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Jim Vallely

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Jim Vallely
Born
James Vallely

(1954-08-30)August 30, 1954(age 70)
Occupation(s)Television producer and writer
Years active1980–present
SpouseMyra Turley
ChildrenTannis Vallely

James Vallely[1][2][3](born August 30, 1954) is an Americantelevision producer,andscreenwriter.He has written and produced forThe Golden Girls,Two and a Half Men,My Wife and Kids,The John Larroquette Show,andLadies Man.[4]as well asArrested Development,a multipleEmmyAward-winning television show on theFoxnetwork, and was an executive producer and co-creator ofRunning Wilde,also on Fox, along withMitchell HurwitzandWill Arnett.

His work onArrested Developmentwon him aPrimetime Emmy Awardand aWriters Guild Of America Award.

Vallely grew up inEast Brunswick Township, New Jersey,graduating fromEast Brunswick High Schoolin 1972.[4]He attended bothMiddlesex County CollegeandNew York University,and later moved to California in 1982. He wrote for a number of TV series, including ten episodes ofThe Golden Girls,which was his first paid work as a writer,[5]His daughter is former child actorTannis Vallely.

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  1. ^"'Arrested Development' script in works ".The Hollywood Reporter. Archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2010.RetrievedSeptember 30,2010.
  2. ^"'Running Wilde' Season 1 Episode 1 Review: Pilot ".Archived fromthe originalon February 4, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 30,2010.
  3. ^""Arrested Development" movie script in works ".Reuters. October 5, 2009.RetrievedSeptember 30,2010.
  4. ^abDunphy, John."E.B. native wins Emmy for best comedy writing",East Brunswick Sentinel,September 29, 2005. Accessed July 28, 2016. "For East Brunswick native Jim Vallely, his began when former East Brunswick High School drama teacher Elliott Taubenslag asked him a simple question.... After graduating from high school in 1972, Vallely took on stand-up comedy by helping form the Funny Boys troupe during the late 1970s."
  5. ^"INTERVIEW with JIM VALLELY".DON'T FORGET TO VALIDATE YOUR PARKING. Archived fromthe originalon September 17, 2010.RetrievedSeptember 30,2010.
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