
Birthday:
08-19-1959
(65 years)
Birthplace:
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Biography
Pamela Fryman is an American sitcom director and producer. She is best known for directing the hit series How I Met Your Mother. Fryman grew up in Philadelphia. Fryman got her first job on The John Davidson Show as an assistant to the talent coordinator, and went on to be a booth production assistant and secretary on Santa Barbara, eventually moving up to assistant director (AD), and director. In 1993, producer Peter Noah, with whom she had worked on the game show Dream House, gave Fryman a chance to direct an episode of the short-lived sitcom Café Americain. These would be the first stepping stones toward a long and successful career.
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Segal
Act like Self
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A documentary focusing on the life and career of actor George Segal.
And They're Off
Producer
event2011 star_border 4.1
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A comedy centered on a failed horse trainer who desperately wants to be back in the winner's circle.
Most Likely To
Director
event2018
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Two women who went to high school together find themselves reunited as single moms living in the same house.
Welcome to Georgia
Director
event2021
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When Penelope's career takes off at exactly the same time as her husband's, they call on Penelope's young single mom, Georgia, to help raise their son, but what they find is Georgia needs more raising than their kid.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Director
event2019 star_border 6.1
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Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."
Friends
Director (4 ep.)
event1994 star_border 8.4
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Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Frasier
Director (33 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7.7
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After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
Caroline in the City
Director (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 6.4
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Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran on the NBC television network. It stars Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan in New York City. The series premiered on September 21, 1995 in the "Must See TV" Thursday night block after Seinfeld. The show ran for 97 episodes over four seasons, before it was cancelled; its final episode was broadcast on April 26, 1999.
Inside Schwartz
Director (2 ep.)
event2001
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Inside Schwartz is an American sitcom starring Breckin Meyer as the titular character. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and National Broadcasting Company and first aired on NBC on Thursday Night at 8:30 EST.
The Single Guy
Director (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 6.3
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The Single Guy is an American television sitcom
Suddenly Susan
Director (5 ep.)
event1996 star_border 5.7
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Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.
How I Met Your Mother
Executive Producer (208 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8.1
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A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
Hope and Gloria
Director (2 ep.)
event1995 star_border 5
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Hope and Gloria is an American sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Television and aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson and Jessica Lundy, respectively, as the titular characters, both working in an office environment in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local talk show host and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television.
The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks.
Fired Up
Director (2 ep.)
event1997 star_border 8
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Fired Up is a short-lived 1997–1998 situation comedy airing on NBC. It lasted for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence and Leah Remini. The series was about a self-centered promotions executive and her mouthy assistant. The pair got fired from their jobs, and instead of getting other jobs, they teamed up to create a business as equal partners.
The King of Queens
Director (3 ep.)
event1998 star_border 7.1
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Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
Townies
Director (11 ep.)
event1996 star_border 3
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Life-long friends Carrie, Shannon and Denise grew up together. Now in their mid-twenties, the threesome work together as waitresses but wish they had more to their lives than that. Together the girls make their way though life knowing no matter what, they'll always have each other.
Pearl
Director (1 ep.)
event1996
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Pearl is an American television sitcom which aired on CBS from September 16, 1996 until June 25, 1997. The series starred Rhea Perlman, in what was her return to television after the conclusion of her long-running series Cheers three years earlier. Don Reo created the series, and Perlman served as an executive producer alongside Reo, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas and Gary S. Levine. Pearl was produced by Impact Zone Productions and Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
The Naked Truth
Director (3 ep.)
event1995 star_border 6.4
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The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor. The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication.
Dweebs
Director (6 ep.)
event1995
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Dweebs is an American television comedy program that ran on CBS from September 22, to November 9, 1995, before it was canceled. 10 episodes were produced, of which six aired during the original airing schedule, and the remaining four episodes were aired elsewhere at a later date.
Ned and Stacey
Director (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7.2
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A self-centered ad exec and a liberal journalist enter into a marriage of convenience. He's trying to boost his business image; she likes his apartment.
Two and a Half Men
Director (20 ep.)
event2003 star_border 7.5
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A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
Cybill
Director (4 ep.)
event1995 star_border 5.8
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Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998. Starring, Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break.
Cafe Americain
Director (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.3
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Café Americain is an American sitcom starring Valerie Bertinelli which aired on NBC during the 1993–1994 television season from September 18, 1993 to February 8, 1994 with two leftover episodes shown on May 28, 1994. It was filmed at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
In-Laws
Director (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6
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In-Laws is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 2002 until January 2003. Newlyweds Matt and Alex move in with her parents, Victor and Marlene, to save money so Matt can attend cooking school, thus beginning a fight to the death between son and father-in-law over the affections of Daddy's little girl.
Mad Love
Director (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 5.6
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Kate, Connie, Larry, and Ben are New Yorker thirty somethings searching for love in the city. When Kate and Ben meet and fall for each other, their friends remain cynical about the relationship.
George & Leo
Director (4 ep.)
event1997
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George & Leo is a short-lived American sitcom starring Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch. Set on Martha's Vineyard, the series aired on CBS from September 15, 1997 to March 16, 1998.
Bless This House
Director (3 ep.)
event1995
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Bless This House is an American CBS sitcom which starred Andrew Dice Clay and Cathy Moriarty.
Work with Me
Director (1 ep.)
event1999
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Work with Me is an American situation comedy television series starring Kevin Pollack and Nancy Travis as two attorneys who are married and work together in Manhattan. The series premiered September 29, 1999, on CBS. Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled after four episodes.
Maggie
Director (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 10
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Maggie is an American comedy television series starring Ann Cusack. The series premiered August 18, 1998, on Lifetime Television.
Mom
Director (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.3
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Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.
Bringing up Jack
Director (3 ep.)
event1995
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Bringing up Jack is an American sitcom television series that aired from May 27 until June 24, 1995.
Three Sisters
Director (2 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6
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Three Sisters is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC for two seasons from January 9, 2001, to February 5, 2002.
Good Company
Director (1 ep.)
event1996
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Good Company is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS on Monday nights from March 3, 1996, to April 15, 1996. The series is set at the offices of Blanton, Booker & Hayden Agency, a Manhattan ad agency.
Love & Money
Director (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 3
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In a swanky New York City apartment tower, the earnest young handyman, who lives in the basement, loves the shy heiress who lives in the penthouse. Separating this couple, more than just 20 stories of plush co-ops, is a slew of oddball relatives and millions of dollars in social prestige.
The McCarthys
Director (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 5.8
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A multi-camera comedy about a close-knit, sports-crazed Boston family whose somewhat athletically challenged son, Ronny, is chosen by his father to be his assistant high school basketball coach, much to the surprise of his more qualified siblings.
Ronny wants nothing more than to move away, join the singles scene and find a partner. His distraught mother, Marjorie is not upset that her favorite son is gay, but that he wants to leave Boston and his family. Ronny's plans change, however, when his politically incorrect and outspoken father, Arthur stuns everyone with his choice for an assistant. Touched by his father's offer, Ronny embarks on a completely different future and he can be sure that his loving family, including his twin brothers Sean and Gerard and his sister Jackie, are going to have a very vocal opinion about it.
How to Be a Gentleman
Director (2 ep.)
event2011 star_border 4.5
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How to Be a Gentleman, inspired by the book of the same name, is a comedy about the unlikely friendship between a traditional, refined writer and an unrefined personal trainer. Andrew Carlson (David Hornsby) is an etiquette columnist whose devotion to ideals from a more civilized time has lead to a life detached from modern society. Infectiously optimistic, Bert Lansing (Kevin Dillon) is a reformed "bad boy" from Andrew's past who inherited a fitness center, but can still be rude, loud and sloppy. When Andrew's editor, Jerry (Dave Foley), tells him to put a modern, sexy twist on his column or be fired, he hires Bert as a life coach in the hopes of learning to be less "gentle man" and more "real man."
One Day at a Time
Director (5 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.8
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In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
9JKL
Director (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.4
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A time in Mark Feuerstein's adult life when he lived in apartment 9K in the building he grew up in, sandwiched between his parents' apartment, 9J; and his brother, sister-in-law and their baby's apartment, 9L and his attempts to set boundaries with his intrusive but well-meaning family.
Accidentally on Purpose
Director (2 ep.)
event2009 star_border 5.6
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A newspaper film critic, Billie is a single woman who finds herself "accidentally" pregnant after a one-night stand with a much younger guy, and decides to keep the baby... and the guy.
Abby's
Director (6 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7
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The best bar in San Diego is an unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in Abby's backyard. There are rules at Abby's: no cell phones, not even to "look something up," earning a seat at the bar takes time, and losing a challenge means drinking a limey, sugary "not-beer" drink.
Murphy Brown
Director (2 ep.)
event2018 star_border 5.6
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Amid a divided nation, chaotic national discourse and rampant attacks on the press, Murphy decides to return to the airwaves and recruits her FYI team. Joining them is social media director Pat Patel, who is tasked with bringing Murphy and the team into the 21st century.
Carol's Second Act
Executive Producer (18 ep.)
event2019 star_border 6
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After raising her two children, getting divorced and retiring from teaching, Carol Chambers embarks on a unique second act: she’s going to become a doctor.
Happy Family
Director (22 ep.)
event2003 star_border 6.7
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Happy Family is an NBC sitcom that debuted in fall of 2003.
Man with a Plan
Director (12 ep.)
event2016 star_border 6.7
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A dad finds out that parenting is harder than he thought after his wife goes back to work and he's left at home to take care of the kids.
How I Met Your Father
Director (19 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.6
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In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
How I Met Your Dad
Producer (1 ep.)
star_border 5.5
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How I Met Your Dad is a television pilot of a TV series to serve as a spin-off of How I Met Your Mother, created by original series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, with Emily Spivey. This series was expected to debut 2014, but was shelved indefinitely. 20th Television opted not to order How I Met Your Dad to series. The plot focuses on Sally on the journey of how she met her daughter's father. She lives in New York with her friends, is getting divorced from her first husband, and has no idea what she is doing with her life.
Just Shoot Me!
Director (36 ep.)
event1997 star_border 6.6
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Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.
Night Court
Director (3 ep.)
event2023 star_border 6.6
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Unapologetically optimistic judge Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father's footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding.
Happy's Place
Director (11 ep.)
event2024 star_border 5.6
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Bobbie inherits her father's restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had.
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