Kari Lizer

Kari Lizer
Born (1961-08-26) August 26, 1961 (age 65)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • producer
  • writer
Years active
  • 1968–2010
  • 2019–present
Known for
Spouse
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(m. 1994, divorced)​
Children3

Kari Lizer (born August 26, 1961) is an American actress, writer, and producer.

Life and career

Lizer was born in San Diego, California.

She was the creator and executive producer of the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. In May 2010, CBS canceled Old Christine after five seasons. Upon its cancellation, Lizer slammed the network and suggested the decision to cancel the show was sexist. Previously, she had been co-executive producer of Will & Grace for three years, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.

Lizer also created the comedy Maggie Winters.

As an actress, Lizer played Cassie Phillips on Matlock, Diana Benedict on Sunday Dinner,: 1035  and Chris Burgess on The Van Dyke Show.: 1137 

In April 2020, Lizer released her first book, Aren't You Forgetting Someone?: Essays from My Mid-Life Revenge.

Selected filmography

Acting

Crew

Numbers in Producing and writing credits refer to number of episodes.

Year Title Credited as Network Notes
Creator Writer Executive
Producer
1994 Benders No Yes (1) No N/A
1994 Empty Nest No Yes (1) No CBS
1994–1997 Weird Science No Yes (1) No USA Network
1996–1997 Boston Common No Yes (3) No NBC
1997 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show No Yes (1) consulting Syndication
1997 For Your Love No Yes (1) co-producer NBC
1998–1999 Maggie Winters Yes Yes (3) Yes CBS
1998–1999 Work with Me No No consulting CBS
2000–2004 Will & Grace No Yes (16) co-executive NBC Also consulting
2006–2010 The New Adventures of Old Christine Yes Yes (15) Yes CBS
2019 Man with a Plan No No No CBS Director: "Adam's Ribs"
2021 Call Your Mother Yes Yes (2) Yes ABC

References

  1. ↑ Storm, Jonathan (May 9, 2006). "The new adventures of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kari Lizer". Knight Ridder Newspapers – via Massachusetts Daily Collegian.
  2. 1 2 "Kari Lizer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-22.
  3. ↑ Wightman, Carolina (May 20, 2010). "'Old Christine' creator slams show axe". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ Gimbell, Trevor (May 30, 2010). "The New Adventures of Old Christine: Cancelled Because of Sexism?". TVSeriesFinale.com. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ Byrne, Bridget (July 26, 2006). "'W&G' cast poo-poos the 'Seinfeld' curse". The Salina Journal. Kansas, Salina. Associated Press. p. 38. Retrieved July 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ↑ "Kari Lizer". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ Gill, Suzanne (September 27, 1998). "'Maggie Winters' proves Ford can step up to series stardom". Santa Cruz Sentinel. California, Santa Cruz. p. 89. Retrieved July 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. 1 2 3 Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 666–667. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  9. ↑ Lizer, Kari (6 August 2019). Aren't You Forgetting Someone?. Running Press. ISBN 9780762469345.