WERNER, Tom 1950–

PERSONAL

Full name, Thomas Werner; born April 12, 1950, in New York, NY (some sources say NJ); brother of Peter Werner (a director); married Jill (in business), 1972 (filed for divorce, October 16, 2000); children: Teddy, Carolyn, Amanda. Education: Harvard University, B.A. (cum laude), government, 1971.

Addresses: Office— Carsey–Werner–Mandabach Company, 4024 Radford Ave., Bldg. 3, Studio City, CA 91604.

Career: Producer. ABC–TV, began as researcher, became programming executive, 1972–81; Carsey–Werner Company, Studio City, CA, partner and producer (both with Marcy Carsey), 1981—; worked as a documentary filmmaker; member of the board of directors of the Old Globe Theatre. San Diego Padres (Major League baseball team), San Diego, CA, co–owner, 1991–94; Boston Red Sox (Major League baseball team), Boston, MA, co–owner, 2002—.

Member: Sharp Hospital (member of the board of directors).

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award (with Marcy Carsey and others), outstanding primetime comedy series, 1984, and Emmy Award nominations (with Carsey and others), outstanding primetime comedy series, 1985 and 1986, PGA Hall of Fame—Television Programs (with Carsey), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2000, all for The Cosby Show; Image Award (with Carsey), best episode in a comedy series or special, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1989, for an episode of A Different World; Wise Owl Award runner up (with Carsey, Jay Daniel, and Bruce Helford), Retirement Research Foundation, 1993, for Roseanne; inducted with Carsey into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, 1996; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding comedy series, 1997, 1998, for 3rd Rock from the Sun; Lifetime Achievement Award in Television (with Carsey and Caryn Mandabach), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2002.

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; with Marcy Carsey; Series:

The Cosby Show, NBC, 1984–1992.

Roseanne, ABC, 1988–1997.

Cybill, CBS, 1995–1998.

Townies, ABC, 1996.

Men Behaving Badly, NBC, 1996–1998.

Damon, Fox, 1998–1999.

That '70s Show (also known as Feelin' All Right, The Kids Are Alright, Reeling in the Years, and Teenage Wasteland ), Fox, 1998—.

God, the Devil and Bob, NBC, 2000.

Normal, Ohio, Fox, 2000.

Dot Comedy, 2000.

Grounded for Life, Fox, 2001–2003, then The WB, 2003—.

You Don't Know Jack, ABC, 2001.

The Downer Channel, NBC, 2001.

That '80s Show, Fox, 2002.

Whoopi, NBC, 2003—.

The Tracy Morgan Show, NBC, 2003—.

Television Co–Executive Producer; with Marcy Carsey; Series:

Oh, Madeline, ABC, 1983–1984.

A Different World, NBC, 1987–1993.

Chicken Soup, ABC, 1989–1990.

Grand, NBC, 1990.

Davis Rules, ABC, 1991, CBS, 1991–1992.

Frannie's Turn, CBS, 1992.

You Bet Your Life, syndicated, 1992.

Grace under Fire (also known as Grace under Pressure ), ABC, 1994–1997.

Television Producer; Series:

(With others) She TV, ABC, 1994.

(With others) 3rd Rock from the Sun (also known as Life As We Know It ), NBC, 1996–2002.

Cosby, CBS, 1996–2002.

Television Creative Consultant; Series:

Watching Ellie, 2002.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

(With Marcy Carsey and Michael O'Donoghue) Single Bars, Single Women, ABC, 1984.

Television Executive Producer; with Marcy Carsey; Specials:

I Do, I Don't, 1983.

A Carol Burnett Special ... Carol, Carl, Whoopi, and Robin (also known as Carol, Carl, Whoppi and Robin ), ABC, 1987.

Brett Butler: The Child Ain't Right, HBO, 1993.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Callahan, ABC, 1982.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, ABC, 1997.

Earth Scum, ABC, 1998.

The Binikers, NBC, 2000.

Speak, ABC, 2001.

The Mayor of Oyster Bay, ABC, 2002.

How to Be a Man, Fox, 2003.

Are We There Yet?, The WB, 2003.

These Guys, ABC, 2003.

The Tracy Morgan Show, NBC, 2003.

My Roommate Is a Big Fat Slut, Oxygen, 2003.

Game Over, UPN, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Cosby Show: A Look Back, NBC, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Broadcasting & Cable, November 18, 1996, pp. 28–30.

People Weekly, July 1, 2002, p. 46.

Time, September 23, 1996, pp. 68–70.