James Burrows

Director

Movies
2021	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (TV movie)
2019	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (TV movie)
2014	More Time with Family (TV movie)
2010	Nathan vs. Nurture (TV movie)
	Open Books (TV movie)
2007	Mastersons of Manhattan, The (TV movie)
	Traveling in Packs (TV movie)
2006	The Big Bang Theory: Unaired Pilot (TV movie)
2002	Dexter Prep Pilot (TV movie)
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1982	Partners
1981	Every Stray Dog and Kid (TV movie)
1978	More Than Friends (TV movie)

Series
2023	Frasier
	Moving In (S12E02)
	The Good Father (S12E01)
2020	B Positive
	Foreign Bodies (S01E03)
	Die Alysis (S01E02)
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Will & Grace
	Filthy Phil, Part II (S11E13)
	Filthy Phil, Part I (S11E12)
	Accidentally on Porpoise (S11E11)
	more episodes (4)
2019	Will & Grace
	Jack's Big Gay Wedding (S10E18)
	The Things We Do for Love (S10E17)
	Conscious Coupling (S10E16)
	more episodes (12)
2018	The Neighborhood
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Will & Grace
	It's a Family Affair (S09E16)
	One Job (S09E15)
	The Beefcake & the Cake Beef (S09E14)
	more episodes (14)
2017	Disjointed
	Donna Weed (S01E06)
	Omega Strain (S01E01)
	Superior Donuts
	Secrets and Spies (S01E13)
	Wage Against the Machine (S01E11)
	Arthur's Day Off (S01E06)
	more episodes (5)
	Will & Grace
	A Gay Olde Christmas (S09E07)
	Rosario's Quinceanera (S09E06)
	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying (S09E05)
	more episodes (4)
2016	Crowded
	Come Back (E13)
	Daughter (E11)
	Unemployable (E09)
	more episodes (6)
	Man with a Plan
	Thanksgiving (S01E05)
	The Puppet Theater (S01E03)
	Two Tickets to Paradise (S01E02)
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Mike & Molly
	I See Love (S06E13)
2015	The Millers
	Hero (S02E11)
	Louise Louise (S02E10)
	Highway to the Manger Zone (S02E09)
	Diggin' Up Bones (S02E08)
2014	Friends with Better Lives
	Pilot (E01)
	The Millers
	Mother's Day (S01E23)
	Sex Ed Dolan (S01E22)
	0072 (S01E21)
	more episodes (15)
2013	Sean Saves the World
	Busted (E02)
	Pilot (E01)
	The Millers
	Carol's Parents Are Coming to Town (S01E10)
	You're in Trouble (S01E09)
	Internet Dating (S01E08)
	more episodes (7)
2012	Mike & Molly
	Mike Likes Cake (S03E03)
	Partners
2011	2 Broke Girls
	And The Break-Up Scene (S01E02)
	And How They Met (S01E01)
	Mike & Molly
	The Wedding (S02E23)
	The Rehearsal (S02E22)
	Bachelor/Bachelorette (S02E21)
	more episodes (20)
	Up All Night
	Pilot (S01E01)
2010	$#*! My Dad Says
	Pilot (E01)
	Better with You
	Pilot (E01)
	Gary Unmarried
	Gary Unmarried? (S02E17)
	Gary Tries to Find Something for Mitch (S02E16)
	Gary's Big Mouth (S02E15)
	more episodes (3)
	Mike & Molly
	Peggy's New Beau (S01E24)
	Victoria's Birthday (S01E23)
	Cigar Talk (S01E22)
	more episodes (21)
	Romantically Challenged
2009	Gary Unmarried
	Gary Fixes Allison's Garbage Disposal (S01E20)
	Gary and His Half Brother (S01E19)
	Gary and the Trophy (S01E18)
	more episodes (16)
	Hank
2008	Back to You
	Hostage Watch (E17)
	House of Tomorrow (E16)
	Date Night (E15)
	more episodes (7)
	Gary Unmarried
	Gary Toughens Up Tom (S01E11)
	Gary Goes First (S01E10)
	Gary Gives Thanks (S01E09)
	more episodes (7)
2007	Back to You
	Something's Up There (E07)
	Gracie's Bully (E06)
	A Night of Possibilities (E05)
	more episodes (4)
	The Big Bang Theory
	Pilot (S01E01)
	The Class
	The Class Goes Back to the Hospital (E19)
	The Class Rides a Bull (E18)
	The Class Springs a Leak (E17)
	more episodes (5)
2006	Courting Alex
	Four Kings
	Pilot (E01)
	Teachers.
	Substitute (E01)
	The Class
	The Class Celebrates an Anniversary (E11)
	The Class Runs Into a Convenience Store (E10)
	The Class Gives Thanks (E09)
	more episodes (8)
	Will & Grace
	The Finale: Part 2 (S08E24)
	The Finale: Part 1 (S08E23)
	Whatever Happened to Baby Gin? (S08E22)
	more episodes (12)
2005	Will & Grace
	Kiss and Tell (S07E24)
	Friends with Benefits (S07E23)
	From Queer to Eternity (S07E22)
	more episodes (18)
2004	Stones, The
	Will & Grace
	I Do, Oh, No, You Di-in't: Part 2 (S06E24)
	I Do, Oh, No, You Di-in't: Part 1 (S06E23)
	Speechless (S06E22)
	more episodes (23)
2003	Two and a Half Men
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Will & Grace
	24 (S05E24)
	23 (S05E23)
	May Divorce Be with You (S05E22)
	more episodes (20)
2002	Bram and Alice
	Good Morning, Miami
	Will & Grace
	A.I.: Artificial Insemination: Part 2 (S04E27)
	A.I.: Artificial Insemination: Part 1 (S04E26)
	A Buncha White Chicks Sittin' Around Talkin' (S04E25)
	more episodes (23)
2001	Will & Grace
	Sons & Lovers (S03E22)
	Last of the Really Odd Lovers (S03E21)
	Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore (S03E20)
	more episodes (21)
2000	Cursed
	Madigan Men
	Will & Grace
	Ben? Her?: Part 2 (S02E24)
	Ben? Her?: Part 1 (S02E23)
	My Best Friend's Tush (S02E22)
	more episodes (22)
1999	Ladies Man
	Stark Raving Mad
	Will & Grace
	Object of My Rejection (S01E22)
	Alley Cats (S01E21)
	Saving Grace (S01E20)
	more episodes (19)
1998	Dharma & Greg
	The Official Dharma & Greg Episode of the 1998 Winter Olympics (S01E17)
	Friends
	The One with All the Rugby (S04E15)
	Jesse
	A Side of Chile (S01E01)
	The Secret Lives of Men
	Will & Grace
	The Truth About Will & Dogs (S01E09)
	The Buying Game (S01E08)
	Where There's a Will, There's No Way (S01E07)
	more episodes (6)
1997	Chicago Sons
	Dharma & Greg
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Fired Up
	Frasier
	Death and the Dog (S04E12)
	Liar! Liar! (S04E10)
	Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine (S04E09)
	Friends
	The One the Morning After (S03E16)
	The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break (S03E15)
	George & Leo
	Men Behaving Badly
	Playing Doctor (S01E14)
	The Odds Couple (S01E12)
	Union Square
	Veronica's Closet
	Pilot (S01E01)
1996	3rd Rock from the Sun
	See Dick Run (S01E20)
	Brains and Eggs (S01E01)
	Frasier
	Look Before You Leap (S03E16)
	The Show Where Diane Comes Back (S03E14)
	Friends
	The One with the Prom Video (S02E14)
	Men Behaving Badly
	Jamie's in Love (S01E06)
	Getting the Bugs Out (S01E05)
	The Bed (S01E03)
	more episodes (2)
	NewsRadio
	Led Zeppelin II (S02E21)
	Zoso (S02E15)
	Bitch Session (S02E12)
	Pearl
1995	Caroline in the City
	Caroline and the Bad Back (S01E04)
	Caroline and the Gay Art Show (S01E03)
	Caroline and the Mugger (S01E02)
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Frasier
	Dark Victory (S02E24)
	Someone to Watch Over Me (S02E19)
	The Show Where Sam Shows Up (S02E16)
	Roz in the Doghouse (S02E12)
	Friends
	The One with the Birth (S01E23)
	The One with All the Poker (S01E18)
	The One with the Candy Hearts (S01E14)
	The One with Mrs. Bing (S01E11)
	Hudson Street
	NewsRadio
	The Crisis (S01E04)
	Smoking (S01E03)
	Inappropriate (S01E02)
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Partners
	The Preston Episodes
1994	Frasier
	My Coffee with Niles (S01E24)
	Frasier Crane's Day Off (S01E23)
	Author, Author (S01E22)
	more episodes (12)
	Friends
	The One Where Underdog Gets Away (S01E09)
	The One Where Nana Dies Twice (S01E08)
	The One with the Blackout (S01E07)
	more episodes (4)
	The Boys Are Back
1993	Cafe Americain
	Cheers
	One for the Road, Part 3 (S11E28)
	One for the Road, Part 2 (S11E27)
	One for the Road, Part 1 (S11E26)
	more episodes (13)
	Frasier
	Miracle on Third or Fourth Street (S01E12)
	Oops (S01E10)
	Call Me Irresponsible (S01E07)
	more episodes (4)
1992	Cheers
	An Old Fashioned Wedding (S10E25)
	Heeeeeere's... Cliffy! (S10E24)
	Rebecca's Lover... Not (S10E22)
	more episodes (18)
	Flying Blind
1991	Cheers
	Uncle Sam Wants You (S09E25)
	Rat Girl (S09E23)
	Pitch It Again, Sam (S09E22)
	more episodes (16)
1990	Cheers
	Cry Harder (S08E26)
	Cry Hard (S08E25)
	The Ghost and Mrs. LeBec (S08E23)
	more episodes (14)
	Marshall Chronicles, The
	Wings
	Legacy (S01E01)
1989	Cheers
	The Visiting Lecher (S07E22)
	Sisterly Love (S07E21)
	Call Me, Irresponsible (S07E20)
	more episodes (19)
1988	Cheers
	Backseat Becky, Upfront (S06E25)
	The Big Kiss-Off (S06E24)
	Bar Wars (S06E23)
	more episodes (11)
	Dear John
	Ralph's Curse (S01E02)
	Pilot (S01E01)
1987	Cheers
	I Do, Adieu (S05E26)
	A House Is Not a Home (S05E25)
	The Godfather: Part 3 (S05E22)
	more episodes (19)
	The Tortellis
1986	All Is Forgiven
	Cheers
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 3 (S04E26)
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 2 (S04E25)
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 1 (S04E24)
	more episodes (22)
	Valerie
1985	Cheers
	Rescue Me (S03E25)
	The Belles of St. Clete's (S03E24)
	The Bartender's Tale (S03E23)
	more episodes (22)
1984	Cheers
	I'll Be Seeing You: Part 2 (S02E22)
	I'll Be Seeing You: Part 1 (S02E21)
	Norman's Conquest (S02E20)
	more episodes (19)
	Night Court
	All You Need Is Love (S01E01)
1983	Cheers
	Show Down: Part 2 (S01E22)
	Show Down: Part 1 (S01E21)
	Someone Single, Someone Blue (S01E20)
	more episodes (18)
1982	Cheers
	The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One (S01E12)
	One for the Book (S01E11)
	Endless Slumper (S01E10)
	more episodes (9)
	Taxi
	The Road Not Taken (2) (S04E24)
	The Road Not Taken (1) (S04E23)
	Cooking for Two (S04E22)
	more episodes (3)
1981	Best of the West
	Taxi
	Latka the Playboy (S03E20)
	On the Job (2) (S03E19)
	On the Job (1) (S03E18)
	more episodes (16)
1980	Good Time Harry
	Taxi
	Fantasy Borough: Part 2 (S02E24)
	Fantasy Borough: Part 1 (S02E23)
	Art Work (S02E22)
	more episodes (11)
1979	Taxi
	Substitute Father (S01E22)
	Hollywood Calling (S01E21)
	Alex Tastes Death and Finds a Nice Restaurant (S01E20)
	more episodes (20)
	The Associates
1978	B.J. and the Bear
	Free Country
	Husbands, Wives & Lovers
	Rhoda
	All Work and No Play (S04E13)
	Ida Alone (S04E12)
	Taxi
	A Full House for Christmas (S01E13)
	Memories of Cab 804 (2) (S01E12)
	Memories of Cab 804 (1) (S01E11)
	more episodes (10)
1977	Busting Loose
	Laverne & Shirley
	Lonely at the Middle (S02E22)
	Guinea Pigs (S02E14)
	Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent (S02E11)
	Rhoda
	One Is a Number (S04E04)
	The Job (S04E02)
	The Betty White Show
	The Bob Newhart Show
	Halls of Hartley (S05E17)
1976	Laverne & Shirley
	From Suds to Stardom (S01E14)
	Good Time Girls (S02E08)
	Dear Future Model (S02E07)
	more episodes (2)
	Mary Tyler Moore
	Mary's Insomnia (S07E11)
	Mary the Writer (S07E02)
	Phyllis
	The Triangle (S01E24)
	Widows, Merry and Otherwise (S01E23)
	Sonny Boy (S01E22)
	more episodes (8)
	The Bob Newhart Show
	Guaranteed Not to Shrink (S04E21)
	Warden Gordon Borden (S04E18)
	Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson (S05E11)
	Some of My Best Friends Are... (S05E03)
1975	Fay
	Mary Tyler Moore
	The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home (S06E13)
	Phyllis
	Paging Dr. Lindstrom (S01E15)
	Phyllis and the Little People (S01E13)
	The First Date (S01E08)
	more episodes (5)
	The Bob Newhart Show
	Emily Hits the Ceiling (S03E23)
	The Way We Weren't (S03E18)
	Over the River and Through the Woods (S04E11)
	The Longest Good Bye (S04E01)
1974	Mary Tyler Moore
	Neighbors (S05E13)

Shows
1990	Cheers: 200th Anniversary Special

Creator

Series
2009	Gary Unmarried
	Gary Hooks Up Allison (S01E17)
1993	Cheers
	One for the Road, Part 3 (S11E28)
	One for the Road, Part 2 (S11E27)
	One for the Road, Part 1 (S11E26)
	more episodes (14)
1992	Cheers
	An Old Fashioned Wedding (S10E25)
	Heeeeeere's... Cliffy! (S10E24)
	Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real (S10E23)
	more episodes (21)
1991	Cheers
	Uncle Sam Wants You (S09E25)
	Home Malone (S09E24)
	Rat Girl (S09E23)
	more episodes (23)
1990	Cheers
	Cry Harder (S08E26)
	Cry Hard (S08E25)
	Mr. Otis Regrets (S08E24)
	more episodes (22)
1989	Cheers
	The Visiting Lecher (S07E22)
	Sisterly Love (S07E21)
	Call Me, Irresponsible (S07E20)
	more episodes (23)
1988	Cheers
	Backseat Becky, Upfront (S06E25)
	The Big Kiss-Off (S06E24)
	Bar Wars (S06E23)
	more episodes (18)
1987	Cheers
	I Do, Adieu (S05E26)
	A House Is Not a Home (S05E25)
	Cheers: The Motion Picture (S05E24)
	more episodes (23)
1986	Cheers
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 3 (S04E26)
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 2 (S04E25)
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 1 (S04E24)
	more episodes (23)
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1985	Cheers
	Rescue Me (S03E25)
	The Belles of St. Clete's (S03E24)
	The Bartender's Tale (S03E23)
	more episodes (22)
1984	Cheers
	I'll Be Seeing You: Part 2 (S02E22)
	I'll Be Seeing You: Part 1 (S02E21)
	Norman's Conquest (S02E20)
	more episodes (19)
1983	Cheers
	Show Down: Part 2 (S01E22)
	Show Down: Part 1 (S01E21)
	Someone Single, Someone Blue (S01E20)
	more episodes (19)
1982	Cheers
	The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One (S01E12)
	One for the Book (S01E11)
	Endless Slumper (S01E10)
	more episodes (9)

Shows
1990	Cheers: 200th Anniversary Special

Screenwriter

Series
1993	Cheers
	One for the Road, Part 3 (S11E28)
	One for the Road, Part 2 (S11E27)
	One for the Road, Part 1 (S11E26)
	more episodes (14)
1992	Cheers
	An Old Fashioned Wedding (S10E25)
	Heeeeeere's... Cliffy! (S10E24)
	Bar Wars VI: This Time It's for Real (S10E23)
	more episodes (21)
1991	Cheers
	Uncle Sam Wants You (S09E25)
	Home Malone (S09E24)
	Rat Girl (S09E23)
	more episodes (23)
1990	Cheers
	Cry Harder (S08E26)
	Cry Hard (S08E25)
	Mr. Otis Regrets (S08E24)
	more episodes (22)
1989	Cheers
	The Visiting Lecher (S07E22)
	Sisterly Love (S07E21)
	Call Me, Irresponsible (S07E20)
	more episodes (23)
1988	Cheers
	Backseat Becky, Upfront (S06E25)
	The Big Kiss-Off (S06E24)
	Bar Wars (S06E23)
	more episodes (18)
1987	Cheers
	I Do, Adieu (S05E26)
	A House Is Not a Home (S05E25)
	Cheers: The Motion Picture (S05E24)
	more episodes (23)
1986	Cheers
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 3 (S04E26)
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 2 (S04E25)
	Strange Bedfellows: Part 1 (S04E24)
	more episodes (23)
1985	Cheers
	Rescue Me (S03E25)
	The Belles of St. Clete's (S03E24)
	The Bartender's Tale (S03E23)
	more episodes (19)
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1983	Cheers
	Affairs of the Heart (S02E06)
	Sumner's Return (S02E05)
	Homicidal Ham (S02E04)
	more episodes (3)

Producer

Series
1984	Cheers
	I'll Be Seeing You: Part 2 (S02E22)
	I'll Be Seeing You: Part 1 (S02E21)
	Norman's Conquest (S02E20)
	more episodes (7)
1983	Cheers
	Show Down: Part 2 (S01E22)
	Show Down: Part 1 (S01E21)
	Someone Single, Someone Blue (S01E20)
	more episodes (19)
1982	Cheers
	The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One (S01E12)
	One for the Book (S01E11)
	Endless Slumper (S01E10)
	more episodes (9)

Actor

Series
2014	The Comeback
	Valerie Gets What She Really Wants (S02E08)
2012	Skins
	Franky (S06E04)
2005	The Comeback
	Valerie Shines Under Stress (S01E12)
	Valerie Stands up for Aunt Sassy (S01E04)
	Valerie Bonds with the Cast (S01E03)
	Pilot (S01E01)
	Will & Grace
	Alive and Schticking (S08E01)
1994	Friends
	The One with the Butt (S01E06)

Documentaries
2023	Being Mary Tyler Moore
2017	The Nineties (series)
	The One About TV (E01)
2016	The Eighties (series)
	Raised on Television (E01)
2015	The Story Behind: Will & Grace (TV movie)
2009	Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (series)
2006	Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser (TV movie)
1998	Intimate Portrait: Lea Thompson (TV movie)
1990	Intimate Portrait (series)

Short
2014	A Kindness
1999	The Frasier Story (TV movie)

Guest

Shows
2020	A Will & Grace-ful Goodbye
2016	Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows
2015	Daily Blast Live
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1997	The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
1995	The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1994	The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1993	The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1991	The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1990	Cheers: 200th Anniversary Special
1987	The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1986	The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1983	The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981	The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1972	The Midnight Special

Will & Grace - Yours, Mine or Ours (1999)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (TV movie)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (TV movie)

More Time with Family (TV movie)

Nathan vs. Nurture (TV movie)

Open Books (TV movie)

Mastersons of Manhattan, The (TV movie)

Traveling in Packs (TV movie)

The Big Bang Theory: Unaired Pilot (TV movie)

Dexter Prep Pilot (TV movie)

Every Stray Dog and Kid (TV movie)

More Than Friends (TV movie)

Moving In (S12E02)

The Good Father (S12E01)

Foreign Bodies (S01E03)

Die Alysis (S01E02)

Pilot (S01E01)

Filthy Phil, Part II (S11E13)

Filthy Phil, Part I (S11E12)

Accidentally on Porpoise (S11E11)

Jack's Big Gay Wedding (S10E18)

The Things We Do for Love (S10E17)

Conscious Coupling (S10E16)

Pilot (S01E01)

It's a Family Affair (S09E16)

One Job (S09E15)

The Beefcake & the Cake Beef (S09E14)

Donna Weed (S01E06)

Omega Strain (S01E01)

Secrets and Spies (S01E13)

Wage Against the Machine (S01E11)

Arthur's Day Off (S01E06)

A Gay Olde Christmas (S09E07)

Rosario's Quinceanera (S09E06)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying (S09E05)

Come Back (E13)

Daughter (E11)

Unemployable (E09)

Thanksgiving (S01E05)

The Puppet Theater (S01E03)

Two Tickets to Paradise (S01E02)

Pilot (S01E01)

I See Love (S06E13)

Hero (S02E11)

Louise Louise (S02E10)

Highway to the Manger Zone (S02E09)

Diggin' Up Bones (S02E08)

Pilot (E01)

Mother's Day (S01E23)

Sex Ed Dolan (S01E22)

0072 (S01E21)

Busted (E02)

Pilot (E01)

Carol's Parents Are Coming to Town (S01E10)

You're in Trouble (S01E09)

Internet Dating (S01E08)

Mike Likes Cake (S03E03)

And The Break-Up Scene (S01E02)

And How They Met (S01E01)

The Wedding (S02E23)

The Rehearsal (S02E22)

Bachelor/Bachelorette (S02E21)

Pilot (S01E01)

Pilot (E01)

Pilot (E01)

Gary Unmarried? (S02E17)

Gary Tries to Find Something for Mitch (S02E16)

Gary's Big Mouth (S02E15)

Peggy's New Beau (S01E24)

Victoria's Birthday (S01E23)

Cigar Talk (S01E22)

Gary Fixes Allison's Garbage Disposal (S01E20)

Gary and His Half Brother (S01E19)

Gary and the Trophy (S01E18)

Hostage Watch (E17)

House of Tomorrow (E16)

Date Night (E15)

Gary Toughens Up Tom (S01E11)

Gary Goes First (S01E10)