Michael Poryes (Writing)
Little is known about Michael Poryes, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Far Away From Raven's Home
Our gang is off for an exotic vacation of a lifetime. However, after the locals mistake Nia as a mythical savior, their vacation turns into an Indiana-Jones-style adventure!
Release Date: 2021-05-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 4
Life with Boys
Life with Boys is a Canadian teen sitcom that started broadcasting in Canada on YTV in September 2011. It follows Tess Foster as she copes with living in a home with just boys: her father, Jack, and three brothers, Gabe, Spencer and Sam. With the help of her best friend, Allie, she pulls through. Life with Boys is created by Michael Poryes, who also co-created Hannah Montana and That's So Raven. It was announced that Life with Boys was renewed a second season. Shooting started on September 4, 2012, in Toronto. On February 6, 2013, the series premiered on American network TeenNick.
Release Date: 2011-09-09
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 5
Hannah Montana: The Movie
When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change of scenery. But sweet niblets! Miley must trade in all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for some ol' blue jeans on the family farm in Tennessee, and question if she can be both Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana.
Release Date: 2009-04-10
Department: Writing
Job: Characters
Vote Count: 2016
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
In this concert film, 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus performs a slew of hit songs, including 'Just Like You' and 'Life's What You Make It.'
Release Date: 2008-02-01
Department: Writing
Job: Characters
Vote Count: 83
Hannah Montana
At home and school, she's Miley Stewart, a typical teenager, but when the lights go down and the curtain goes up, she emerges as the glamorous and talented Hannah Montana. Having the "Best of Both Worlds" is a complicated proposition, and keeping her identity under wraps leads Miley and her friends into some hilarious capers as she tries to balance her normal life with her rock star persona.
Release Date: 2006-03-24
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 16
Vote Count: 665
That's So Raven
No ordinary teenager; Raven Baxter can see glimpses of the future! Watch her schemes and misadventures as she enlists the help of friends, including best friends Eddie and Chelsea, to change life's little outcomes. Raven's younger brother, Cory, is obsessed with money and creates get-rich-quick schemes to try to earn cash.
Release Date: 2003-01-17
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 246
Chicago Sons
A bachelor pad overlooking Wrigley Field is home to the close-knit but usually bickering Kolchuk brothers.
Release Date: 1997-01-08
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 3
Maybe This Time
Julia Wallace, a recently divorced woman with a precocious young daughter named Gracie, helps her mother, Shirley, run a family-owned coffee shop in a small town. Logan is the cafe's baker and Kay Ohara runs a nearby pawn shop.
Release Date: 1995-09-15
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 18
Vote Count: 3
Cybill
Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring, Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break.
Release Date: 1995-01-02
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 8
Vote Count: 30
Me and the Boys
Widower Steve Tower is raising three very different sons, Artis, William, and Andrew, with the help of his mother-in-law, Mary. When not at his video store, he is interacting with Artis, William, or Andrew, or his girlfriend, Amelia.
Release Date: 1994-09-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Joe's Life
Joe Gennaro is a laid-off executive who can't find work, so he decides to stay at home and take care of the children while his wife goes to work as a temp secretary. Later, Joe takes a job as a chef at his brother's restaurant.
Release Date: 1993-09-29
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Harry and the Hendersons
The Hendersons, an upwardly mobile Seattle family, bring home what they believe to be a dead Bigfoot. But he has only been wounded by a hunter, and the Hendersons offer the creature who they come to call Harry a temporary home until a recovers his health.
Release Date: 1991-01-13
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 33
Saved by the Bell
Lovable schemer Zack Morris leads his pals on adventures at California's Bayside High School. The friends navigate relationships, final exams, school dances, breakups and more while frequently frustrating their principal, Mr. Richard Belding, who does his best to keep them in check.
Release Date: 1989-08-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 658
Roseanne
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Release Date: 1988-10-18
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 339
Dear John
Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
Release Date: 1988-10-06
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 17
Small Wonder
When genius cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson brings home his top-secret invention, a Voice Input Child Identicant or V.I.C.I., life becomes anything but mechanical for the Lawson Family. With his boss and his nosy family living next door, Ted, his wife Joan and their son Jamie must pass Vicki off as a real child. It is easy for Joan, who cannot help doting on her like a daughter, but harder for precocious Jamie, who uses Vicki to do his homework and to ward off Harriet, the annoying redheaded girl next door.
Release Date: 1985-09-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 146
Who's the Boss?
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
Release Date: 1984-09-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 273
The Facts of Life
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
Release Date: 1979-08-24
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 93
Alice
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
Release Date: 1976-08-31
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 54