Chuck Lorre (born 18 October1952) is a producer who has worked on many American sitcoms, including Roseanne, Cybill, Grace Under Fire, Dharma & Greg and Two and a Half Men. At the end of each episode of the latter two shows, Lorre features a vanity card consisting of a message that is usually an editorial. Since the card is shown only for a couple of seconds, the viewer who wants to read it likely would have to do so via playback and pause. He is married to actress Karen Witter. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Roseanne was an American sitcom which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997, starring stand-up comedian Roseanne. ... Cybill was an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring actress Cybill Shepherd in the lead role. ... Grace Under Fire was a television series which ran on ABC from 1993 to 1998. ... Dharma & Greg was an American television situation comedy broadcast between 1997 and 2002 on ABC. The premise of the show was a relationship between two characters regarded as cultural opposites. ... Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award nominated television sitcom centered around a hip single bachelor whose lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother moves in. ... Karen Rachel Witter (born December 13, 1961 in Long Beach, California) is an American model and actress. ...
Lorre, who created the '90s blue-collar sitcom Grace Under Fire, has filed a lawsuit against the show's producers, Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, claiming he's lost millions because profits were spent on hush money to placate cast and crew members sexually harassed and verbally abused by star Brett Butler, reports Reuters.
Lorre, who wrote the pilot episode and served as executive producer for the first year, claims he inked a deal with Carsey-Werner that would pay him about 11 percent of the show's net profits.
Lorre says the producers were then forced to squander the show's profits on "substantial" settlements to the disgruntled crew.
Lorre, who also created the modest hits "Grace Under Fire" and "Cybill," will reportedly earn millions of dollars under the four-year deal, possibly as high as $8 million a year.
Lorre co-created "Dharma" with Dottie Dartland ("Caroline in the City") and was signed with Twentieth Century Fox TV.
Lorre has also achieved some notoriety for his long messages at the end of each episode of "Dharma and Greg," which are seen in the form of type-written notes appearing only for a few seconds in the production card for his company.
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