Andy Borowitz (known_for_department.creator)

Bel-Air

The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.

Release Date: 2022-02-13

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 30

Vote Count: 243

Retro Report on PBS

Making sense of the present by revealing the past. Journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

Release Date: 2019-10-07

Character: Himself

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 1

Fired!

When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being downsized by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business, she was assured she was not alone. Everyone she knew, from her rabbi to her gynaecologist, had their own account of getting the boot. Featuring interviews with comedians, economists and regular working folks, and drawing on her hugely popular book, Fired! is a humorous look at downsizing in America.

Release Date: 2007-06-05

Character: Himself

Vote Count: 8

Melinda and Melinda

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

Release Date: 2004-12-22

Character: Doug

Vote Count: 471

Marie and Bruce

A day in the life of a couple trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship. When Marie decides to break up with Bruce, their conversation devolves into a torrent of foul-mouthed rippings and ferociously humorous musings on their marriage, love, hate and committment.

Release Date: 2004-01-19

Character: Jim

Vote Count: 17

Aliens in the Family

A human single father is abducted by a spaceship and fall in love with an alien single mother. They return to Earth to marry and raise their blended family.

Release Date: 1996-03-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 3

Out All Night

Out All Night is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to July 9, 1993 for one season. The series stars Patti LaBelle, and was created by Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz, and Rob Edwards.

Release Date: 1992-09-19

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 3

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.

Release Date: 1990-09-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 2317

Day by Day

Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch. Day by Day was telecast from February 29, 1988, through June 25, 1989, on NBC.

Release Date: 1988-02-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 33

Vote Count: 5

Lily

Lily Miniver is an eccentric, intrepid young woman whose job as associate curator at the prestigious Jeffersonian Museum in Washington, D.C. takes her around the globe. When a unique Aztec necklace, on loan from the British Museum, is slightly tarnished, she quickly deduces that it's a fake, and she is sent to London by her boss to determine how a substitute necklace showed up at the Jeffersonian.

Release Date: 1986-06-14

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Tall Tales & Legends

An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.

Release Date: 1985-09-25

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 7

Dreams

Dreams is an American television series that aired in 1984-1985 for one season on CBS. It follows the story of a fictional rock band that tries to get a recording contract.

Release Date: 1984-10-03

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 4

Square Pegs

Two awkward freshmen desperate to fit try to adjust to life at Weemawee High School.

Release Date: 1982-09-27

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 8

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: 4

Vote Count: 94