Betsy Thomas

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Betsy Thomas (born 1966) is an American television writer and producer living in Los Angeles, California with her husband, writer and actor Adrian Wenner. [1]

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Thomas is best known as the creator of the sitcom My Boys that debuted on the cable television network TBS November 28, 2006. She is a writer and executive producer on the show. She also created and executive-produced the short-lived sitcom Run of the House , which aired from September 2003 to May 2004 on The WB. Thomas was also one of the producers of NBC's sitcom, Whitney .

In 2019, Thomas joined other WGA members in firing her agents as part of the Guild's stand against the ATA after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a new "Code of Conduct" that addressed the practice of packaging. [2]

Thomas was raised in Franklin, Michigan, with seven brothers and sisters. She attended Detroit Country Day School.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Pam Flam & the Center of the UniverseWriter/DirectorShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 My So-Called Life Writer/Story Editor9 episodes
2000 Then Came You Executive Producer13 episodes
2001Second to NoneTV movie
2003-04 Run of the House 19 episodes
2006-10 My Boys Creator/Director/Executive Producer40 episodes
2011 Glory Daze DirectorEpisode: "Hit Me with Your Test Shot"
2011-12 Whitney Creator/Director/Executive Producer61 episodes
2012-13 Guys with Kids Director/Executive Producer/Writer16 episodes
2013-20 Mom Director2 episodes
2014-15 Men at Work 2 episodes
Bad Judge Executive ProducerEpisode: "Face Mask Mom"
2015Not Sale for WorkDirectorTV movie
2015-16 The Carmichael Show 3 episodes
2016Crunch TimeExecutive ProducerTV movie
2016-20 Superstore Director2 episodes
2016 Dr. Ken Episode: "Ken Learns Korean"
2017-18 Superior Donuts Director/Executive Producer18 episodes
2018 Alone Together DirectorEpisode: "Fertility"
2019 The Neighborhood Episode: "Welcome to the Yard Sale"
Superstore 2 episodes
The Cool Kids Episode: "The Friend-aversary"
Abby's WriterEpisode: "Soda Gun"
Merry Happy Whatever DirectorEpisode: "Merry ExMas"
Mad About You 3 episodes
2020-21 The Unicorn 2 episodes
2020 Outmatched 4 episodes
Mr. Iglesias Episode: "Party of One"
2021 Turner & Hooch Episode: "The Fur-gitive"
2022 Home Economics 3 episodes

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References

  1. Rhoshalle Littlejohn, Janice (2007-07-26). "Betsy Thomas Scores With 'My Boys'". Associated Press . Retrieved 2007-09-14.
  2. "WGA: More Than 7,000 Writers Have Fired Their Agents". Deadline. 22 April 2019.