Michael G. Moye

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Michael G. Moye
Born
Michael George Moye

(1954-08-11) August 11, 1954 (age 71)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)Television writer, producer, photographer
Spouse
Rose Jackson
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(m. 1996)​
Children2

Michael George Moye (born August 11, 1954) is an American photographer and a former television writer and producer. [1] In his television career he has written for shows such as The Jeffersons , Diff'rent Strokes , Good Times , and 227 , and produced It's Your Move and The Jeffersons. His best-known work is the 1987 series Married... with Children , created with Ron Leavitt for the then-fledgling Fox network.

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Early career

Moye began his career in 1977 with a staff writing position on Good Times. Between 1979 and 1984, he wrote for The Jeffersons, and in 1982 he co-developed Silver Spoons , which ran for five seasons. He also co-developed both It's Your Move and 227 (with Bill Boulware), the latter under alias C.J. Banks. [1] [2]

Married... with Children

Married... with Children, created by Moye and Leavitt in 1987 for the Fox network, was called an "anti-family" series [3] or "the anti-Cosby", Moye and Leavitt being fed up with the idealized family of the sitcoms of the 1980s. [4] [5] They created the couple Al-Peggy by imagining a fictional union between Roseanne Barr and Sam Kinison. [6]

Moye was a producer and a writer on the show for most of its run, and had a hand in writing a series-leading 25 episodes [7] as well as having a few cameo appearances on screen. [8] The show ran for 11 seasons and was credited with keeping the fledgling Fox network "in the black for five or six years." [9] The show has been the target of conservative political campaigns several times. [10] In 1993, he refused to modify a two-episode show (the one where Al Bundy lobbies in Congress after his favorite show Psycho Dad was cancelled), accusing instead Fox to be too soft with censorship regulators. [11]

Personal life

Moye retired from television in 1995 and is now a photographer and an avid coral reef aquarium hobbyist. [1] [12] He has two children from two marriages. [1]

In 1992, Michael G. Moye acquired a 13,749-square-feet estate in Conyers Farm in Greenwich Connecticut, for $1.5 million. It was put up for sale for $8.595 million in November 2017. He also owned a house in Encino that he sold for $1.65 million in 2017, and bought a 2000-square-feet residence on sugar sand beaches in North Carolina in 2006. [13]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Me". Moye's Reef. Archived from the original on 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  2. ↑ "MICHAEL MOYE". interviews.televisionacademy.com. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Married... with Children". Museum of Broadcast Communications . Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  4. ↑ McLellan, Dennis; Times, Los Angeles (2008-02-13). "Ron Leavitt - co-created 'Married ... With Children'". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  5. ↑ "Married With Children's legacy". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  6. ↑ Smith, Austin (2001-08-24). "YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHO WAS GOING TO PLAY AL BUNDY … SECRETS OF 'MARRIED WITH KIDS'". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  7. ↑ "Crew Members". Bundyology. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  8. ↑ "Guest Cast". Bundyology. Retrieved 2008-03-08. Moye, Michael G. * Young Zeke (522), Voice of Nearby Dog (624)
  9. ↑ "'Married ... With Children' Co-Creator Dies". Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  10. ↑ Beschloss, Steven (7 May 1990). "Making the Rules in Prime Time" (PDF). Channels. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Fleming, Michael (1993-12-23). "'Married' exec PO'd at spiking". Variety. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  12. ↑ "Featured Member Series: 5-04". Reefland. Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  13. ↑ David, Mark (2017-11-20). "'Married… With Children' Co-Creator Michael G. Moye Lists Greenwich Estate (EXCLUSIVE)". DIRT. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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