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Danny Jacobson is known for Roseanne (1988), Grease Live on Broadway (1978) and Mad About You (1992). He has been married to Amy Rosenbaum Jacobson since 31 July 1988. They have two children.
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- Danny Jacobson
Mad About You is an American television sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a married couple in New York City as they navigate life together. In later seasons, the couple has a daughter.
- THE ORIGINAL PITCH TO NBC WAS ABOUT CARS AND THIRTYSOMETHING. Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson pitched NBC executives Warren Littlefield and Jamie Tarses a show about the life of a couple in private—not the version you'd see at a party, but the more honest version that comes after that.
- PAUL REISER MET HELEN HUNT WHILE HE WAS WRITING THE PILOT. Reiser met Helen Hunt—who at the time was sharing a house with a good friend of Reiser's wife—at a dinner party.
- TERI HATCHER WAS ALMOST JAMIE. The role of Jamie Buchman ultimately came down to two people: Hunt and Teri Hatcher. Hunt won out when she "brilliantly" imitated Reiser trying to decide what to eat, one of the scenes in the pilot.
- IT DIDN'T TEST WELL AT FIRST. "The testing on Mad About You was not great," Preston Beckman, NBC's then-executive vice president of programming and planning, told the Los Angeles Times in 1999.
While the memories of 9/11 are still painful, Danny Jacobson's goal, moving forward, is to continue telling his story so people can better understand and tha...
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- FOX 10 Phoenix
Mad About You: Created by Danny Jacobson, Paul Reiser, Peter Tolan. With Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow, Leila Kenzle. Mad About You centers on the trials and tribulations of a married couple living in New York.
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- 1992-09-23
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Danny Jacobson is known for Roseanne (1988), Grease Live on Broadway (1978) and Mad About You (1992). He has been married to Amy Rosenbaum Jacobson since July 31, 1988. They have two children.
Winner 1994 | NBC, In Front Productions, Nuance Productions, in association with TriStar TelevisionSituation comedies starring stand-up comedians seem to be ...
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- Peabody Awards
