The recent passing of Thomas L. Miller made me wonder if he and Robert L. Boyett produced (http://www.manic-expression.com/a-look-at-sitcom-production-companies-millerboyett-productions/) their best work (https://www.neogaf.com/threads/miller-boyett-tgif-style-sitcoms-could-they-work-today.1049547/) when they were at Paramount (1974-84), when they were producing shows with Garry Marshall and Edward K. Milkis or when they moved over to Lorimar/Warner Bros. (1986-99)?

It was during the Paramount era that Miller-Boyett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Boyett_Productions) produced Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Angie, Bosom Buddies, and Joanie Loves Chachi. During the Lorimar/Warner Bros. era, they produced Valerie (https://www.macleans.ca/uncategorized/the-20th-anniversary-of-the-most-awesomest-tv-contract-dispute-ever/)/Valerie's Family/The Hogan Family, Perfect Strangers (https://perfectstrangersreviewed.wordpress.com/page/10/), Full House (https://www.macleans.ca/culture/television/why-full-house-endureth-forever/), Family Matters (https://tv.avclub.com/family-matters-made-a-glass-half-full-sitcom-out-of-bla-1798283210#!), and Step by Step (https://greenmountainwriting.com/sitcom-rewind/step-by-step/) just to name a few (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-09-11-9002130504-story.html).

Do you agree with the suggestion (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/fxci8i/thomas_l_miller_the_legendary_television_producer/fmv2sq2/) that Garry Marshall and Edward Milkis (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/23419101-disney-now-owns-20th-century-fox.-predictions-) acted as buffers against dare I say, their most obviously stupid (https://www.deseret.com/1993/7/3/19054588/why-are-these-stupid-sitcoms-so-stunningly-successful) ideas?

Both but I prefer the Paramount era the best

Both but I prefer the Paramount era the best

Loved Happy Days for the first four or five seasons. Sadly, the longer it stayed on, the more it morphed into a Miller-Boyett production.

Lorimar/Warner Bros. era

I voted the Lorimar-Warner era too. Way way way too many good shows they did during that era! I truly miss those days.

The bigger news here for me is Mr. Miller died!?!! I didn’t know! I follow this stuff fairly regularly too! I’ll have to look this up in a second. ��

I voted the Lorimar-Warner era too. Way way way too many good shows they did during that era! I truly miss those days.

The bigger news here for me is Mr. Miller died!?!! I didn’t know! I follow this stuff fairly regularly too! I’ll have to look this up in a second. ��He died a few days ago, I started a thread on it. The blog here will probably cover his death soon with all the shows he was part of.

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=390499

He died a few days ago, I started a thread on it. The blog here will probably cover his death soon with all the shows he was part of.

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=390499

Thank you for the link and for making that thread. Mr. Miller and Mr. Boyett made my Friday nights growing up great! Will be forever grateful to them for that! I didn’t know Mr. Miller was born in Milwaukee, a little less than 100 miles from me. Now the Milwaukee setting for both Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley makes complete sense.