{"id":487142,"date":"2026-06-20T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487142\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:38:08","slug":"appreciation-sitcom-mastermind-james-burrows-made-tv-feel-like-family-latimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487142\/","title":{"rendered":"Appreciation: Sitcom mastermind James Burrows made TV feel like family &#8211; latimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxPaEJ4VEo3SDhRTHc5ck5PRGNoZEJ5OFVEOW5QODFMcDBDbDdWbE9hOEdhY3V4Ti1mUEdWTnJZRkRta013MHVaMFpiZlU2dlR5QXdiRTQ4N09CTXdvRlBCaFpHR1hoUFJEeGltZFkwUEd2UGNtbDJtVmRuVGpyNGhfLUpOQjZfc2tydW5WRTFOeHZZX3BLNUlwQWtXNC1PYW5mTGUxOXdjc3hMVFl1czUwX3hTVTZyLWt0NGZKZUJEQW5UWjdyc1ExeDlRZW01NWJP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Appreciation: Sitcom mastermind James Burrows made TV feel like family<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;latimes.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPb0t6UGtSRjNIbkhYMDlKSVdsYkItWngydmtNZDlHZEptTTF1eER5WTZRUHZGTHl4UmdGNzVuSmRFS0pIR0NDZDNkVF8xbHpJYlVZd2I3dWJsM1h1cER3Nlg0MXBsZWxqOVNFNzd2cms5Vmx4aWxURkZ1YTVGVjRzaEtuTjFxYTlMdGJhTVBmYlA1aDJDTVhaME5xNW5WdTlr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including Cheers and Friends, dies at 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5NSFpkQzdrSFZRMkVVd2E5VGtaRTI1cG1hZUh6RDJaNUMzZG9qMHJOWmV6MDhLbnYtaFRoWjB5MEx2Zk9rM2Q3UmprQVpkRkVsTkJMMGtlb0FOUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Burrows, legendary director of Cheers and Friends, dies aged 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNTGxyeEVOTktZVWpCaVdGUEViSjFhYlQ1eV8ySkk2b29Va2RNZDVzZVpLeVBlUHNoblFEa0I0UFU4VEVUWkJmWUUyU2NfWExTQUt2WldWS280YTB0QUg1VUlZVXJmSG5mVmtkRjhpQnhqM0ZmQXg4eTl5Tk81SzVvdzE0LVU0LVlSZ0F6elBFYmFYcUdmdDBKeTcwa1ZvQkhwQlI5b2dmMksyZ1BCek5SZjFkZExhLVNzam1USWNybk1BeXM4ZHRBUUl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TV comedy legend James Burrows dies aged 85<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Appreciation: Sitcom mastermind James Burrows made TV feel like family&nbsp;&nbsp;latimes.comJames Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including Cheers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-487142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}