Kari Lizer

Kari Lizer
Born	(1961-08-26) August 26, 1961 (age 64) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actress director producer writer
Years active	1968–2010 2019–present
Known for	Matlock The New Adventures of Old Christine
Spouse	Robert Romanus ​ ​ (m. 1994,divorced)​ [1]
Children	3

Kari Lizer (born August 26, 1961) is an American actress, writer, and producer. ^[2]

Life and career

Lizer was born in San Diego, California. ^[2]

She was the creator and executive producer of the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine . In May 2010, CBS canceled Old Christine after five seasons. Upon its cancellation, Lizer slammed the network and suggested the decision to cancel the show was sexist. ^{[3] [4]} Previously, she had been co-executive producer of Will & Grace for three years, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. ^{[5] [6]}

Lizer also created the comedy Maggie Winters . ^[7]

As an actress, Lizer played Cassie Phillips on Matlock , ^[8] Diana Benedict on Sunday Dinner , ^{[8] : 1035} and Chris Burgess on The Van Dyke Show . ^{[8] : 1137}

In April 2020, Lizer released her first book, Aren't You Forgetting Someone?: Essays from My Mid-Life Revenge. ^[9]

Selected filmography

Acting

• Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
• Private School (1983)
• Gotcha! – Muffy (1985)
• Matlock – Episode: "The Angel" – Margaret Danello (AKA Angel) (1986)
• Growing Pains – Episode: "Born Free" – Stewardess (1987)
• Who's the Boss? – Episode: "There Goes the Bride" – Christy Robinson Everett (1987)
• Matlock – Cassie Phillips (1987–1988)
• The Van Dyke Show – Chris Burgess (1988)
• Quantum Leap – Episode 1.5: "How the Tess Was Won" – Tess McGill (1989)
• Father Dowling Mysteries – Episode: "The Substitute Sister Mystery" – Vickie (1991)
• Diagnosis Murder – Episode: "Death By Extermination" – Lena Prossor (1994)
• Weird Science (5 episodes 1994–1996)
• Breast Men (1997)
• Will & Grace (5 episodes 2001–2004)

Crew

Numbers in Producing and writing credits refer to number of episodes.

Year	Title	Credited as			Network	Notes
		Creator	Writer	Executive Producer
1994	Benders	No	Yes (1)	No	N/A
1994	Empty Nest	No	Yes (1)	No	CBS
1994–1997	Weird Science	No	Yes (1)	No	USA Network
1996–1997	Boston Common	No	Yes (3)	No	NBC
1997	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	No	Yes (1)	consulting	Syndication
1997	For Your Love	No	Yes (1)	co-producer	NBC
1998–1999	Maggie Winters	Yes	Yes (3)	Yes	CBS
1998–1999	Work with Me	No	No	consulting	CBS
2000–2004	Will & Grace	No	Yes (16)	co-executive	NBC	Also consulting
2006–2010	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Yes	Yes (15)	Yes	CBS
2019	Man with a Plan	No	No	No	CBS	Director: "Adam's Rib"
2021	Call Your Mother	Yes	Yes (2)	Yes	ABC

References

1. Storm, Jonathan (May 9, 2006). "The new adventures of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kari Lizer". Knight Ridder Newspapers – via Massachusetts Daily Collegian.
2. "Kari Lizer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22.
3. Wightman, Carolina (May 20, 2010). "'Old Christine' creator slams show axe". Digital Spy . Retrieved January 17, 2016.
4. Gimbell, Trevor (May 30, 2010). "The New Adventures of Old Christine: Cancelled Because of Sexism?". TVSeriesFinale.com. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
5. Byrne, Bridget (July 26, 2006). "'W&G' cast poo-poos the 'Seinfeld' curse". The Salina Journal. Kansas, Salina. Associated Press. p. 38. Retrieved July 8, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Kari Lizer". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
7. Gill, Suzanne (September 27, 1998). "'Maggie Winters' proves Ford can step up to series stardom". Santa Cruz Sentinel. California, Santa Cruz. p. 89. Retrieved July 8, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
8. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 666–667. ISBN   978-0-7864-6477-7.
9. Lizer, Kari (6 August 2019). Aren't You Forgetting Someone?. Running Press. ISBN   9780762469345.

External links

• Kari Lizer at IMDb