Linwood Boomer (born October 9, 1955) is a Canadian television producer, writer, and actor. He is well 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.
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Early life
Boomer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the second youngest of four children. He was enrolled on a gifted program at school, just like the main character Malcolm of his future sitcom series Malcolm in the Middle. His mother is Eileen.
Boomer is married to Tracy Boomer and is the father of four children.[citation needed]
Career
Linwood Boomer began his career as an actor. After playing Adam Kendall on Little House on the Prarie, Boomer began focusing his talents on the behind-the-scenes aspects of television.
Boomer's writing and executive producing credits include Night Court, Flying Blind, The Boys Are Back, Townies, 3rd Rock from the Sun and God, the Devil and Bob. He also created and executive produced the pilots Family Business, Nice Try, and the U.S. version of Red Dwarf, and served as an executive producer under James L. Brooks for the pilot of Big.
"[Boomer]is in final negotiations with CBS on a pilot order for a project that will reunite him with Gail Berman, the exec who shepherded "Malcolm" during her tenure at Regency TV and as programming chief at Fox. Boomer wrote the script and will exec produce along with Berman and Lloyd Braun for their BermanBraun shingle and Universal Media Studios, where BermanBraun is based. Dubbed "The Karenskys," the multi-camera comedy revolves around a daughter's return to the fold of her large, eccentric, ethnic family after her husband takes a job in her hometown. It will be directed by Pamela Fryman. Starring Annie Potts, Desi Lydic, Jack Thompson, Mather Zickel, Sasha Alexander, Tinsley Grimes, & Todd Stashwick. [1]
Malcolm in the Middle
Although Boomer has created, produced and acted in many television series, he is best known for creating the FOX sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. The debut episode of the series was watched by 22.5 million viewers, and the second episode was watched by 26 million viewers.[citation needed]The series ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2006. The series in total had 151 episodes. Boomer got the opportunity of directing five episodes of the series, starting with the episode Dewey's Opera, Stilts, Reese vs. Stevie, Bride of Ida and the last episode of the series Graduation. Boomer received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Comedy Series for the Pilot episode.
Awards and nominations
Wins
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in Comedy Series for Malcolm in the Middle (Pilot)
Nominations
- Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for Malcolm in the Middle (2001)
- Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series for Night Court (1984)
External links
- Linwood Boomer at the Internet Movie Database
- Linwood Boomer at TV.com
- Hollywood Reporter Interview from February 2004
- Malcolm in the Middle bio page
- Malcolm In The Middle Voting Community - Fan Site
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