Miller-Boyett Productions

Miller-Boyett Productions
Production company
Industry Television production
Founded 1969
Key people
Thomas L. Miller
Edward K. Milkis
(both founders)
Robert L. Boyett
(joined 1978–present)
Garry Marshall
(associate 1974–1984)
William Bickley
(associate 1991–1997)
Michael Warren (associate 1991–1997; joined 1997–1999)
Products Television programs

Miller-Boyett Productions (or simply Miller-Boyett) is an American television production company that mainly developed television sitcoms from the 1970s through the 1990s. It was responsible for family-oriented hit series such as Bosom Buddies, Happy Days, Full House, Perfect Strangers, Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley, Family Matters and Step by Step.

The company traces its roots back to Miller-Milkis Productions, which was formed in 1969. Its original run as a production company remained uninterrupted until its initial shutdown in 1999, having changed from the longtime Miller-Boyett name to Miller-Boyett-Warren two years prior. In 2015, the company was resurrected under the former Miller-Boyett name.[1]

History

The production company was originally founded in 1969 by program executive Thomas L. Miller and former film editor Edward K. Milkis as Miller-Milkis Productions, and, in 1979, became Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions once Robert L. Boyett (who was a creative consultant of Happy Days at the time) joined the company, before adopting the Miller-Boyett name five years later following Milkis' resignation.

Most of the series the company produced for ABC during the Miller-Boyett era aired on the network's Friday night lineup (known as TGIF from 1989 to 2000). During the 1990–91 season, all four Friday comedies on ABC were Miller-Boyett series: Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters and the short-lived Going Places;[2] and the company had six sitcoms on the air during that same season, along with The Hogan Family (which had moved to CBS, after a five-season run on NBC) and the short-lived The Family Man. Around 1997, Michael Warren, longtime Miller-Boyett associate and co-creator of Family Matters and Step by Step, broke his partnership with producer partner William Bickley after twenty-one years and joined Miller-Boyett Productions; the company was renamed Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions and produced their last shows, Meego and Two of a Kind. After both shows were cancelled, the company was shut down.

Originally, the company was set up at Paramount Television. After Milkis left the company, Miller and Boyett left Paramount to work for Lorimar Television,[3] which was folded into Warner Bros. Television in 1993. Despite the fact that the company shut down as Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions, it was, and still is, referred to as "Miller-Boyett Productions" (or just simply "Miller-Boyett").

In 2013, Boyett returned to TV producing under his own production nameplate, Robert L. Boyett Productions. With veteran producer Robert Horn, he co-created the FX sitcom Partners, which was co-produced by his company, along with Robert Horn Productions, Grammnet Productions and Debmar-Mercury, among other contributors. Robert L. Boyett Productions alone was originally said to be in development with Jeff Franklin Productions for the upcoming 2016 Full House sequel series, Fuller House. However, when a front cover image of the first Fuller House shooting script was made public in late July 2015, both Miller and Boyett were listed as executive producers on the script, with Miller-Boyett Productions being listed at the bottom of the cover page—thus confirming that the production company has been effectively resurrected.[1]

Production team members

Associates to Miller, Boyett, Milkis and Warren

Collaborators with Miller, Boyett, Milkis and Warren

List of shows produced by either production team

Miller-Milkis Productions

Television series

Made-for-television films

Theatrically released films

Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions

Television series

Made-for-television films

Theatrically released films

Miller-Boyett Productions

Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions

Robert L. Boyett Productions

See also

References

External links

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