Franco Bario

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Franco Bario
Occupation Television producer
Years active 1987–present

Franco E. Bario is an American television line producer.

A line producer is a type of film producer who is the key manager during daily operations of a feature film, advertisement film, television film, or an episode of a TV program. A line producer usually works on one film at a time. They are responsible for human resources and handling any problems that come up during production.

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Career

Bario produced the NBC situation comedies Saved by the Bell from 1990 to 1993, Saved by the Bell: The New Class from 1993 to 1995, and Saved by the Bell: The College Years from 1993 to 1994. He also produced the 1992 television movie Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style , and the series California Dreams from 1992 to 1996. Bario next did the ABC comedy Grace Under Fire from 1996 to 1998, followed by the first season of Fox's That '70s Show from 1998 to 1999. He later produced Living With Fran for The WB from 2005 to 2006, and Lifetime's Rita Rocks from 2008 to 2009. [1]

NBC American television and radio network

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial terrestrial television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. The network is one of the Big Three television networks. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. It became the network's official emblem in 1979.

<i>Saved by the Bell</i> American television sitcom

Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1989 to 1993. A retooling of the Disney Channel series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the show follows a group of high school friends and their principal. Primarily focusing on lighthearted comedic situations, it occasionally touches on serious social issues, such as drug use, driving under the influence, homelessness, remarriage, death, women's rights, and environmental issues. The series starred Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, Dennis Haskins, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley, and Mario Lopez.

<i>Saved by the Bell: The New Class</i> Television series

Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series that ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth and, at seven seasons, the longest-running and final incarnation of the franchise.

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References

  1. ↑ Franco Bario, Yahoo! TV


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