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Encyclopedia > Ed. Weinberger

Edwin B. "Ed." Weinberger is an American writer-producer who has won nine Emmy Awards. An Emmy Award. ...


Weinberger, along with James L. Brooks, David Davis, Allan Burns, and Stan Daniels, formed the core of MTM Enterprises. In 1977, they left for Paramount and started the John Charles Walters Company, which created their most famous show Taxi the following year. Weinberger also wrote the pilot episode for The Cosby Show. James L. Brooks James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, writer, and film director. ... Allan Burns (born May 18, 1935) is a Jewish-American screenwriter and television producer. ... Stanley Edwin Daniels (1934–April 6, 2007) was an American sitcom writer who won eight Emmy Awards for his work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi. ... The MTM logo, featuring Mimsie the Cat. ... Look up Paramount on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Paramount can refer to: Paramount, California, a city in Los Angeles County Paramount Pictures, a motion picture company Paramount Records, a record label United Paramount Network (UPN), a television network in the United States, owned by Viacom Inc. ... The John Charles Walters Company was a production company formed in 1978 by four former employees of MTM Enterprises: James L. Brooks, David Davis, Stan Daniels, and Ed Weinberger. ... Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC, and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series focused on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers working for the Sunshine Cab Company, as well as their abusive dispatcher. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992. ...


Weinberger went on to executive produce several other sitcoms, including Amen, Dear John[1], Baby Talk, and Sparks. Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. The series stars Sherman Hemsley as Ernest Frye, a member of the deacon board at the fictional First Community Church of Philadelphia. ... Dear John was an American sitcom on the NBC television network which ran from 1988 to 1992 and was originally based on the British sitcom of the same name. ... Baby talk, motherese, parentese, or child-directed speech (CDS) is a non-standard form of speech used by adults, particularly mothers, in talking to toddlers and infants. ... Sparks is a comedy-sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996 to March 2, 1998. ...


References

  1. ^ O'Connor, John (October 6, 1988). Review/Television; Life After Divorce, in the 'Taxi' Spirit. New York Times

The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

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