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克里·布林是CBSNews.com的新闻编辑。她毕业于纽约大学亚瑟·L·卡特新闻学院，此前曾在NBC新闻的《今日数字》工作。她负责报道时事、突发新闻以及包括物质滥用在内的相关议题。
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《欢乐酒店》联合创作者、曾执导《威尔与格蕾丝》《欢乐一家亲》《玛丽·泰勒·摩尔秀》等热门剧集的多产电视导演詹姆斯·伯罗斯已去世，享年85岁。
其律师汤姆·霍伯曼“怀着巨大的悲痛”证实了伯罗斯的死讯。
目前尚未公开具体死因。
伯罗斯出生于加利福尼亚州，在纽约长大，最初在当地戏剧界工作。他的第一份电视工作是执导《玛丽·泰勒·摩尔秀》的剧集。
此后，伯罗斯执导了超过1000集电视剧，包括原版《威尔与格蕾丝》的全部剧集，并被认为参与创作了《老友记》《出租车》和《欢乐一家亲》等剧集。他执导的其他剧集包括哥伦比亚广播公司播出的《生活大爆炸》和《好汉两个半》，还曾执导派拉蒙+近期推出的《欢乐一家亲》重启版剧集。
伯罗斯曾11次获得艾美奖，获得过数十次艾美奖提名，其中1980年至1996年连续17年每年都获得提名。他最近一次获得艾美奖是在2020年，凭借《杰出综艺特辑（直播类）》获奖。
2012年9月19日，詹姆斯·伯罗斯在加利福尼亚州伯班克华纳兄弟制片厂《拍档搭档》的片场拍摄肖像照。克里斯·皮泽洛/美联社影像社
伯罗斯在职业生涯中还获得过15次美国导演工会奖提名，其中5次获奖。
除了幕后工作，伯罗斯偶尔会在自己执导的剧集中客串出镜，包括《老友记》第一季以及《威尔与格蕾丝》重启版。他还曾出演HBO喜剧《归来记》，包括该剧近期播出的第三季。
2022年，伯罗斯在接受哥伦比亚广播公司洛杉矶分部采访时表示，职业生涯中最重要的事就是为观众“呈现笑点”。
“你首先要做到的就是有趣，”伯罗斯当时说道。
伯罗斯身后留下了妻子、造型师黛比·伊斯特顿，三个女儿和一个继女。
伯罗斯曾对哥伦比亚广播公司洛杉矶分部表示，与伊斯特顿的一次谈话启发他在2022年出版了回忆录。
“我当时多少减少了一些工作，不再拍剧集之类的东西，然后我妻子径直走到我面前说‘是时候写本书了’，”伯罗斯说道。“我说‘我这本书没有切入点或卖点’。她说‘写就完了’。”
James Burrows, co-creator of “Cheers” and prolific director, dies at 85
June 19, 2026 / 4:02 PM EDT / CBS News
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Kerry Breen News Editor
Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News’ TODAY Digital. She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use.
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James Burrows, the co-creator of “Cheers” and prolific television director who worked on hits including “Will & Grace,” “Frasier” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. He was 85 years old.
Attorney Tom Hoberman confirmed Burrows’ death, “with great sadness.”
A cause of death was not immediately available.
Burrows was born in California and raised in New York, where he began working in the city’s theater scene. His first job on television was directing episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
Burrows would go on to direct more than 1,000 episodes of TV, including every episode of the original “Will & Grace,” and is credited with having helped create shows including “Friends,” “Taxi” and “Frasier.” Other shows he directed included “The Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men,” both of which aired on CBS. He also directed episodes of the recent Paramount+ revival of “Frasier.”
Burrows was an 11-time Emmy Award winner. He received dozens of Emmy nominations, including a streak from 1980 to 1996, during which he was nominated every year. His most recent Emmy win was in 2020, when he was awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live).
James Burrows poses for a portrait on the set of “Partners” at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, on Sept. 19, 2012. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Burrows was also nominated for 15 Directors Guild of America Awards during his career, winning five.
In addition to his work behind the camera, Burrows occasionally made cameos in the episodes he directed, including appearing in the first season of “Friends” and in the “Will & Grace” revival. He also appeared in the HBO comedy “The Comeback,” including in the show’s recently aired third season.
Burrows told CBS Los Angeles in 2022 that the most important thing in his career had been to “deliver funny” to audiences.
“The first thing you have to be is funny,” Burrows said at the time.
Burrows is survived by his wife, stylist Debbie Easton, his three daughters and one stepdaughter.
Burrows told CBS News Los Angeles that a conversation with Easton inspired his 2022 memoir.
“I kind of cut back on the work I’m doing, shows and stuff like that, and literally my wife came to me and says ‘It’s time for you to write a book,’” Burrows said. “And I said ‘I don’t have an angle or hook on the book.’ She said, ‘Write the book.’”
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