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Remembering sitcom director James Burrows

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 23, 2026 at 10:58 AM CDT

James Burrows speaks at the 25th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Calif. (Mark Von Holden/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

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Famed sitcom director James Burrows died last Friday at the age of 85.

In more five decades of his career, Burrows directed 1,000+ episodes of TV classics including “Cheers,” “Taxi,” “Friends,” “Frasier,” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

In August 2023, host Robin Young spoke with Burrows about his career. We revisit that conversation.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now Newsroom