Alan Greenspan obit

Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100

The influential economist died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

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Alan Greenspan, the influential economist who steered U.S. monetary policy during his five terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve under four presidents, died Monday, according to his wife, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

He was 100.

Greenspan helped define modern American capitalism from the final years of the Cold War-era through the dawn of the digital age. He presided over the Fed during one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history, a boom stretching from 1991 to 2001. But he was also faulted for decisions that critics say created the conditions for the global financial crisis of 2007-08, such as advocating for deregulation of the financial sector.

Mitchell, the chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, announced her husband’s death in a statement. They were married for 29 years.

“Alan passed away at our home this morning at the age of 100 from complications of Parkinson’s disease,” Mitchell said in a statement. “He was a giant of a man who helped shape the U.S. economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes,” she said.

“To me he was my husband, who shaped my life from our very first date in 1984. He had ‘irrational exuberance’ for baseball, the Washington Commanders, tennis, golf and music, especially jazz,” Mitchell added. “He will be remembered for his brilliance and his kindness. Being his life partner was the joy of my life.”

In a statement, the Fed extended condolences to Mitchell and said Greenspan’s “contributions to monetary policy and economic thought left a lasting mark on this institution, on the broader field of economics, and on the country.”

Greenspan was born March 6, 1926, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City, where he showed mathematical acumen from a young age. In his early years, he attended the Juilliard School and played jazz saxophone and clarinet in a band.

He studied economics at New York University, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1948 and a master’s in 1950, and then started work on a doctorate at Columbia University under economist Arthur F. Burns, a future chairman of the Federal Reserve.

In the early 1950s, Greenspan became an associate of the “Atlas Shrugged” writer Ayn Rand, whose “objectivist” philosophy of self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism inspired future generations of political libertarians and conservatives. Greenspan embraced some of her beliefs and paid tribute to her in his 2007 memoir.

“Ayn Rand and I remained close until she died in 1982, and I’m grateful for the influence she had on my life. I was intellectually limited until I met her,” Greenspan wrote in “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World.”

Greenspan left Columbia in 1953 and joined an economic consulting firm that became known as Townsend-Greenspan Co., Inc. Five years later, he became president and chief owner of the firm.

Greenspan’s initial foray into the political world came in 1967 when he served as an adviser on Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign. He assisted with Nixon’s transition to the Oval Office but turned down an official role in the administration.

He advised Nixon on an informal basis and, following Nixon’s resignation in 1974, took a position in President Gerald Ford’s administration as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, serving until 1977. He pursued policies that, together with tighter monetary policy from the Paul Volcker-led Federal Reserve, helped reduce inflation from 11% to 6.5%.

In 1977, at the dawn of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, Greenspan returned to his consulting firm in New York and accepted an adjunct professorship at New York University, where he received a Ph.D. in economics.

Greenspan returned to government service when President Ronald Reagan appointed him to fill Volcker’s term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Greenspan’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 11, 1987, during Reagan’s second term.

On Oct. 19, 1987, or “Black Monday,” when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by more than 22% — the blue-chip index’s largest one-day percentage fall ever — Greenspan moved swiftly to keep the markets liquid. From then on, Fed moves to support financial markets through episodes of instability became known as the “Greenspan put.”

He drew praise for steering the economy through what was then the longest expansion in U.S. history, running roughly from March 1991 to the first quarter of 2001, a transformative period that saw the acceleration of globalization and the rise of the internet. Greenspan navigated the Fed through seminal events, including the “dotcom” bubble burst and the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

He achieved celebrity status when stocks soared to record levels under President Bill Clinton. The writer Christopher Hitchens called him “America’s least-likely celebrity,” The Economist magazine dubbed him a “rock star,” and his admirers called him “the maestro.”

Greenspan, who served five consecutive four-year terms, retired Jan. 31, 2006. He has the second-longest tenure as Fed chair, behind William McChesney Martin, who served from 1951 to 1970.

In the wake of the financial collapse of 2007-08, Greenspan drew scrutiny for decisions that some critics believe set the stage for the meltdown. Despite his infamous warning in 1996 that “irrational exuberance” was unduly inflating stock prices, he was faulted for missing the early-2000s housing bubble.

In 2011, the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission determined that the crisis was triggered in part by Greenspan’s failure to discourage trade in securities backed by subprime mortgage loans amid an unsustainable housing boom and his promotion of financial industry deregulation.

“More than 30 years of deregulation and reliance on self-regulation by financial institutions, championed by former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and others, supported by successive administrations and Congresses, and actively pushed by the powerful financial industry at every turn, had stripped away key safeguards, which could have helped avoid catastrophe,” the report said in part.

In testimony to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in October 2008, Greenspan referred to the financial crisis as a “once-in-a-century credit tsunami.”

“The crisis, however, has turned out to be much broader than anything I could have imagined,” he acknowledged.

After leaving the Fed, Greenspan started his own consulting company in Washington and authored several books.

He shared his impressions of the presidents he had worked with in his memoir “The Age of Turbulence” and in interviews. Nixon was smart but paranoid, he said. Ford “was a genuinely nice man who was not ruthlessly ambitious,” he said in a 2009 interview.

Reagan, the president who nominated him, “fervently believed in, and acted on, a small number of important principles,” he said in remarks at the Reagan Library in 2003.

Despite being a lifelong Republican, Greenspan had a strong relationship with Clinton, a Democrat, and praised his intelligence and fiscal discipline. Clinton, he joked, “was the best Republican president we’ve had in a while.”

His relationships with George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush were more complicated. The elder Bush blamed Greenspan publicly for the poor economy that likely contributed to his election loss, which Greenspan said in his book “surprised” him.

Greenspan said he was disappointed in the younger Bush for failing to rein in the budget with a GOP-controlled Congress, and that Republicans deserved it when they lost control of both chambers in the 2006 midterms. “The Republicans in Congress lost their way. They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither,” he wrote in his book.

Greenspan’s successors as Fed chair include Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell and, as of May, Kevin Warsh, who was appointed by President Donald Trump.

Greenspan received various national and international accolades: In 2000, the French government awarded him the Legion of Honor; and in 2002, Queen Elizabeth II named him an honorary Knight of the British Empire. He was awarded the U.S.’ highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by the younger Bush in 2005.

The Fed, in its statement on Greenspan’s death, said he “brought rigorous analytical discipline to monetary policymaking and helped establish the credibility that remains” one of the central bank’s “most important assets.”

“Chairman Greenspan’s legacy endures at the Federal Reserve—in those he mentored directly, in the economists and public servants he inspired, and in the frameworks and practices he helped shape,” the Fed added.

Frank Guarini obit

Frank Guarini, America’s oldest former congressman, dies at 101 

He was not on the list.

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, died on June 20. He was 101.

The Jersey City Democrat was the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide candidate, the oldest living former state senator, and the oldest living member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  No Member of Congress from New Jersey has ever lived that long.

Just two weeks ago, Guarini attended a ribbon cutting for the opening of the Frank J. Guarini Justice Complex in Jersey City.

Guarini had spent most of his life around politics.  His father had represented Hudson County in the State Assembly in 1931 and 1932.  A Dartmouth graduate, Guarini was a decorated World War II combat veteran.

A 40-year-old attorney and the chairman of the American Red Cross’ Jersey City Chapter, Guarini decided to run for office in 1965 when reapportionment following the U.S. Supreme Court’s One Man, One Vote ruling increased Hudson County’s presence in the New Jersey State Senate from one seat to three.

Hudson County Democratic Chairman John V. Kenny and other party leaders picked Guarini and William V. Musto, an eleven-term assemblyman and the mayor of Union City, to run for State Senate on a slate with two-term incumbent William F. Kelly (D-Jersey City).  Musto had been an automatic pick, but Guarini edged out Bayonne City Attorney James Dugan.

The Democrats won the general election by over 100,000 votes.

During his first term, Democrats controlled the Senate, and Guarini became chairman of the newly created Senate Air and Water Pollution and Public Health Committee.

Another round of reapportionment gave Hudson a fourth Senate seat in 1967, and Kenny and the Hudson Democrats put Assemblyman Frederick Hauser (D-Hoboken), who had spent eighteen years in the lower house, on the ticket.

The four Democrats easily outdistanced their Republican rivals: Norman Roth, who had come within just 56 votes of winning a seat in Congress in 1956 against Rep. Alfred Sieminski (D-Jersey City); Cresenzi W. Castaldo, who had won 21% in a congressional bid in 1964; Eugene P. Kenny, who won 21% in his 1962 House campaign; and 31-year-old attorney Geoffrey Gaulkin, who later served as the Hudson County Prosecutor and Superior Court Judge.

In his second term, Guarini championed the construction of a new stadium in the Meadowlands and was among the first to meet with New York Giants owner Wellington Mara to pitch New Jersey as a future NFL home.

U.S. Senate Bid

In 1970, Guarini decided to challenge two-term U.S. Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. in the Democratic primary.  A decade before the Abscam scandal that ended his career, Williams had been censured by the New Jersey NAACP for showing up drunk at a meeting where he was the main speaker.

In late 1969, Williams had released endorsements from eighteen Democratic county chairmen.  In a bid to prevent a primary fight from Guarini, some party leaders offered him the post of Senate Minority Leader – the incumbent, J. Edward Crabiel (D-Milltown) was willing to give up – but Guarini (and Kenny) refused.

Guarini, who had won two Democratic primaries for State Senate with the support of the Hudson County Democratic organization, made a bid for an open primary.  He essentially sought to end New Jersey’s system of preferential ballot positions for organization-backed candidates more than fifty years ago, but without success.

He did that with the support of Kenny, the Hudson boss who had split from most of the state’s Democratic establishment when he refused to back former Gov. Robert Meyner’s bid for a third term against Rep. William Cahill (R-Collingswood).  Cahill carried Hudson by fifteen percentage points.

Former New Jersey Attorney General Arthur Sills, who was supporting Guarini, attacked Williams for his alcoholism, a move that backfired after the Democratic Senator had acknowledged his drinking problem.

With just the Hudson organization line, Guarini lost to Williams by 90,647 votes, a 66%-34% race.  Guarini carried only Hudson County – he scored a 16,194-vote plurality (62%-38%) – and Williams won everywhere else.

After the primary, Guarini refocused on local issues.  He proposed the construction of a freeway that would have connected Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen to Route 80, sponsored legislation to change the legal voting age in New Jersey from 21 to 18, attempted to legalize Jai Alai, and tried to persuade the San Francisco Giants to New Jersey to move to New Jersey and play in a new baseball stadium he wanted built in the Meadowlands.

The lifelong bachelor was the only senator to vote against a bill to make it easier for New Jerseyans to get a divorce.

But in 1971, Guarini decided to eschew a bid for re-election to the State Senate.  That happened when reapportionment reduced Hudson’s Senate delegation from four to three, and Guarini became a redistricting casualty.

Hudson County lost a congressional seat in 1972, when a new district was created in Morris, Warren, Sussex, and Hunterdon counties. Rep. Cornelius Gallagher (D-Bayonne), had been expected to keep the Hudson seat – party leaders were going to tell Rep. Dominick Daniels (D-Jersey City), who was 20 years older than Gallagher, to retire. Gallagher was indicted on tax evasion charges, and the accusations against him came at a considerable cost.

The Hudson County Democratic Organization was in deep trouble.  Kenny had gone to prison, and reformer Paul Jordan was elected Mayor of Jersey City in 1971.  Guarini was a fierce critic of Jordan.

For a short time, there was talk of dropping Daniels and Gallagher, with Guarini becoming the compromise machine candidate against Jordan’s candidate, West New York Mayor Anthony DeFino.  But they decided to stick with Daniels, who won the primary by a 51%-32% margin against DeFino.  Gallagher came in third with just 15% of the vote, with 2% going to former Congressman Vincent Dellay, who had won the other Hudson House seat in 1956 as a Republican and later switched parties.

Guarini also considered challenging three-term Republican U.S. Senator Clifford Case in 1972, but party leaders settled on former Rep. Paul Krebs (D-Livingston) for a nomination not worth fighting for.

In late 1972, a list of potential gubernatorial candidates, drawn up by Democratic State Chairman Salvatore Bontempo to take on Cahill the following year, included Guarini, but he never made any move to run.

Guarini supported State Sen. Ralph DeRose (D-South Orange) for governor in 1973.  He signed on to help DeRose after the Hudson County Democratic Chairman, Francis Fitzpatrick, agreed to give the organization line to Superior Court Judge Brendan Byrne.

When Daniels retired in 1976, Hudson leaders agreed to give the seat to Assembly Speaker Joseph LeFante (D-Bayonne).   Guarini sharply criticized the move to leave Jersey City without a congressman.

Return to public office

Guarini backed Thomas F.X. Smith,  the city clerk, in the 1977 Jersey City mayoral election against Jordan’s handpicked successor, Bill Macchi.

Smith won by a 54%-26% margin.  The seismic shift in Jersey City politics in May caused Jordan to withdraw as a candidate for governor and led to the defeat of several incumbents in the June primary for State Senate and Assembly.

With support from Smith and Musto – and later from Bayonne Mayor Dennis Collins – Guarini was elected Hudson County Democratic Chairman, succeeding a Jordan ally, Bernard Hartnett.

In late 1977, Guarini began seeking party support to challenge Case in the 1978 U.S. Senate race.  He joined a field that included former New York Knicks star Bill Bradley, State Treasurer Richard Leone, Rep. Andrew Maguire (D-Ridgewood), and former State Sen. Alexander Menza (D-Hillside).

Smith had indicated that he would support Guarini if he ran, but he was also feeling pressure from Byrne, who wanted the Hudson line to go to Leone.   Guarini announced he would not run and suddenly became a leading candidate to serve as chairman of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority,  then a hugely powerful post.

But instead, Guarini decided that the Hudson congressional seat should return to Jersey City and that LeFante would be a one-term congressman.

After LeFante left Congress, Byrne put him in his cabinet as Commissioner of Community Affairs.

Guarini won 82% of the vote in the Democratic House primary against two minor candidates, and 64% in the general election against Republican Henry Hill, a Kearny councilman.

As a freshman congressman, Guarini was assigned to the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.  He also served on the House Budget Committee.

During his fourteen years in Congress, Guarini became one of the House’s experts on international trade issues.  He was part of the first U.S. trade mission to China, served as a delegate to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and sponsored the Caribbean Basin Initiative, which increased trade with Caribbean and Latin American nations.

Guarini played a major role in revising the Internal Revenue Code in 1986 and led efforts to modernize trade and tariff laws.

He also led the fight against the proposed Westway project in Manhattan, which sought to construct an above-water roadway adjacent to the West Side Highway.  Guarini’s success helped protect New Jersey’s view of the New York skyline, paving the way for redevelopment in places like Jersey City and Hoboken.

In 1986, he defeated Albio Sires, then a West New York gadfly running as a Republican, with 71% of the vote.  Sires retired after fourteen years in Congress as a Democrat in 2022; he is now the mayor of West New York.

Congressional redistricting in 1992 redrew Guarini’s district to include a substantial number of Hispanic voters in North Hudson that had previously been in a Bergen County-based district – and the addition of parts of Newark, Linden, Elizabeth, Woodbridge and Perth Amboy — Guarini declined to run for re-election rather than face a primary against State Sen. Bob Menendez (D-Union City).   Menendez had been eyeing a run for Congress.

After leaving Congress, Guarini continued to practice law and became a highly successful real estate developer.

President Bill Clinton appointed him as U.S. Representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations, a post that carried the rank of Ambassador.

Guarini spearheaded a lawsuit against New York that led the U.S. Supreme Court to return 90% of Ellis Island to New Jersey.

Jersey City’s main post office is the Congressman Frank Guarini Post Office, and other buildings bear his name: a library at New Jersey City University; the business school, Institute for Government and Leadership, and the college president’s residence at St. Peter’s University; and John Cabot University’s Rome campus.

James Burrows obit

James Burrows, Cheers Co-Creator and Will & Grace Director, Dies at 85 (Exclusive)

He also helped shape hit TV series like 'Friends' and 'The Big Bang Theory'

 He was not on the list.

James Burrows has died at the age of 85.

His family confirmed the news in a statement to PEOPLE. Burrows had a decades-long career in television that began with The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He co-created the hit series Cheers. The 11-time Emmy winner also directed every episode of Will & Grace during its original run, and worked behind the camera on shows like Taxi, Frasier, Friends and 3rd Rock from the Sun.

"We celebrate the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of James 'Jimmy' Burrows, who passed away peacefully today surrounded by his loving family," the Burrows family shared in a statement to PEOPLE on June 19. "For more than five decades, Burrows was one of the most influential and beloved directors in television history. As a legendary director, mentor, and creative force, he helped shape generations of comedy and brought immeasurable joy to audiences around the world."

"Over the course of his unparalleled career, Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television and was instrumental in creating some of the most iconic series ever produced, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and The Big Bang Theory, among many others," the statement continued.

"But beyond his remarkable achievements, Burrows will be remembered for something even greater: his kindness, generosity, and unwavering belief in the people around him. He possessed a rare ability to make everyone better and was known for remembering every person he met by name, making colleagues at every level feel seen, valued, and appreciated."

"Burrows understood that great comedy was never simply about laughter. It was about humanity, connection, and truth. That understanding became the foundation of a career that forever changed television," his family wrote. "His influence will continue to be felt for generations through the countless artists he inspired, the stories he helped tell, and the millions of people whose lives were brightened by his work."

The statement concluded, "Above all else, Burrows was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He is survived by his beloved wife, Debbie, his four daughters, and his seven grandchildren. He will be profoundly missed and forever remembered. Our thoughts are with Debbie, his children and grandchildren, his family, friends, collaborators, and all those whose lives he touched. May his memory be a blessing."

Burrows was born in Los Angeles in 1940. His father, Abe Burrows, was a writer and composer, best known for co-writing the books for the musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. When Burrows was young, the family moved to New York, where he attended the High School of Music & Art. He graduated from Oberlin College and then completed a graduate degree from Yale School of Drama.

Burrows returned to California, where he worked as an assistant stage manager for the 1967 play Holly Golightly, where he met Mary Tyler Moore. He eventually began directing plays across the country, and in 1970 he directed the short-lived Broadway play The Castro Complex.

Burrows wrote to Moore to ask if she had any work for him, and her production company MTM Enterprises hired him to direct episodes of Mary Tyler Moore and The Bob Newhart Show and assigned him a mentor. He quickly found success and also directed shows like Phyllis, Rhoda and Laverne & Shirley, becoming a master of the multi-camera sitcom genre.

His theater background was key, he told IndieWire in 2023. “I’m not a film director. The camera, I leave that to Spielberg and Scorsese,” he explained. “I’m a theatre rat. I stage a play every week, a 20- to 25-minute play and then my camera comes in and covers it. I understand characters, I understand what’s funny, I understand the essence of keeping it moving and keeping the energy going. It’s all theatrical. If it doesn’t happen on that stage, it’s never gonna happen on film. You can cut it nine ways to Sunday, but nothing will work unless it works on that stage.”

Burrows directed over 70 episodes of the sitcom Taxi, which was produced by brothers Glen and Les Charles, former MTM employees. He won his first two Emmys for that series. The trio wanted to have more control over their next show, and together they created Cheers. Burrows ultimately directed all but 35 of the 275 episodes of Cheers, which ran from 1982 to 1993. He earned six Emmys for the series.

“There were a number of shows about bars,” Burrows told Smashing Interviews in 2022 of creating the series. “Cheers was ultimately successful because we did it better than anybody else.” While working on Cheers, Burrows also helmed episodes of The Hogan Family, Dear John and Night Court. When Cheers was spun off into Frasier, which premiered in 1993, he directed the pilot episode, which won him an Emmy. He directed 32 episodes of the show.

Then, Burrows was asked to direct the pilot for a new series — Friends. He wrote in his 2022 memoir Directed by James Burrows, "I had a good sense about Friends and knew two things immediately: one, I didn't have time to direct it, and two, I had to direct it. It became the last pilot shot that year.”

 

He continued, "I fell in love with these six kids on the page immediately. Ninety-five percent of the original pilot script made it to air." Burrows’ specialty was in making an ensemble of actors feel like close, personal friends, each with unique dynamics, and he worked that magic on Friends. He famously brought the Friends cast to Las Vegas and gave them each $200 for gambling.

“I knew the show had a chance to really take off and told the kids, 'This is your last shot at anonymity. Once the show airs, you guys will never be able to go anywhere without being hounded.' None of them believed me,” he wrote in his memoir. He also directed other season 1 Friends episodes, including "The One with the Blackout," which earned him another Emmy nod. His work on 3rd Rock From the Sun and Dharma & Greg was also honored with nominations.

Burrows directed every episode of Will & Grace during its original run, from 1998 to 2006. He was also one of the show’s producers, and in total he received 12 Emmy nominations for the sitcom, with one win. “I’ll never forget on the pilot, one of the NBC executives came over to me and said, ‘Too many gay jokes,’ ” Burrows told The Hollywood Reporter in 2016. “I said, ‘If not here, then where?’ ”

In 2006, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. He later directed episodes of both the Will & Grace and Frasier revival series.

Burrows also directed the pilots of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory and was behind the camera for many episodes of Mike & Molly. He directed his 1,000th episode of television in 2016. In total, he had 46 Emmy nominations with 11 wins. In 2014, he received the inaugural Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award for television.

Burrows was honored in a 2016 TV tribute that aired on NBC and featured the Friends and Will & Grace casts. He said during the special, “I’m so glad you did this when I’m still around because I wouldn’t want to miss it.”

He noted he’d done “40 years, 1,000 shows, 5,000 rehearsal days, 10,000 rewrites, 500,000 network notes and a million laughs, and I’ve had so much fun, but I could not have done this alone.”

“Thanks for laughing, embracing and loving the characters for all of those years, and still on occasion, when somebody walks into a bar, hollering, ‘NORM!’ ” he said, referencing George Wendt’s beloved Cheers character.

Burrows married Linda Solomon in 1981. They shared three children and divorced in 1993. In 1997, he married Debbie Easton, a hairstylist.

Burrows is survived by his wife and children.

 

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Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

The Big Bang Theory

8.1

TV Series

Director

2007

1 episode

 

The Class (2006)

The Class

7.7

TV Series

Director

2006–2007

19 episodes

 

Jenna Elfman in Courting Alex (2006)

Courting Alex

5.4

TV Series

Director

2006

1 episode

 

Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones in Two and a Half Men (2003)

Two and a Half Men

7.1

TV Series

Director

2003–2006

2 episodes

 

Iris Bahr in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Unaired Pilot

6.4

Video

Director

2006

 

Teachers. (2006)

Teachers.

6.7

TV Series

Director

2006

1 episode

 

Seth Green, Shane McRae, Josh Cooke, and Todd Grinnell in Four Kings (2006)

Four Kings

6.3

TV Series

Director

2006

1 episode

 

Beverly Hills S.U.V.

5.2

TV Movie

Director

2004

 

My 11:30

TV Movie

Director

2004

 

The Stones

5.3

TV Series

Director

2004

2 episodes

 

Dexter Prep

7.4

TV Movie

Director

2002

 

Bram and Alice (2002)

Bram and Alice

6.4

TV Series

Director

2002

1 episode

 

Jere Burns, Mark Feuerstein, Matt Letscher, Suzanne Pleshette, Tessie Santiago, Ashley Williams, Constance Zimmer, and Brooke Dillman in Good Morning, Miami (2002)

Good Morning, Miami

6.4

TV Series

Director

2002

1 episode

 

Steven Weber, Chris Elliott, Wendell Pierce, and Amy Pietz in Cursed (2000)

Cursed

6.4

TV Series

Director

2000–2001

2 episodes

 

Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dotrice, and John Hensley in Madigan Men (2000)

Madigan Men

6.7

TV Series

Director

2000

1 episode

 

Stark Raving Mad (1999)

Stark Raving Mad

8.0

TV Series

Director

1999

1 episode

 

Alfred Molina, Sharon Lawrence, Kaley Cuoco, Alexa PenaVega, and Betty White in Ladies Man (1999)

Ladies Man

6.4

TV Series

Director

1999

1 episode

 

In the Loop

6.9

TV Series

Director (1998)

1998

 

Peter Gallagher, Mitch Rouse, and Bradley Whitford in The Secret Lives of Men (1998)

The Secret Lives of Men

7.7

TV Series

Director

1998

1 episode

 

Conrad Bloom (1998)

Conrad Bloom

6.6

TV Series

Director

1998

2 episodes

 

Christina Applegate, Bruno Campos, Eric Lloyd, Jennifer Milmore, Kevin Rahm, Liza Snyder, and Darryl Theirse in Jesse (1998)

Jesse

6.0

TV Series

Director

1998

1 episode

 

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)

Friends

8.8

TV Series

Director

1994–1998

15 episodes

 

Dharma & Greg (1997)

Dharma & Greg

6.4

TV Series

Director

1997–1998

2 episodes

 

Constance Marie, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, Christine Burke, Harriet Sansom Harris, Michael Landes, Jim Pirri, and Jonathan Slavin in Union Square (1997)

Union Square

4.8

TV Series

directed byDirector

1997–1998

8 episodes

 

Caroline in the City (1995)

Caroline in the City

6.3

TV Series

Director

1995–1998

21 episodes

 

George & Leo (1997)

George & Leo

7.3

TV Series

Director

1997

3 episodes

 

Kirstie Alley in Veronica's Closet (1997)

Veronica's Closet

5.8

TV Series

Director

1997

1 episode

 

Sharon Lawrence, Jonathan Banks, Mark Feuerstein, and Leah Remini in Fired Up (1997)

Fired Up

6.5

TV Series

Director

1997

4 episodes

 

Chicago Sons (1997)

Chicago Sons

6.8

TV Series

Director

1997

3 episodes

 

Justine Bateman, Rob Schneider, and Ron Eldard in Men Behaving Badly (1996)

Men Behaving Badly

6.3

TV Series

Director

1996–1997

7 episodes

 

Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves in Frasier (1993)

Frasier

8.2

TV Series

Director

1993–1997

32 episodes

 

Malcolm McDowell, Carol Kane, Lucy Liu, Kevin Corrigan, and Rhea Perlman in Pearl (1996)

Pearl

5.9

TV Series

Director

1996

2 episodes

 

John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and French Stewart in 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

3rd Rock from the Sun

7.8

TV Series

Director

1996

2 episodes

 

Andy Dick, Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Khandi Alexander, Phil Hartman, Vicki Lewis, Joe Rogan, and Stephen Root in NewsRadio (1995)

NewsRadio

8.0

TV Series

Director

1995–1996

7 episodes

 

Jon Cryer, Maria Pitillo, and Tate Donovan in Partners (1995)

Partners

6.8

TV Series

Director

1995–1996

10 episodes

 

Tony Danza and Lori Loughlin in Hudson Street (1995)

Hudson Street

6.7

TV Series

Director

1995

1 episode

 

David Alan Grier, Brent Hinkley, Clive Revill, Judith Scott, and Matthew Walker in The Preston Episodes (1995)

The Preston Episodes

7.0

TV Series

Director

1995

1 episode

 

Madman of the People (1994)

Madman of the People

6.5

TV Series

Director

1994

2 episodes

 

Justin Cooper, Kevin Crowley, Hal Linden, Bess Meyer, Kelsey Mulrooney, George Newbern, and Suzanne Pleshette in The Boys Are Back (1994)

The Boys Are Back

6.9

TV Series

Director

1994

1 episode

 

Henry Winkler in Monty (1994)

Monty

4.6

TV Series

Director

1994

1 episode

 

JoBeth Williams, Mark Blum, and Harriet Sansom Harris in Gloria Vane (1993)

Gloria Vane

7.2

TV Movie

Director

1993

 

Valerie Bertinelli in Cafe Americain (1993)

Cafe Americain

7.6

TV Series

Director

1993

3 episodes

 

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Cheers

8.0

TV Series

Director

1982–1993

236 episodes

 

Téa Leoni and Corey Parker in Flying Blind (1992)

Flying Blind

8.0

TV Series

Director

1992

1 episode

 

Flesh 'n' Blood (1991)

Flesh 'n' Blood

5.9

TV Series

Director

1991

1 episode

 

Robert Guillaume and Richard Libertini in Pacific Station (1991)

Pacific Station

7.3

TV Series

Director

1991

1 episode

 

Charles S. Dutton in Roc (1991)

Roc

7.5

TV Series

Director

1991

1 episode

 

Joe Pantoliano, Christopher Meloni, Ned Eisenberg, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Andy Hirsch in The Fanelli Boys (1990)

The Fanelli Boys

7.0

TV Series

Director

1990

1 episode

 

Down Home (1990)

Down Home

5.9

TV Series

Director

1990

2 episodes

 

The Earth Day Special (1990)

The Earth Day Special

5.6

TV Special

Director (segment "Cheers")

1990

 

Tony Shalhoub, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Crystal Bernard, and Tim Daly in Wings (1990)

Wings

7.3

TV Series

Director

1990

1 episode

 

The Marshall Chronicles (1990)

The Marshall Chronicles

5.4

TV Series

Director

1990

2 episodes

 

Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.3

TV Series

Director

1990

1 episode

 

John Dye, Robert Joy, and Harley Jane Kozak in The Nerd (1989)

The Nerd

3.6

TV Movie

Director

1989

 

Judd Hirsch in Dear John (1988)

Dear John

6.8

TV Series

Director

1988

2 episodes

 

Channel 99

TV Movie

Director

1988

 

CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)

CBS Summer Playhouse

6.6

TV Series

Director

1987

1 episode

 

Dan Hedaya, Mandy Ingber, Jean Kasem, Carlene Watkins, Timothy Williams, and Aaron Moffatt in The Tortellis (1987)

The Tortellis

5.2

TV Series

Director

1987

1 episode

 

Bess Armstrong, Carol Kane, Terence Knox, and Shawnee Smith in All Is Forgiven (1986)

All Is Forgiven

7.6

TV Series

Director

1986

2 episodes

 

The Hogan Family (1986)

The Hogan Family

6.6

TV Series

Director

1986

1 episode

 

Christine Baranski and Keith Szarabajka in Big Shots in America (1985)

Big Shots in America

TV Movie

Director

1985

 

P.O.P.

4.8

TV Movie

Director

1984

 

At Your Service (1984)

At Your Service

TV Movie

Director

1984

 

Harry Anderson, Selma Diamond, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)

Night Court

7.7

TV Series

Director

1984

1 episode

 

Ted Danson in Cheers (1982)

Cheers: Uncle Sam Malone

7.0

TV Movie

Director

1982

 

Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever (1982)

Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever

TV Movie

Director

1982

 

Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, and Judd Hirsch in Taxi (1978)

Taxi

7.7

TV Series

Director

1978–1982

75 episodes

 

Partners (1982)

Partners

5.3

Director

1982

 

Tom Ewell, Leonard Frey, Joel Higgins, Meeno Peluce, and Carlene Watkins in Best of the West (1981)

Best of the West

7.7

TV Series

Directorfour episodes

1981

3 episodes

 

Every Stray Dog and Kid

7.9

TV Movie

Director

1981

 

Good Time Harry

5.4

TV Series

Director

1980

1 episode

 

Stockard Channing in The Stockard Channing Show (1980)

The Stockard Channing Show

6.5

TV Series

Director

1980

2 episodes

 

The Associates (1979)

The Associates

7.6

TV Series

directed by

1979–1980

4 episodes

 

Rob Lowe, Eileen Brennan, Gwynne Gilford, Connie Ann Hearn, Lauri Hendler, and David Hollander in A New Kind of Family (1979)

A New Kind of Family

6.2

TV Series

Director

1979

1 episode

 

Butterflies

7.4

TV Movie

Director

1979

 

More Than Friends (1978)

More Than Friends

6.2

TV Movie

Director (as Jim Burrows)

1978

 

The Plant Family (1978)

The Plant Family

TV Movie

Director

1978

 

Rob Reiner and Judith Kahan in Free Country (1978)

Free Country

7.1

TV Series

Director

1978

2 episodes

 

Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978)

Husbands, Wives & Lovers

5.8

TV Series

Director

1978

1 episode

 

Bess Armstrong, Dixie Carter, Lynnie Greene, John Christopher Jones, Dan Resin, and Gretchen Wyler in On Our Own (1977)

On Our Own

6.3

TV Series

Director

1977–1978

2 episodes

 

Valerie Harper in Rhoda (1974)

Rhoda

6.9

TV Series

Director

1977–1978

4 episodes

 

John Hillerman and Betty White in The Betty White Show (1977)

The Betty White Show

6.9

TV Series

Director

1977–1978

2 episodes

 

We've Got Each Other (1977)

We've Got Each Other

6.3

TV Series

Director

1977

2 episodes

 

Lou Grant (1977)

Lou Grant

7.3

TV Series

Director

1977

1 episode

 

Szysznyk (1977)

Szysznyk

6.3

TV Series

Director

1977

1 episode

 

Busting Loose (1977)

Busting Loose

7.1

TV Series

Director

1977

6 episodes

 

Calling Doctor Storm, M. D.

TV Movie

Director

1977

 

Roosevelt and Truman

TV Movie

Director

1977

 

Bumpers

TV Movie

Director

1977

 

Laverne & Shirley (1976)

Laverne & Shirley

7.0

TV Series

Director

1976–1977

8 episodes

 

The Tony Randall Show (1976)

The Tony Randall Show

7.0

TV Series

Director

1976–1977

4 episodes

 

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)

The Bob Newhart Show

8.1

TV Series

Director

1975–1977

11 episodes

 

Edward Asner, Valerie Harper, and Mary Tyler Moore in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

8.3

TV Series

Director

1974–1976

4 episodes

 

Phyllis (1975)

Phyllis

6.5

TV Series

Directormultiple episodes

1975–1976

19 episodes

 

Fay (1975)

Fay

6.4

TV Series

Director

1975

2 episodes

 

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974)

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers

7.4

TV Series

Director

1975

1 episode

 

Producer

Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, and Nathan Lee Graham in Mid-Century Modern (2025)

Mid-Century Modern

7.4

TV Series

executive producer

2025

10 episodes

 

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes'

7.8

TV Special

executive producer

2021

 

Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)

Will & Grace

7.4

TV Series

executive producer

1999–2020

227 episodes

 

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times'

7.5

TV Special

executive producer

2019

 

Brothered Up (2017)

Brothered Up

6.4

TV Movie

executive producer

2017

 

Matt LeBlanc in Man with a Plan (2016)

Man with a Plan

7.0

TV Series

executive producer

2016–2017

9 episodes

 

Judd Hirsch and Jermaine Fowler in Superior Donuts (2017)

Superior Donuts

6.5

TV Series

executive producer

2017

2 episodes

 

Stacy Keach, Carlease Burke, Carrie Preston, Patrick Warburton, Miranda Cosgrove, and Mia Serafino in Crowded (2016)

Crowded

6.4

TV Series

executive producer

2016

12 episodes

 

Beau Bridges, Will Arnett, and Margo Martindale in The Millers (2013)

The Millers

6.0

TV Series

executive producer

2013–2015

17 episodes

 

Sophia Bush, David Krumholtz, Brandon Routh, and Michael Urie in Partners (2012)

Partners

6.3

TV Series

executive producer

2012–2013

13 episodes

 

Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell in Mike & Molly (2010)

Mike & Molly

6.6

TV Series

executive producer

2010–2012

47 episodes

 

Alyssa Milano, Josh Lawson, Kelly Stables, and Kyle Bornheimer in Romantically Challenged (2010)

Romantically Challenged

5.3

TV Series

executive producer

2010

4 episodes

 

Jay Mohr in Gary Unmarried (2008)

Gary Unmarried

6.7

TV Series

executive producer

2008–2010

36 episodes

 

Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton in Back to You (2007)

Back to You

6.5

TV Series

executive producer

2007–2008

16 episodes

 

The Class (2006)

The Class

7.7

TV Series

executive producer

2006–2007

19 episodes

 

Last Dance

4.4

TV Movie

executive producer

2001

 

Tikiville (2001)

Tikiville

5.5

TV Movie

executive producer

2001

 

Peter Gallagher, Mitch Rouse, and Bradley Whitford in The Secret Lives of Men (1998)

The Secret Lives of Men

7.7

TV Series

executive producer

1998

 

JoBeth Williams, Mark Blum, and Harriet Sansom Harris in Gloria Vane (1993)

Gloria Vane

7.2

TV Movie

executive producer

1993

 

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Cheers

8.0

TV Series

executive producerproducer

1982–1993

270 episodes

 

Dan Hedaya, Mandy Ingber, Jean Kasem, Carlene Watkins, Timothy Williams, and Aaron Moffatt in The Tortellis (1987)

The Tortellis

5.2

TV Series

executive producer

1987

13 episodes

 

Bess Armstrong, Carol Kane, Terence Knox, and Shawnee Smith in All Is Forgiven (1986)

All Is Forgiven

7.6

TV Series

executive producer

1986

 

Ted Danson in Cheers (1982)

Cheers: Uncle Sam Malone

7.0

TV Movie

producer

1982

 

Writer

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Cheers

8.0

TV Series

created by

1982–1993

270 episodes

 

Cheers: Last Call! (1993)

Cheers: Last Call!

7.5

TV Short

creator

1993

 

Dan Hedaya, Mandy Ingber, Jean Kasem, Carlene Watkins, Timothy Williams, and Aaron Moffatt in The Tortellis (1987)

The Tortellis

5.2

TV Series

created by

1987

13 episodes

 

Ted Danson in Cheers (1982)

Cheers: Uncle Sam Malone

7.0

TV Movie

created by

1982

 

Actor

Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback (2005)

The Comeback

7.9

TV Series

Jimmy Burrows (uncredited)

2005–2026

8 episodes

 

Just Jack & Will with Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack (2023)

Just Jack & Will with Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack

9.1

Podcast Series

2023

1 episode

 

Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)

Will & Grace

7.4

TV Series

James Burrowscustomer at 'Queers' (uncredited)

2005–2020

2 episodes

 

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)

Friends

8.8

TV Series

Director (uncredited)

1994

1 episode

 

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)

The Bob Newhart Show

8.1

TV Series

Maintenance Man

1977

1 episode

 

Phyllis (1975)

Phyllis

6.5

TV Series

Telephone Man

1975

1 episode

 

Valerie Harper in Rhoda (1974)

Rhoda

6.9

TV Series

Agent

1974

1 episode

 

Additional Crew

Steven Weber, Chris Elliott, Wendell Pierce, and Amy Pietz in Cursed (2000)

Cursed

6.4

TV Series

executive consultant

2000–2001

16 episodes

 

Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dotrice, and John Hensley in Madigan Men (2000)

Madigan Men

6.7

TV Series

consultant

2000

1 episode

 

Brooke Adams, Brian Corcoran, Joel Davison, and Burl Ives in O.K. Crackerby! (1965)

O.K. Crackerby!

7.0

TV Series

dialogue coach

1965

5 episodes

 

Thanks

Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.3

TV Series

special thanks (as Jim Burrows)

1990

1 episode

 

Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)

Mickey's 60th Birthday

7.0

TV Movie

special thanks

1988

 

Self

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes) (2024)

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes)

7.0

Podcast Series

Self

2025

1 episode

 

Behind the Lens with Pete Hammond (2017)

Behind the Lens with Pete Hammond

TV Series

Self - Guest

2024

1 episode

 

Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie in Today (1952)

Today

4.6

TV Series

Self - Guest

2022–2023

3 episodes

 

Frasier Inside the Series (2023)

Frasier Inside the Series

Short

Self - Interviewee

2023

 

Andy Kaufman in Thank You Very Much (2023)

Thank You Very Much

7.3

Self - Director, Taxi

2023

 

Just Jack & Will with Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack (2023)

Just Jack & Will with Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack

9.1

Podcast Series

Self - Guest

2023

1 episode

 

Mary Tyler Moore in Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023)

Being Mary Tyler Moore

7.5

Self (voice)

2023

 

Al Jackson, Jeff Schroeder, Samantha Schacher, Tory Shulman, Stefanie Rycraft Jones, Erica Cobb, and Lindsey Granger in Daily Blast Live (2015)

Daily Blast Live

4.0

TV Series

Self

2022

1 episode

 

Kara Mayer Robinson in Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson (2017)

Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson

6.9

TV Series

Self - Guest

2019–2022

2 episodes

 

Back to You Podcast (2019)

Back to You Podcast

Podcast Series

Self - Guest

2022

1 episode

 

Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend (2018)

Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend

9.1

Podcast Series

Self - Guest

2022

1 episode

 

Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes in SmartLess (2020)

SmartLess

9.1

Podcast Series

Self - GuestSelf - Host

2022

2 episodes

 

Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo Rodriguez in Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

6.4

TV Series

Self

2003

1 episode

 

Jamie De Roy in Great Performances (1971)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

7.9

Self

2021

 

Stars in the House (2020)

Stars in the House

6.3

TV Series

Self

2021

1 episode

 

A Will & Grace-ful Goodbye

8.4

TV Short

Self

2020

 

Jay Sandrich, Geraldine Laybourne, and Robert A. Iger in 25th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame (2020)

25th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame

TV Special

Self

2020

 

The 72th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

TV Special

Self - Winner

2020

 

James Lipton in Inside the Actors Studio (1994)

Inside the Actors Studio

8.6

TV Series

Self - Guest

2003–2019

2 episodes

 

Gilbert Gottfried in Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014)

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

9.6

Podcast Series

Self - Guest

2019

1 episode

 

Harry Connick Jr. in Harry (2016)

Harry

5.6

TV Series

Self

2017

1 episode

 

The Paley Center Salutes the Best of Will & Grace

TV Movie

SelfSelf - Executive Producer & Director

2017

 

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards in The Nineties (2017)

The Nineties

8.1

TV Mini Series

Self - Executive producer, 'Cheers'Self - Director, 'Frasier'

2017

1 episode

 

Madonna in The Eighties (2016)

The Eighties

8.2

TV Mini Series

Self - Executive producer and co-creator, 'Cheers'

2016

1 episode

 

Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016)

Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg

7.0

Self

2016

 

Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows (2016)

Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows

6.9

TV Special

Self

2016

 

The Story Behind: Will & Grace (2015)

The Story Behind: Will & Grace

TV Movie

Self

2015

 

67th Annual Directors Guild Awards

TV Special

Self

2015

 

The 30th Annual Television Critics Association Awards

TV Special

Self - Presenter

2014

 

Alan Thicke in Unusually Thicke (2014)

Unusually Thicke

3.3

TV Series

Self

2014

1 episode

 

Friends: Friends from the Start (2012)

Friends: Friends from the Start

8.6

Video

Self

2012

 

2 Broke Girls (2011)

2 Broke Girls: 2 Girls Going for Broke

7.2

Video

Self

2012

 

The 26th Annual Charlie Awards

TV Special

Self - Presenter

2012

 

Tavis Smiley in Tavis Smiley (2004)

Tavis Smiley

5.7

TV Series

Self

2010

1 episode

 

Biography (1987)

Biography

7.7

TV Series

Self

2004–2009

2 episodes

 

The 11th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards (2009)

The 11th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards

TV Special

Self - Winner: Honorary Award

2009

 

TV Land Moguls (2004)

TV Land Moguls

6.5

TV Mini Series

Self

2009

2 episodes

 

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009)

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

7.5

TV Series

Self - Director

2009

2 episodes

 

Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser (2006)

Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser

7.4

TV Movie

Self

2006

 

The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006)

The 4th Annual TV Land Awards

7.2

TV Special

Self

2006

 

The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004)

The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments

4.6

TV Mini Series

Self

2004

 

Archive of American Television (1997)

Archive of American Television

7.0

TV Series

Self

2003

1 episode

 

The 55th Annual Directors Guild Awards

TV Special

Self

2003

 

20 Years of Must See TV (2002)

20 Years of Must See TV

6.1

TV Special

Self

2002

 

The 54th Annual Writers Guild Awards

TV Special

Herself

2002

 

The 10th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (1999)

The 10th Annual GLAAD Media Awards

TV Special

Self

1999

 

The 'Frasier' Story (1999)

The 'Frasier' Story

8.1

TV Movie

Self

1999

 

Intimate Portrait (1990)

Intimate Portrait

7.5

TV Series

Self

1998

1 episode

 

Behind the Laughs (1998)

Behind the Laughs

3.8

TV Movie

Self

1998

 

60 Minutes (1968)

60 Minutes

7.4

TV Series

Self - Director (segment "Jim Burrows")

1996

1 episode

 

The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards (1996)

The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards

6.4

TV Special

Self

1996

 

Cybill Shepherd and Jason Alexander in The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995)

The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

7.4

TV Special

Self - Nominee

1995

 

The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)

The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

7.2

TV Special

Self - Winner

1994

 

The 46th Annual Director's Guild Awards

6.4

TV Special

Self - Winner

1994

 

The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993)

The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

6.5

TV Special

Self - Nominee

1993

 

Cheers: Last Call! (1993)

Cheers: Last Call!

7.5

TV Short

Self (uncredited)

1993

 

Daphne Zuniga and Grant Show in The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993)

The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards

5.4

TV Special

Self - Accepting Special Award for Cheers

1993

 

Alan Rachins in The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991)

The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

4.9

TV Special

Self - Winner

1991

 

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Cheers

8.0

TV Series

Self

1990

1 episode

 

The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987)

The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

5.9

TV Special

Self - Nominee

1987

 

The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986)

The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

6.1

TV Special

Self - Nominee

1986

 

The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983)

The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

8.8

TV Special

Self - Winner

1983

 

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981)

The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

8.3

TV Special

Self - Winner

1981

 

The Midnight Special (1972)

The Midnight Special

8.6

TV Series

Self

1981

1 episode

 

The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980)

The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

7.1

TV Special

Self - Winner

1980

 

Archive Footage

TV We Love (2025)

TV We Love

8.1

TV Series

Self (archive footage)

2025

1 episode

 

Strictly Top-Shelf: The Guys Behind the Bar

Video

Self (archive footage)

2004