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William Van Duzer "Bill" Lawrence IV (born December 26, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known as the creator of the sitcom ''Scrubs'', co-creator of ''Cougar Town'' and co-creator of ''Spin City''. He was also co-creator of the short-lived animated series ''Clone High'', in which he voiced the leader of the shadowy figures, and is the co-creator of ''Ground Floor'', which ran on TBS. He has written for many other shows including ''Friends'', ''The Nanny'', and ''Boy Meets World''. The name of Lawrence's production company, Doozer, is wordplay on his middle name. ==Career== Lawrence is a graduate of the College of William & Mary, where he studied English and was a member of Kappa Alpha Order. After graduating, his first writing job was as a staff writer on the short-lived ABC sitcom ''Billy''. He then briefly wrote for ''Boy Meets World'' (during which he claims to have named the character Topanga Lawrence), ''Friends'' and ''The Nanny''.〔http://www.vulture.com/2011/05/the_showrunner_transcript_coug.html〕 In 1996, he wrote for the short-lived sitcom ''Champs''. Lawrence's first show as creator was the ABC multi-camera sitcom ''Spin City'', co-created with ''Champs'' creator Gary David Goldberg, which originally starred Michael J. Fox as a deputy mayor of New York City. The show lasted for six seasons and won a Primetime Emmy Award and four Golden Globes. Lawrence then went on to create the single-camera sitcom ''Scrubs'', which followed the lives of hospital staff. The show premiered in 2001 and ran for 9 seasons in total, 7 on NBC and 2 on ABC. Lawrence wrote, produced and directed for the series. The show received critical acclaim as well as 17 Emmy nominations. Lawrence's next project was co-creating the 2002 animated sitcom ''Clone High'' for MTV with Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The show lasted a single 13 episode season. In 2005, Lawrence co-created the failed WB pilot ''Nobody's Watching'' with Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan. Lawrence was preparing for his film-directing debut with the film ''Fletch Won'', a prequel to the previous Fletch films, but ultimately left the project after ''Scrubs'' star Zach Braff exited the project. Lawrence co-created the single-camera sitcom ''Cougar Town'', which premiered in 2009 on ABC, with Kevin Biegel. The show is executive produced by series star Courteney Cox and her then-husband David Arquette. Courteney Cox had been a guest star on Lawrence's previous sitcom ''Scrubs''. The show ran from 2009-2012 on ABC, then moved to TBS in 2013. In 2013, Lawrence was involved with three shows that made it to series. He co-created and executive produces the TBS sitcom ''Ground Floor'' with Greg Malins. He is also an executive producer of the Fox sitcom ''Surviving Jack'' and the NBC sitcom ''Undateable''. After running two seasons, ''Ground Floor'' was cancelled. In 2014, Lawrence and four other cast members from ''Undateable'' did a standup comedy tour to promote the show. Lawrence will pen a script for the ''Rush Hour tv series''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Lawrence (TV producer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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