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Chances are that if you've watched hit sitcoms since the 1970s, you've seen, and perhaps noticed the name of James Burrows. I'm one of those people who actually reads credits and follows the people and production behind some television as much as I am in front watching the show itself. Chances are that when you saw the name James Burrows, you saw it as Charles, Burrows, Charles for the two Charles brothers Les and Glen often working with him. They are the more modern appellation for their old counterparts you saw everywhere back in 1960s TV--- Persky and Denoff, though they tended more towards writing. The Charles brothers often tended more towards the writing end of things while Burrows was mostly the director.
Burrows cut his teeth directing for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, then moved onto Taxi, Will & Grace, Cheers, Friends, and Frasier. He actually co-created Cheers and went on to become its executive producer. Other series he worked on included Phyllis, Bob Newhart, Laverne & Shirley, NewsRadio, 3rd Rock From The Sun, he directed the pilots for both Two and a Half Men and the Big Bang Theory, Mike and Molly, and much, much more.
Maybe not a household name, but worth honorable mention because if you watched sitcoms on TV at all over the past 50 years, you've certainly enjoyed his work.
Burrows was 85.
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Burrows cut his teeth directing for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, then moved onto Taxi, Will & Grace, Cheers, Friends, and Frasier. He actually co-created Cheers and went on to become its executive producer. Other series he worked on included Phyllis, Bob Newhart, Laverne & Shirley, NewsRadio, 3rd Rock From The Sun, he directed the pilots for both Two and a Half Men and the Big Bang Theory, Mike and Molly, and much, much more.
Maybe not a household name, but worth honorable mention because if you watched sitcoms on TV at all over the past 50 years, you've certainly enjoyed his work.
Burrows was 85.
