live

1975
Coach
6.7

Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.

Coach

1989
Everybody Loves Raymond
6.8

Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, live directly across the street.

Everybody Loves Raymond

1996
Dear John
5.7

Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).

Dear John

1988
America 2-Night
8.3

America 2-Night is the continuation of the talk-show parody series Fernwood 2 Night. It ran from April to July 1978. As in Fernwood, Barth Gimble was the host and Jerry Hubbard was his co-host. Happy Kyne and the Mirth-Makers was the band.

America 2-Night

1978
What's Happening!!
7.4

Buddies Raj, Rerun and Dwayne come of age in 1970s Los Angeles. The trio have a penchant for mischief and trying to find ways of getting rich quick. Almost always the trio's schemes wind up getting them into trouble and it's up to Raj's mother Mabel to get them out of it. Also, half of the time, the guys get into trouble because of Raj's bratty sister Dee.

What's Happening!!

1976
CBS Summer Playhouse
7.0

CBS anthology series airing unsold television pilots during the summer season.

CBS Summer Playhouse

1987
Summer Rental
6.1

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.

Summer Rental

1985
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10.0

Joe's World is an American sitcom television series that aired from December 28, 1979, until July 26, 1980.

Joe's World

1979
Rhythm & Blues
6.5

Rhythm & Blues is a short-lived 1992 American sitcom that aired on NBC for only five weeks from September 24, 1992 to October 22, 1992 with an additional left over episode airing on February 19, 1993. The show stars Roger Kabler, Anna Maria Horsford, Ron Glass, Troy Curvey Jr., Vanessa Bell Calloway, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., and Christopher Babers. The premise of the show stars Kabler as Bobby Soul, a white man who gets hired on a black radio station after being initially mistaken as a black man. Despite being listed among NBC's Must See TV Thursday night lineup after A Different World at 8:00 and before Cheers at 9:00, the show was cancelled after only five weeks due to low ratings. The show was heavily criticized for relying on traditional black stereotypes for its humor. TV Guide said that: "What makes a show built on white jokes any better than a show built on black jokes?"

Rhythm & Blues

1992