{"id":748266,"date":"2026-06-19T23:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748266\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:24:08","slug":"james-burrows-director-of-classic-tv-comedies-including-cheers-and-friends-dies-at-85-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/748266\/","title":{"rendered":"James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including &#039;Cheers&#039; and &#039;Friends,&#039; dies at 85 &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxOTlR6SVRsRTNhQ09xWTdPOUJZYnVDblRkbDczLUFVOG1BbFhsbEgyaExQTnFJYjBGcTVZazBFS3lGbzVncTZGLVVnWjVwQ1NEaUFqSHlDdGgyU2NIRzNPaVp6cUl6X3UwbjFhV1lkbURiTzZzdWhMazRRQjBsQXo4MENva1B2SEo3bGczQ3dTcHpNclp6UlR0cmVhdVlVR09kbGpkcFJlOGY2NWpLNXFoX0staUViTVpIRlhLbU02RDYwaHJIV2VRVW9nTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including &#8216;Cheers&#8217; and &#8216;Friends,&#8217; dies at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE5TbFVDMnlBZTl2Y21qSUV1SDJ1REhDQXZ3R3g5VWFYM1dJNWJtTFVqX0pjNHNseWRZUExfSWM1enR0UTFTbXpzVjBFbnoyeTlaZjFhazE4SjhFOWl6cTlwWWo5b3g2R09EVVBBcVFteW5xNmVOU0xXV2FkcTB4TTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Burrows, Master of the TV Sitcom, Dies at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNeUFiMVkxX1ZrMHc1SzFLX0J1Z1JnaHg1eEY0OENaOHJxendmRkI0RGIxUHdJMGYzREtjUGwxNEhMRTR0dmdRR0tOdzlfM1JDNG9HdFhOYVBRQzNiS2FvMzgzakFZQldXd0hDczdlR200SHY1S0ZsVnJzZDRhUlR6dUJNLTlEMXpraFNIVVpOU3FnV2FS?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Burrows, Cheers Co-Creator and Will &amp; Grace Director, Dies at 85 (Exclusive)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;People.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5NSFpkQzdrSFZRMkVVd2E5VGtaRTI1cG1hZUh6RDJaNUMzZG9qMHJOWmV6MDhLbnYtaFRoWjB5MEx2Zk9rM2Q3UmprQVpkRkVsTkJMMGtlb0FOUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Burrows, legendary director of sitcoms, dies aged 85 &#8211; US media<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOWW5LUXRDX0hXVUxtQ1lmLUsxRlpkZHJGNFk0MmJPS1hHX3d3a0JWSXFBbkhXMmtBcUYyY1k3T3h3MEU0b2RrZ2trVXFLaXRWVXpVWXhFNW1yUXpCM05ocmtudWRmVXdCVF9hd1owZE8xZmtNdDctWGY1T1JOTHliOVBIeTRXYTFQclotWnJraw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cWe Lost a Giant\u201d: James Burrows Mourned by Eric McCormack, NBC<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including &#8216;Cheers&#8217; and &#8216;Friends,&#8217; dies at 85&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsJames Burrows, Master of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[76,49,48,75,77,348],"class_list":["post-748266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-arts","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-international","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}