Tom Werner

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Biography

Marcy Carsey was a middle-class woman from Weymouth, MA, educated at The University of New Hampshire and by her own admission, "uncool." Yet, the duo became ABC's programming development and execution wizards, part of the team that brought the then perennially third-place network to prominence in the late 70s behind such series as "Laverne & Shirley" and "Mork & Mindy". Carsey rose up the ABC executive ladder with Werner right behind her, and …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Consultants & Advisors

Born

April 12, 1950

Career Milestones

1998

With Carsey, returned to the winners' column as executive producers of Fox's "That '70s Show"

1998

Was excutive producer of failed Fox sitcom "Damon"

1996

Co-executive produced "Townies" (ABC)

Co-executive produced "Cosby" (CBS)

Co-executive produced "Men Behaving Badly' (NBC)

Co-executive producer, "3rd Rock From the Sun" (NBC)

1995

Signed agreement to produce a sitcom for Bill Cosby to air on CBS

Co-executive producer, "Cybill" (CBS)

Co-executive producer, "Grace Under Fire" (ABC)

1992

First first-run syndication effort launched, "You Bet Your Life"

Co-executive producer, "Davis Rules" (ABC, then CBS)

1990

Co-executive producer, "Grand" (NBC); member of partnership that purchased the San Diego Padres baseball team; became principal owner

1989

Co-executive producer, "Chicken Soup" (ABC)

Co-executive producer, "Roseanne" (ABC)

Co-executive producer of "A Different World" (NBC), spin-off of "The Cosby Show"

1984

Produced first TV-movie, "Single Bars, Single Women" (ABC)

1984

Co-executive producer of "The Cosby Show" (NBC);

1983

Carsey Werner's first sitcom launched on ABC: "Oh, Madeline"

1981

Left ABC as senior vp, primetime programs; joined former colleague and boss, Marcy Carsey, to form Carsey-Werner Productions

1973

Joined ABC Entertainment as researcher

Served as a producer on "Shirley Chisholm: Pursuing the Dream"

Worked as documentary filmmaker after college

Awards

1998

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 3rd Rock From the Sun

1997

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 3rd Rock From the Sun

1987

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in The Cosby Show

1986

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in The Cosby Show

1985

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in The Cosby Show