Andy Borowitz (known_for_department.creator)

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 Date2019-10-07

Charactersd Himself

Episode Count8

Vote Count1

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 Date2004-12-22

Charactersd Doug

Vote Count472

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 Date2007-06-05

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count8

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 Date2004-01-19

Charactersd Jim

Vote Count17

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 Date2022-02-13

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count30

Vote Count245

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 Date1979-08-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count95

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 Date1988-02-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count33

Vote Count5

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 Date1990-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count2324

Square Pegs

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

Release Date1982-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count8

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 Date1992-09-19

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count3

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 Date1984-10-03

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count4

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 Date1996-03-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count3

Tall Tales & Legends

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

Release Date1985-09-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

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 Date1986-06-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter