Steve Skrovan

Steve Skrovan is an American producer, writer, director and television host.

Early life

Skrovan grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and went to Gilmour Academy during his high-school years. He majored in English and was a varsity football defensive back at Yale, ^[1] where he graduated with a B.A. in 1979. ^[2]

Career

Skrovan began his career as a stand-up comic. ^[3] He hosted a short-lived talk show on MTV, Mouth to Mouth, in 1988. ^[4] In 1989, he became the original host of Totally Hidden Video , which aired on FOX from 1989-1992. ^[5] Starting in 1991, he was the host for the first two seasons of the game show That's My Dog on what was then The Family Channel. ^[6]

Skrovan co-wrote the 1993 Seinfeld episode "The Movie".^{[ citation needed ]} He was then a writer for the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond , for the entire nine-year run (from 1996 to 2005). ^{[7] [8]} In 2001 he played a police officer in Season 2, Episode 1 of Curb Your Enthusiasm .

Skrovan produced the 2005 TV special Earth to America ,^{[ citation needed ]} which covered environmental issues. He wrote, produced, and directed An Unreasonable Man , a 2006 documentary about Ralph Nader. ^[3] He then worked as a producer on the 2006-2010 show 'Til Death ,^{[ citation needed ]} which starred former Raymond cast member Brad Garrett. Since 2014, Skrovan has co-hosted, with David Feldman, the weekly Ralph Nader Radio Hour program from the Pacifica Radio Network. ^{[9] [8]}

Everybody Loves Raymond episodes

This is a list of Everybody Loves Raymond episodes written or co-written by Skrovan.

Season One

• "Standard Deviation"
• "Captain Nemo" (with Lew Schneider)
• "Recovering Pessimist"

Season Two

• "The Children's Book"
• "All I Want for Christmas"
• "The Family Bed"
• "Six Feet Under" (with Cindy Chupack & Tom Caltabiano)

Season Three

• "Getting Even"
• "Halloween Candy"
• "Cruising with Marie" (with Susan Van Allen)
• "Dancing with Debra" (with Aaron Shure)

Season Four

• "You Bet" (with Ellen Sandler)
• "Prodigal Son"
• "Hackidu" (with Lew Schneider)
• "Robert's Divorce" (with Jennifer Crittenden & Tucker Cawley)

Season Five

• "Pet Cemetery"
• "The Sneeze" (with Aaron Shure)

Season Six

• "Odd Man Out" (with Jeremy Stevens)
• "Raybert"
• "Cookies"
• "A Vote for Debra" (with Lew Schneider)

Season Seven

• "The Sigh"
• "Somebody Hates Raymond"
• "Just a Formality" (with Philip Rosenthal)

Season Eight

• "Home From School"
• "Lateness"
• "The Nice Talk" (with Aaron Shure)

Season Nine

• "Ally's F"
• "Tasteless Frank" (with Leslie Caveny)
• "The Finale" (with Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider, Jeremy Stevens, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Tom Caltabiano & Leslie Caveny)

References

1. Wallace, William N. (November 20, 1996). "College Football Report". The New York Times . Retrieved March 16, 2010.
2. "Director Stephen Skrovan". Independent Television Service.
3. Shawn Badgley (February 23, 2007). "Just in Time for Nader '08 | Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on 'An Unreasonable Man'". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved March 16, 2010.
4. Ken Tucker and Knight-Ridder Newspapers (19 November 1988). "Broadened MTV opens its 'mouth'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 11 June 2022.
5. O'Connor, John J. (12 July 1989). "Review/Television; Allen Funt Calls 'Totally Hidden Video'". New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
6. Catherine Hinman (August 31, 1991). "Winning and losing are beside the point on 'That's My Dog,' a contest that puts pooches on center stage". Orlando Sentinel. pp. E1. ProQuest   277895091 . Retrieved May 13, 2022.
7. Kearney, Christine (February 7, 2007). "From hero to villain, Ralph Nader documented in film". The Washington Post . Retrieved March 16, 2010.
8. "Ralph Nader Radio Hour". ralphnaderradiohour.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
9. "Ralph Nader Radio Hour". prx.org . Retrieved 11 June 2022.

External links

• Steve Skrovan at IMDb