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Gayle S. Maffeo, the three-time Emmy-nominated producer who worked on the first season of Roseanne and all eight seasons of another hit ABC sitcom, the Tim Allen-starring Home Improvement, has died. She was 81.
Maffeo died Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, her daughter, Laura, announced.
Maffeo had produced specials starring Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny and George Burns in the 1960s and ’70s before she segued to sitcoms including Nell Carter’s Gimme a Break!, Dabney Coleman’s Buffalo Bill, Mary Tyler Moore’s Mary, Head of the Class and Open All Night.
She served as senior vp television for Matt Williams and David McFadzean’s Wind Dancer Productions, where she produced Roseanne in 1988-89, Home Improvement from 1991-99 and other shows such as Carol Burnett’s Carol & Company, Dan Aykroyd’s Soul Man, Thunder Alley and Buddies.
Gayle S. Maffeo, the three-time Emmy-nominated producer who worked on the first season of Roseanne and all eight seasons of another hit ABC sitcom, the Tim Allen-starring Home Improvement, has died. She was 81.
Maffeo died Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, her daughter, Laura, announced.
Maffeo had produced specials starring Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny and George Burns in the 1960s and ’70s before she segued to sitcoms including Nell Carter’s Gimme a Break!, Dabney Coleman’s Buffalo Bill, Mary Tyler Moore’s Mary, Head of the Class and Open All Night.
She served as senior vp television for Matt Williams and David McFadzean’s Wind Dancer Productions, where she produced Roseanne in 1988-89, Home Improvement from 1991-99 and other shows such as Carol Burnett’s Carol & Company, Dan Aykroyd’s Soul Man, Thunder Alley and Buddies.
- 9/14/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jonathan Taylor Thomas will guest star on "Last Man Standing," makring his first return to TV since "Veronica Mars" in 2005.
It'll be a "Home Improvement" reunion for Thomas and "Last Man Standing" star Tim Allen. Thomas played Allen's middle son Randy for eight seasons on "Home Improvement."
According to Entertainment Weekly, Thomas will play a manager of a restaurant where Allen's character's daughter, Kristin (Amanda Fuller), applies for a job. So far Thomas is only booked for one episode.
This isn't the first "Home Improvement" reunion staged on "Last Man Standing." Earlier in Season 2 Richard Karn, who played Al on the series, guest starred.
EW reunited the cast for a photoshoot in 2011 and rumors quickly started swirling about reunions. When asked if he'd guest star on "Last Man Standing," Thomas laughed and told EW, "That has not come up yet. We’ll see about that. I’m sure they have...
It'll be a "Home Improvement" reunion for Thomas and "Last Man Standing" star Tim Allen. Thomas played Allen's middle son Randy for eight seasons on "Home Improvement."
According to Entertainment Weekly, Thomas will play a manager of a restaurant where Allen's character's daughter, Kristin (Amanda Fuller), applies for a job. So far Thomas is only booked for one episode.
This isn't the first "Home Improvement" reunion staged on "Last Man Standing." Earlier in Season 2 Richard Karn, who played Al on the series, guest starred.
EW reunited the cast for a photoshoot in 2011 and rumors quickly started swirling about reunions. When asked if he'd guest star on "Last Man Standing," Thomas laughed and told EW, "That has not come up yet. We’ll see about that. I’m sure they have...
- 2/14/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
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