James R. Stein (Writer)

Family Matters

A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.

Release Date1989-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count313

Silver Spoons

Wealthy, young-at-heart business owner Edward Stratton III is stunned to discover his brief marriage several years ago produced a son, Richard Bluedhorn-Stratton, now 12 and standing in Edward's living room, wanting to live with the father he never knew. Although Edward's first impulse is to send Ricky to boarding school, he soon relents and let his son move in with him and Kate, his love-struck secretary.

Release Date1982-09-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count48

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick is an American television comedy show that satirized American tabloid talk shows such as The Jerry Springer Show and The Jenny Jones Show. The series was originally broadcast in first-run syndication from 1995 to 1997, as well as on the E! Entertainment Television network. Night Stand was co-created by Paul Abeyta, Peter Kaikko and actor/writer Timothy Stack, who also starred as the show's host Dick Dietrick.

Release Date1995-05-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count43

Vote Count1

America 2-Night

America 2-Night is the continuation of the talk-show parody series Fernwood 2 Night. It ran from April to July 1978. As in Fernwood, Barth Gimble was the host and Jerry Hubbard was his co-host. Happy Kyne and the Mirth-Makers was the band.

Release Date1978-04-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count65

Vote Count5

Amen

Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227.

Release Date1986-09-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count110

Vote Count16

Private Benjamin

Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name. The show aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her work on the series.

Release Date1981-04-06

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count39

Vote Count10

Flo

Flo is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1980 to 1981. The series is a spin-off for Polly Holliday who portrayed the sassy and street-smart waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the sitcom Alice. Flo was cancelled at the end of its second season.

Release Date1980-03-21

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count29

Vote Count3

Double Trouble

Double Trouble is an American sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1985 on NBC. The series stars identical twins Jean and Liz Sagal as Kate and Allison Foster, two teenagers living under the watchful eye of their widowed father. The show was considered an updating of the "twins in mischief" concept seen in films like The Parent Trap or the Patty Duke Show of the 1960s.

Release Date1984-04-04

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count3

Son of the Beach

A parody of "Baywatch" featuring Malibu Adjacent's Notch Johnson, the world's greatest lifeguard (hardly), and his unit SPF-30.

Release Date2000-03-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count42

Vote Count29

Van Dyke and Company

Short-lived variety show starring Dick Van Dyke and assorted guests. The show was best known for Dick's pantomime acting and a recurring skit about the dumbest family in the world, coincidently named "The Bright Family". Van Dyke & Co also featured appearances by the Los Angeles Mime Company.

Release Date1975-10-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

Lily

TV special starring Lily Tomlin

Release Date1973-11-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Peeping Times

Peeping Times is a comedy special that aired on NBC on January 25, 1978. Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the special featured an early broadcast network appearance of David Letterman. David Frost was co-executive producer. The show was a spoof of TV news magazine programs.

Release Date1978-01-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Jackie Bison Show

An animated show about a bison with his own talk show modeled after the Jack Benny Show.

Release Date1990-07-02

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count1