Linwood Boomer
Linwood Boomer is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and former actor. He is known for playing the role of Adam Kendall on the drama Little House on the Prairie, and for creating the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle.
Works
Help Me Help You
A collection of eccentric individuals are in group therapy with a respected therapist—who may quite possibly have more problems than his patients.
Release Date:2006-09-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—would stand at the forefront of a burgeoning East Village NYC performance art scene as well as the college music revolution of the late 1980s. Filmed in 2001, ‘Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)’ is the acclaimed true story, tracing their independent and sometimes hilarious path through two decades in the pop music wilderness. From their legendary Dial-a-Song answering machine, to their Grammy Award-winning theme song for ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, fans and friends gather to tell the oral history of Brooklyn's finest alternative rock band.
Release Date:2003-05-23
Character:Self
Vote Count:7
Malcolm in the Middle
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Release Date:2000-01-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Loan Shark
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:4438
Townies
Life-long friends Carrie, Shannon and Denise grew up together. Now in their mid-twenties, the threesome work together as waitresses but wish they had more to their lives than that. Together the girls make their way though life knowing no matter what, they'll always have each other.
Release Date:1996-09-18
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
3rd Rock from the Sun
The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.
Release Date:1996-01-09
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:20
Vote Count:497
The Boys Are Back
The Boys Are Back is an American sitcom that was aired on CBS from September 1994 to January 1995. It stars Suzanne Pleshette and Hal Linden as parents Jackie and Fred Hansen. The show was broadcast on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Release Date:1994-09-11
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:1
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 Date:1992-09-13
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:5
Night Court
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Release Date:1984-01-04
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:193
Vote Count:123
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 Date:1982-09-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:45
Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar
A biblical drama about Daniel who gains his release by interpreting a dream for King Nebuchadnezzar.
Release Date:1979-01-01
Character:Mishael
Suddenly, Love
Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.
Release Date:1978-12-04
Character:Dave Busby
Vote Count:2
Malcolm in the Middle Revival
Malcolm and his daughter are drawn into the family's chaos when Hal and Lois demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary party.
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:4
Voyagers!
A member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.
Release Date:1982-10-03
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:82
The Love Boat
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
Release Date:1977-09-24
Character:Doug Bridges
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:182
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
Release Date:1974-09-11
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:901
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Release Date:1968-09-20
Character:Nick Zano
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:138