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Miller-Boyett Productions (or simply Miller-Boyett) is an American television production company that mainly developed television sitcoms from the 1970s through the 1990s. It was responsible for family-oriented hit series such as ''Bosom Buddies'', ''Happy Days'', ''Full House'', ''Perfect Strangers'', ''Mork & Mindy'', ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''Family Matters'' and ''Step by Step.'' The company traces its roots back to Miller-Milkis Productions, which was formed in 1969. Its original run as a production company remained uninterrupted until its initial shutdown in 1999, having changed from the longtime Miller-Boyett name to Miller-Boyett-Warren two years prior. In 2015, it has been confirmed that the company will be resurrected under the former Miller-Boyett name.〔()〕 ==History== The production company was originally founded in 1969 by program executive Thomas L. Miller and former film editor Edward K. Milkis as Miller-Milkis Productions, and, in 1979, became Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions once Robert L. Boyett (who was a creative consultant of ''Happy Days'' at the time) joined the company, before adopting the Miller-Boyett name five years later following Milkis' resignation. Most of the series the company produced for ABC during the Miller-Boyett era aired on the network's Friday night lineup (known as TGIF from 1989 to 2000). During the 1990–91 season, all four Friday comedies on ABC were Miller-Boyett series: ''Perfect Strangers'', ''Full House'', ''Family Matters'' and the short-lived ''Going Places'';〔(ABC's Formidable Fridays ), ''Entertainment Weekly'', March 29, 1991.〕 and the company had six sitcoms on the air during that same season, along with ''The Hogan Family'' (which had moved to CBS, after a five-season run on NBC) and the short-lived ''The Family Man''. Around 1997, Michael Warren, longtime Miller-Boyett associate and co-creator of ''Family Matters'' and ''Step by Step'', broke his partnership with producer partner William Bickley after twenty-one years and joined Miller-Boyett Productions; the company was renamed Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions and produced their last shows, ''Meego'' and ''Two of a Kind''. After both shows were cancelled, the company was shut down. Originally, the company was set up at Paramount Television. After Milkis left the company, Miller and Boyett left Paramount to work for Lorimar Television,〔(The Revenge of Successful Sitcoms : The TV shows of Tom Miller and Bob Boyett are often maligned by critics, but their rewards are in the ratings ), ''Los Angeles Times'', January 14, 1990.〕 which was folded into Warner Bros. Television in 1993. Despite the fact that the company shut down as Miller-Boyett-Warren Productions, it was, and still is, referred to as "Miller-Boyett Productions" (or just simply "Miller-Boyett"). In 2013, Boyett returned to TV producing under his own production nameplate, Robert L. Boyett Productions. With veteran producer Robert Horn, he co-created the FX sitcom ''Partners'', which was co-produced by his company, along with Robert Horn Productions, Grammnet Productions and Debmar-Mercury, among other contributors. Robert L. Boyett Productions alone was originally said to be in development with Jeff Franklin Productions for the upcoming 2016 ''Full House'' sequel series, ''Fuller House''. However, when a front cover image of the first ''Fuller House'' shooting script was made public in late July 2015, both Miller and Boyett were listed as executive producers on the script, with Miller-Boyett Productions being listed at the bottom of the cover page—thus confirming that the production company has been effectively resurrected.〔 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「Miller-Boyett Productions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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