Doozer Productions

Doozer Productions, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryTelevision production
FoundedMay 26, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-05-26)
FounderBill Lawrence
Headquarters
Beverly Hills, California
,
United States
Key people
ProductsScrubs
Clone High
Cougar Town
Ted Lasso
Shrinking

Doozer Productions, Inc. is the production company of Bill Lawrence, best known for making Scrubs. The company's name is taken from a variant of Lawrence's middle name, Van Duzer. Its logo is depicted as a hand writing the company name, along with a boy wearing sunglasses for the double O's; he then blows a raspberry. The "bye-bye!" and raspberry in the logo were provided by Lawrence's daughter, Charlotte. It currently is under contract with Warner Bros. Television. Jeff Ingold, former head of comedy at NBC, serves as president. Randall Winston is the final head of the triumvirate, acting as a main producer on all Doozer series. Liza Katzer was promoted by Lawrence to the role of VP of development.

It was originally based at Touchstone Television, then it was shifted to NBC Studios in 2000 in order to develop its own comedy Scrubs, which came from a previous Touchstone pact, and it was reupped in 2003. After six years working at the studio, it moved back to ABC Studios in 2007, for a new overall deal, allowing projects to be developed on the air for the ABC network. After only four years working at ABC, it was moved to Warner Bros. Television, where it has been ever since.

Productions

Television

Year Title Network Notes
2001–10; 2026–present Scrubs NBC
ABC		 with Seemu! Inc and 20th Television
2002–03; 2023–24 Clone High MTV
Max		 with Lord Miller Productions, Touchstone Television, Nelvana, ShadowMachine and MTV Entertainment Studios
2009–15 Cougar Town ABC
TBS		 with Coquette Productions and ABC Studios
2013–15 Ground Floor TBS with Warner Horizon Television
2014 Surviving Jack Fox with Warner Bros. Television
2014–16 Undateable NBC
2016 Rush Hour CBS with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Television
2018 Life Sentence The CW with In Good Company, CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television
2019 Whiskey Cavalier ABC with Hemingson Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television
2020–present Ted Lasso Apple TV with Ruby's Tuna Inc., Universal Television and Warner Bros. Television
2021 Head of the Class HBO Max with Warner Bros. Television
2023–present Shrinking Apple TV with 3 Chance Productions, Corporate Mandate and Warner Bros. Television
2024–present Bad Monkey with Warner Bros. Television
2026–present Rooster HBO with Two Soups Productions, Film Flam and Warner Bros. Television

In development

References

  1. ↑ "'Scrubs' duo sends 'Confessions' to NBC". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Fonseca, Nicholas (December 7, 2001). "Alias: The Story Behind J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  3. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (May 19, 2015). "Bill Lawrence Inks New 4-Year Deal With Warner Bros. TV". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (June 20, 2011). "Jeff Ingold To Run Bill Lawrence's Warner Bros. TV-Based Production Company". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (May 19, 2015). "Bill Lawrence Renews Warner Bros. TV Deal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ Adalian, Josef (2000-10-30). "Producer will give NBC a spin". Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
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