Reza Badiyi is credited for doing what for an American sitcom starring American television's first never-married, independent career woman as the central character?
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Reza Badiyi Reza Sayed Badiyi also known as Reza Sayed Badiei (Persian: رضا بدیعی; April 17, 1929 – August 20, 2011) was an Iranian-American film director. Badiyi also directed episodes of many popular television series. His credits also include developing the opening montages for "Hawaii Five-O", "Get Smart", and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, originally known simply by the name of the show's star, Mary Tyler Moore, is an American sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977. The program featured American television's first never-married, independent career woman as the central character.
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The Starter Wife (miniseries) The Starter Wife is a 2007 USA Network television miniseries, based on the novel of the same name by Gigi Levangie Grazer. Its title is derived from the concept of a starter marriage. Filmed over four months in Queensland, Australia, the plot focuses on Molly Kagan (Debra Messing) who, after years of marriage to a Hollywood film mogul, is forced to redefine herself and her role in society when her husband leaves her for a younger woman.
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Julie (TV series) Julie is an American sitcom starring Julie Andrews which aired on ABC from May 30 to July 4, 1992. Blake Edwards was the director and executive producer of the series.
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Mary Tyler Moore filmography and awards Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970–1977), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirtyish single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961–1966), in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother. Her notable film work includes 1967's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and 1980's "Ordinary People", in which she played a role that was very different from the television characters she had portrayed, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Halal in the Family Halal in the Family (also known as The Qu'osby Show) is a four-episode American web series starring Aasif Mandvi and Sakina Jaffrey. It premiered on Funny or Die featuring an American Muslim family and addressing the underlying issues of Islamophobia in a comedic context. It uses the classic family sitcom formula to change perceptions of Muslims. Mandvi stated in the fifth episode of season two of "Politically Re-Active" that "Halal in the Family" is being developed as an animated series for TBS.
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Lisa Kudrow Lisa Valerie Kudrow ( ; born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She gained worldwide recognition for her ten-season run as Phoebe Buffay on the NBC television sitcom "Friends", for which she received many accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning once in 1998, and twelve Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, winning in 1996 and 2000.
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Caroline in the City Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran on the NBC television network. It stars Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan. The series premiered on September 21, 1995 in the "Must See TV" Thursday night block between "Seinfeld" and ""ER"". The show ran for 97 episodes over four seasons before it was cancelled; the final episode was broadcast on April 26, 1999.
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Baby, I'm Back Baby, I'm Back (stylized onscreen as Baby... I'm Back!) is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 30 to April 24, 1978. The series stars Demond Wilson, Denise Nicholas, Helen Martin and Kim Fields.
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Goodtime Girls Goodtime Girls is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from January 22, 1980 until August 29, 1980. It was created by Leonora Thuna, and produced by Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis and Robert L. Boyett, in association with Garry Marshall's Henderson Productions and Paramount Television. It is a period piece comedy set during World War II, which was the producers' 1940s answer to their top 1950s-themed hits "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley".
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The Wedding Bells The Wedding Bells is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox from March 2 to April 13, 2007. The series was greenlighted after the network became interested in a series centered on wedding planners. The network approached David E. Kelley to create the show, and he essentially remade a rejected pilot he created for ABC in 2004 entitled "DeMarco Affairs" which starred Selma Blair, Lindsay Sloane, and Sabrina Lloyd as three sisters who inherit a wedding planner service. Though the show had a moderately strong premiere, it faded in the ratings and was cancelled after seven episodes had been produced and five episodes were aired.
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Mike &amp; Molly Mike & Molly is an American sitcom created by Mark Roberts which aired on CBS from September 20, 2010 to May 16, 2016, for a total of six seasons and 127 episodes. The series stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as the eponymous Mike and Molly, a couple who meet in a Chicago Overeaters Anonymous group and fall in love.
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Maude (TV series) Maude is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972, until April 23, 1978.
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The Bad Girl's Guide The Bad Girl's Guide is an American television sitcom starring Jenny McCarthy, Marcelle Larice, Christina Moore, Stephanie Childers, and Johnathan McClain. The series aired on UPN from May 24, 2005, to July 5, 2005.
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Significant Others (2004 TV series) Significant Others is an American sitcom that aired on Bravo for two seasons in 2004. Following four couples from various backgrounds in and out of therapy, it focused on issues of adultery, parenthood, impending parenthood, and the chore of behaving like an adult. Adopting the tone of many British comedies, it was almost entirely ad-libbed, without a laugh track, and put the viewer in the position of therapist, as the couples addressed the camera directly during the therapy sessions featured during each episode.
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The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS for nine seasons, from September 26, 1962, to March 23, 1971. The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as a poor backwoods family who move to Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by writer Paul Henning. It was followed by two other Henning-inspired country-cousin series on CBS: "Petticoat Junction", and its spin-off "Green Acres", which reversed the rags-to-riches, country-to-city model of "The Beverly Hillbillies".
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Stephanie Faracy Stephanie Faracy (born January 1, 1952) is an American actress. She is known for playing supporting roles in films include "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), "Scavenger Hunt" (1979), "Blind Date" (1987), "The Great Outdoors" (1988), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "Sideways" (2004), "Flightplan" (2005), and "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates" (2016). On television, Faracy had the leading roles in the number of short-lived sitcoms, most significantly "True Colors" (1990–92).
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Cherie Johnson Cherie Johnson is an American actress, writer and film producer and author. She is known for her roles on "Punky Brewster" (as Punky's best friend Cherie) and the long-running ABC/CBS sitcom "Family Matters", where she played Laura Winslow's best friend Maxine "Max" Johnson for eight seasons (1990–98).
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Lucie Salhany Lucille "Lucie" Salhany (Arabic: لوسي صالحاني‎ ‎ ; born May 25, 1946) is an American media executive of Jordanian and Lebanese heritage. Salhany was the first woman to head a broadcast television network in 1993 in the position as Chairwoman of Fox Broadcasting Company. She later created the United Paramount Network. She has had over 30 years of experience in the entertainment business, and during the height of her career, was one of the most powerful women at the C-Suite level.
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The Mothers-in-Law The Mothers-in-Law is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard as two matriarchs who were friends and next-door neighbors whose children's elopement made them in-laws. The show aired on NBC from September 1967 to April 1969. Executive produced by Desi Arnaz, the series was created by Bob Carroll, Jr., and Madelyn Davis.
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The McCarthys The McCarthys is an American sitcom created by Brian Gallivan, who also shares executive producer credits with Mike Sikowitz, Will Gluck, Richard Schwartz, and Andy Ackerman for CBS Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television. The series debuted on CBS during the 2014–15 television season, airing Thursdays at 9:30 pm (ET/PT)/8:30 pm (CT). It aired from October 30, 2014 to July 11, 2015.
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The Michael Richards Show The Michael Richards Show is an American sitcom that debuted on NBC in 2000. The show starred Michael Richards as reality-challenged but successful private detective Vic Nardozza who gets the job done despite his unconventional methods.