TV comedy director James Burrows has passed at 85. This legend among legends helped establish sitcoms on broadcast TV for the 1970s through 2000s with such shows as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Will & Grace, Friends, Laverne & Shirley, and many others including the pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory. He amassed Emmy nominations in nearly every year between 1980 and 2005 and won 11 Emmy Awards. Mentored by TV directing giant Jay Sandrich, the two defined modern TV sitcoms for over a half century.
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