Fred Barron (Writer)
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Works
Seinfeld
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Release Date1989-07-05
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count180
Vote Count2179
Dave's World
Dave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series is based on the writing of Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry.
Release Date1993-09-20
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count98
Vote Count8
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 in New York City. The series premiered on September 21, 1995 in the "Must See TV" Thursday night block after Seinfeld. The show ran for 97 episodes over four seasons, before it was cancelled; its final episode was broadcast on April 26, 1999.
Release Date1995-09-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count9
Vote Count30
The Larry Sanders Show
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.
Release Date1992-08-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count86
Kate & Allie
Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.
Release Date1984-03-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count23
My Family
Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality of raising teenage children. His wife Susan seems quite happy, enjoys her job as a London tour guide, however at home her ability to find her way around a cookbook or pantry is less successful. Their three children Nick, Janey, and Michael are as different as chalk and cheese. Nick (19) is on his gap year, but doesn't get much further than the sofa or job centre, Janey is as sharp as a tack and 16 going on 25, while Michael is a very bright, computer-nerdish 12 year old who is just discovering girls.
Release Date2000-09-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count7
Vote Count66
Union Square
A lawyer-turned-playwright in New York City attempts to gain inspiration from a host of characters populating the fictitious Union Square cafe in Manhattan.
Release Date1997-09-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Between the Lines
The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
Release Date1977-04-27
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count24
Displaced Person
Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barron from a story in the Welcome to the Monkey House collection.
Release Date1985-05-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
After You've Gone
After You've Gone is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, the three season comedy follows handyman Jimmy Venables, who moves in with his teenage children and his mother-in-law Diana after his ex-wife Ann goes to Africa to help with a flood.
Release Date2007-01-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count10
Courting Alex
Courting Alex is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 23, 2006 to March 29, 2006, and was a vehicle for Jenna Elfman of Dharma & Greg fame. Elfman portrays Alex Rose, a successful, single attorney who works with her father Bill at his law firm. Alex struggles with dating while looking for love in a big city. Her father wants her to settle down with her coworker Stephen, a star lawyer at the firm who is smitten with her. She prefers Scott, the tavern owner she meets in the first episode, who her father doesn't approve of. Alex relies on the advice of her assistant Molly and British neighbor Julian. Comedian Wayne Federman has a recurring role as office sycophant, Johnson.
Release Date2006-01-23
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count3
Meeting Daddy
A teenage daughter contacts her absentee father. We watch their first meeting in five years, seeing and hearing their every thoughts. Meeting Strangers is always head, especially when it's your father.
Release Date2012-03-01
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
According to Bex
According to Bex is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 2005. Starring Jessica Stevenson, it was written by Katie Douglas, Julia Barron and Fred Barron, who also created My Family and After You've Gone. The American sitcom Courting Alex, starring Jenna Elfman, was originally based on According to Bex.
Release Date2005-01-07
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Just in Time
Harry Stadlin becomes the new editor of the magazine West Coast, a California publication. He finds himself with a talented staff who are a little eccentric with complicated lives.
Release Date1988-04-06
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count6
Vote Count1
Something Short of Paradise
A young couple in New York are having problems with their relationship.
Release Date1979-09-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3