Stan Daniels (Director)

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 Date1988-10-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count18

Taxi

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Release Date1978-09-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count114

Vote Count164

Roc

Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.

Release Date1991-08-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count11

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

Release Date1970-09-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count77

Phyllis

After her husband’s death, Phyllis Lindstrom and her daughter Bess move to San Francisco to start over. There, she faces the challenges of clashing with eccentric relatives and adjusting to a new life.

Release Date1975-09-08

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count7

Almost Perfect

Release Date1995-09-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count3

Partners

Partners is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from 1995 to 1996.

Release Date1995-09-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

Release Date1968-12-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

Mr. Smith

Mr. Smith is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23 through December 16, 1983. The series was based around the premise of a talking orangutan. Mr. Smith was canceled after thirteen episodes were aired. The orangutan who played Mr. Smith had previously been featured in the Clint Eastwood movies Any Which Way You Can and Every Which Way But Loose.

Release Date1983-09-23

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count23

Vote Count1

The Betty White Show

The Betty White Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 12, 1977, to January 2, 1978. Fourteen episodes were broadcast. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises.

Release Date1977-09-12

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count3

Doc

Doc is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1975 to October 1976.

Release Date1975-09-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count31

The Substitute Wife

In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm.

Release Date1994-05-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count13

Flying Blind

Flying Blind is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from September 1992, to May 1993. The series stars Corey Parker and Téa Leoni.

Release Date1992-09-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

For Richer, for Poorer

Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan that he hopes will inspire his son to get a job.

Release Date1992-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count10

Glory! Glory!

A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé.

Release Date1989-09-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

High Society

High Society is the title of an American television sitcom that aired Monday nights on CBS in 1995 and early 1996. The series revolves around two New York City women who act in an outrageous, campy, and decadent manner. The theme song was the Lady is a Tramp sung by Chaka Khan. Its premise was similar to the campy British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous.

Release Date1995-10-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Sparks

Sparks is an American sitcom

Release Date1996-08-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count3

The Associates

The Associates is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1979–1980. The series starred Martin Short and was cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, but was nominated for two Golden Globes after its cancellation. The series was produced by Paramount Television.

Release Date1979-09-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

Good News

Good News is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from 1997 to 1998. The series is a spin-off of the UPN series Sparks.

Release Date1997-08-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Best of the West

An unwitting city slicker is made the marshal of a lawless town in this absurdist Western that pokes gentle but clever fun at the genre's stock plots and characters. Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.

Release Date1981-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count4

The Lonely Guy

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

Release Date1984-01-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count147

Cindy

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.

Release Date1978-03-24

DepartmentSound

JobOriginal Music Composer

Vote Count3