Alan Kirschenbaum (Writer)

Friend Me

Friend Me is an American television comedy series based around the real-life deal-of-the-day website coupon service company Groupon. The series, created by writers Alan Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal, was to have been produced by CBS Television Studios but subsequently never aired after creator Alan Kirschenbaum's suicide. It was confirmed as canceled on July 29, 2013, and there is no plan to burn off the series.

Release Date: 2012-02-08

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

Raising Hope

James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.

Release Date: 2010-09-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 290

Fugly

Identical twin sisters (Nikki Cox and Marissa Jaret Winokur) and their brother (Michael Rapaport) pitch in to buy one of the sisters (Cox) an extreme makeover so they can all move to Hollywood and capitalize on her good looks.

Release Date: 2007-01-01

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

My Name Is Earl

When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.

Release Date: 2005-09-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 1005

The Aristocrats

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

Release Date: 2005-07-29

Character: Self - Writer / Producer

Vote Count: 166

Center of the Universe

Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a good-natured and successful operator of a security company. The series involved the dependency of his entire family on John for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision. Tagline: "The world doesn't revolve around John...but his family does." A total of 15 episodes were produced.

Release Date: 2004-10-27

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Release Date: 2000-10-15

Character: Poker Player #1

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 804

Yes, Dear

A comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although her husband, Greg, is a success in his career, his more difficult job is keeping his wife calm as they raise their two young children. While Kim is determined to be the perfect mother and perfect wife and to raise the perfect children, her sister, Christine Hughes, a very down-to-earth mother of two, continually reminds her that life will never be perfect. Christine's husband, Jimmy, often feels compelled to share with his brother-in-law his philosophy about being a husband and a parent while still remaining a man.

Release Date: 2000-10-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 38

Stark Raving Mad

Stark Raving Mad is an American sitcom that aired from on NBC from 1999 to 2000. The series stars Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris.

Release Date: 1999-09-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 6

Getting Personal

Sam and Milo are best friends who work at a Chicago commercial production agency. Sam fixes up Milo on a blind date with an acquaintance named Robyn, and it turns into a disaster. The disaster continues when the two suddenly discover that Robyn has been hired as their new boss.

Release Date: 1998-04-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

The Gregory Hines Show

The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997 before airing on September 19, 1997 as a part of the network's Block Party Friday night lineup. It ended its run on February 27, 1998 with 15 episodes aired, out of the 22 that were produced. It was the only show on the Block Party lineup that was not produced by Miller-Boyett Productions.

Release Date: 1997-09-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Everybody Loves Raymond

Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. That's the good news. The bad news? Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, live directly across the street and embrace the motto "Su casa es mi casa," infiltrating their son's home to an extent unparalleled in television history.

Release Date: 1996-09-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 589

Anything But Love

Anything But Love is an American television sitcom, which aired on ABC from March 7, 1989 to June 3, 1992, spanning four seasons and 56 episodes. The show starred Richard Lewis as Marty Gold and Jamie Lee Curtis as Hannah Miller, coworkers at a Chicago magazine with a mutual romantic attraction to each other, who struggled to keep their relationship strictly professional. The series, from creator Wendy Kout and developers Dennis Koenig and Peter Noah, was produced by Adam Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television.

Release Date: 1989-03-07

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 7

Coach

Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.

Release Date: 1989-02-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 53

Everything's Relative

The Beeby brothers – Julian, a divorced, hard-working 33-year-old businessman and Scott, a single 25-year-old womanizing construction worker – share a loft apartment in the SoHo section of lower Manhattan despite their different lifestyles, values, careers and social lives.

Release Date: 1987-10-03

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2