Ricky Blitt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ricky Blitt is a screenwriter, executive producer, show creator, and voice actor based in West Hollywood, California. Early in his career, Blitt was a writer on The Parent Hood, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, The Jon Stewart Show, On the Record with Bob Costas, Costas Now, and Brotherly Love. In 1999, he became the co-executive producer and a screenwriter for the animated show Family Guy. In 2005, Ricky Blitt wrote the screenplay of The Ringer. In 2007, he created and was the producer of The Winner. Blitt also owns the production company "Candy Bar Productions". He voiced Steve Smith in the pilot episode for the animated show American Dad!, but was replaced by Scott Grimes in the actual series. In 2010, he created a TV series, Romantically Challenged starring Alyssa Milano, which ran from April 19, 2010 to May 17, 2010 on ABC. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricky Blitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Dear Santa

Likeable 6th grader Liam writes to Santa asking him to prove that he's real. But Liam is dyslexic and accidentally sends his letter to Satan instead, who shows up at Liam's house, excited to have his first fanboy letter and wanting a little of Liam's soul.

Release Date: 2024-11-24

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 362

Loudermilk

Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counselor with an extremely bad attitude about, well, everything. He is unapologetically uncensored, and manages to piss off everyone in his life. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a complete mess, getting clean is the easy part.

Release Date: 2017-10-17

Character: New Guy

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 89

Hit by Lightning

Ricky Miller, a 40-something restaurant manager and aspiring writer is desperately looking for love. Danita is looking for someone to kill her celebrity husband. When their worlds collide on an online dating site, Ricky is ecstatic he has found the woman of his dreams. Now all that stands between him and true love is how to get away with murder.

Release Date: 2014-10-31

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 36

Movie 43

A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest.

Release Date: 2013-01-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2340

Romantically Challenged

Four friends try to find love and happiness while navigating their way through today's tricky world of dating.

Release Date: 2010-04-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 7

The Winner

The Winner is an American television series that premiered on Fox on March 4, 2007. It is a comedy about a successful man named Glen Abbott looking back to the time when he was in his thirties and living with his parents in 1994 Buffalo, New York. Other cast members include Erinn Hayes as Alison, Keir Gilchrist as Alison's son, Josh, Lenny Clarke as Glen's father, Ron, and Linda Hart as Glen's mother, Irene. The show is produced by Ricky Blitt and Seth MacFarlane, who are also producers of Family Guy. The working title of this series was Becoming Glen. A pilot was made for Fox in 2002 starring Johnny Galecki as Glen. It also starred Samantha Mathis, Gerald McRaney and Sally Struthers. The pilot was not picked up. However, the resurgence of Family Guy and the success of The 40-Year-Old Virgin in 2005 helped Blitt get a chance at making another pilot. At Family Guy Live in Montreal on July 21, 2007, Seth MacFarlane said "It is looking like there could be a future life for The Winner". However, the series was officially cancelled on May 16, 2007.

Release Date: 2007-03-04

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 2

Family Guy: Up Late with Stewie & Brian

Stewie and Brian host a talk show. Guest Rob Corddry joins them to talk about his new show "The Winner". Up Late lasted only one episode, and was made using Flash animation.

Release Date: 2007-02-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The Ringer

Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.

Release Date: 2005-12-23

Department: Writing

Job: Author

Vote Count: 326

Family Guy

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

Release Date: 1999-01-31

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 4477

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love is an American sitcom that ran from September 16, 1995 to April 1, 1996, on NBC, and then moved to The WB, where it aired from September 15, 1996 until May 18, 1997. The series was created by Jonathan Schmock and Jim Vallely, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchstone Television and Walt Disney Television. The primary focus of the series is on the relationship of three brothers, played by Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence.

Release Date: 1995-09-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 14

The Jeff Foxworthy Show

Jeff Foxworthy is a hardworking husband and father. Between paying his mortgage, running his heating and air company business and raising his precocious son, he learns what every self-respecting redneck knows: tractor pulls come and go, but family is forever!

Release Date: 1995-09-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

Single White Millionaire

Department: Creator

Job: Creator