Kari Lizer
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Kari Lizer (born August 26, 1961) is an American actress, writer, and producer.[2]
Life and career
Lizer was born in San Diego, California.[2]
She was the creator and executive producer of the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. In May 2010, CBS canceled Old Christine after five seasons. Upon its cancellation, Lizer slammed the network and suggested the decision to cancel the show was sexist.[3][4] Previously, she had been co-executive producer of Will & Grace for three years, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.[5][6]
Lizer also created the comedy Maggie Winters.[7]
As an actress, Lizer played Cassie Phillips on Matlock,[8] Diana Benedict on Sunday Dinner,[8]Template:R/superscript and Chris Burgess on The Van Dyke Show.[8]Template:R/superscript
In April 2020, Lizer released her first book, Aren't You Forgetting Someone?: Essays from My Mid-Life Revenge.[9]
Selected filmography
Acting
- Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
- Private School (1983)
- Gotcha! – Muffy (1985)
- Matlock – Episode: "The Angel" – Margaret Danello (AKA Angel) (1986)
- Growing Pains – Episode: "Born Free" – Stewardess (1987)
- Who's the Boss? – Episode: "There Goes the Bride" – Christy Robinson Everett (1987)
- Matlock – Cassie Phillips (1987–1988)
- The Van Dyke Show – Chris Burgess (1988)
- Quantum Leap – Episode 1.5: "How the Tess Was Won" – Tess McGill (1989)
- Father Dowling Mysteries – Episode: "The Substitute Sister Mystery" – Vickie (1991)
- Diagnosis Murder – Episode: "Death By Extermination" – Lena Prossor (1994)
- Weird Science (5 episodes 1994–1996)
- Breast Men (1997)
- Will & Grace (5 episodes 2001–2004)
Crew
Numbers in Producing and writing credits refer to number of episodes.
| Year | Title | Credited as | Network | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator | Writer | Executive Producer | ||||
| 1994 | Benders | No | Yes (1) | No | N/A | |
| 1994 | Empty Nest | No | Yes (1) | No | CBS | |
| 1994–1997 | Weird Science | No | Yes (1) | No | USA Network | |
| 1996–1997 | Boston Common | No | Yes (3) | No | NBC | |
| 1997 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | No | Yes (1) | consulting | Syndication | |
| 1997 | For Your Love | No | Yes (1) | co-producer | NBC | |
| 1998–1999 | Maggie Winters | Yes | Yes (3) | Yes | CBS | |
| 1998–1999 | Work with Me | No | No | consulting | CBS | |
| 2000–2004 | Will & Grace | No | Yes (16) | co-executive | NBC | Also consulting |
| 2006–2010 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Yes | Yes (15) | Yes | CBS | |
| 2019 | Man with a Plan | No | No | No | CBS | Director: "Adam's Rib" |
| 2021 | Call Your Mother | Yes | Yes (2) | Yes | ABC | |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Storm, Jonathan (May 9, 2006). "The new adventures of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kari Lizer". Knight Ridder Newspapers – via Massachusetts Daily Collegian.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kari Lizer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wightman, Carolina (May 20, 2010). "'Old Christine' creator slams show axe". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gimbell, Trevor (May 30, 2010). "The New Adventures of Old Christine: Cancelled Because of Sexism?". TVSeriesFinale.com. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Byrne, Bridget (July 26, 2006). "'W&G' cast poo-poos the 'Seinfeld' curse". The Salina Journal. Kansas, Salina. Associated Press. p. 38. Retrieved July 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kari Lizer". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gill, Suzanne (September 27, 1998). "'Maggie Winters' proves Ford can step up to series stardom". Santa Cruz Sentinel. California, Santa Cruz. p. 89. Retrieved July 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 666–667. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lizer, Kari (6 August 2019). Aren't You Forgetting Someone?. Running Press. ISBN 9780762469345.
External links
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