Steve Skrovan
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Steve Skrovan is an American producer, writer, director and television host.
Early life
[edit]Skrovan grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and went to Gilmour Academy during his high-school years. He majored in English and was a varsity football defensive back at Yale,[1] where he graduated with a B.A. in 1979.[2]
Career
[edit]Skrovan began his career as a stand-up comic.[3] He hosted a short-lived talk show on MTV, Mouth to Mouth, in 1988.[4] In 1989, he became the original host of Totally Hidden Video, which aired on FOX from 1989-1992.[5] Starting in 1991, he was the host for the first two seasons of the game show That's My Dog on what was then The Family Channel.[6]
Skrovan co-wrote the 1993 Seinfeld episode "The Movie".[citation needed] He was then a writer for the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, for the entire nine-year run (from 1996 to 2005).[7][8] In 2001 he played a police officer in Season 2, Episode 1 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Skrovan produced the 2005 TV special Earth to America,[citation needed] which covered environmental issues. He wrote, produced, and directed An Unreasonable Man, a 2006 documentary about Ralph Nader.[3] He then worked as a producer on the 2006-2010 show 'Til Death,[citation needed] which starred former Raymond cast member Brad Garrett. Since 2014, Skrovan has co-hosted the weekly Ralph Nader Radio Hour program from the Pacifica Radio Network.[9][8]
Everybody Loves Raymond episodes
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This is a list of Everybody Loves Raymond episodes written or co-written by Skrovan.
Season One
[edit]- "Standard Deviation"
- "Captain Nemo" (with Lew Schneider)
- "Recovering Pessimist"
Season Two
[edit]- "The Children's Book"
- "All I Want for Christmas"
- "The Family Bed"
- "Six Feet Under" (with Cindy Chupack & Tom Caltabiano)
Season Three
[edit]- "Getting Even"
- "Halloween Candy"
- "Cruising with Marie" (with Susan Van Allen)
- "Dancing with Debra" (with Aaron Shure)
Season Four
[edit]- "You Bet" (with Ellen Sandler)
- "Prodigal Son"
- "Hackidu" (with Lew Schneider)
- "Robert's Divorce" (with Jennifer Crittenden & Tucker Cawley)
Season Five
[edit]- "Pet Cemetery"
- "The Sneeze" (with Aaron Shure)
Season Six
[edit]- "Odd Man Out" (with Jeremy Stevens)
- "Raybert"
- "Cookies"
- "A Vote for Debra" (with Lew Schneider)
Season Seven
[edit]- "The Sigh"
- "Somebody Hates Raymond"
- "Just a Formality" (with Philip Rosenthal)
Season Eight
[edit]- "Home From School"
- "Lateness"
- "The Nice Talk" (with Aaron Shure)
Season Nine
[edit]- "Ally's F"
- "Tasteless Frank" (with Leslie Caveny)
- "The Finale" (with Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider, Jeremy Stevens, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Tom Caltabiano & Leslie Caveny)
References
[edit]- ^ Wallace, William N. (November 20, 1996). "College Football Report". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Director Stephen Skrovan". Independent Television Service.
- ^ a b Shawn Badgley (February 23, 2007). "Just in Time for Nader '08 | Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on 'An Unreasonable Man'". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ Ken Tucker and Knight-Ridder Newspapers (19 November 1988). "Broadened MTV opens its 'mouth'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (12 July 1989). "Review/Television; Allen Funt Calls 'Totally Hidden Video'". New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ Catherine Hinman (August 31, 1991). "Winning and losing are beside the point on 'That's My Dog,' a contest that puts pooches on center stage". Orlando Sentinel. pp. E1. ProQuest 277895091. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ Kearney, Christine (February 7, 2007). "From hero to villain, Ralph Nader documented in film". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ a b "Ralph Nader Radio Hour". ralphnaderradiohour.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Ralph Nader Radio Hour". prx.org. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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