Steve Skrovan

Steve Skrovan is an American producer, writer, director and television host.

Early life

Skrovan grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and went to Gilmour Academy during his high-school years. He majored in English and was a varsity football defensive back at Yale,[1] where he graduated with a B.A. in 1979.[2]

Career

Skrovan began his career as a stand-up comic.[3] He hosted a short-lived talk show on MTV, Mouth to Mouth, in 1988.[4] In 1989, he became the original host of Totally Hidden Video, which aired on FOX from 1989-1992.[5] Starting in 1991, he was the host for the first two seasons of the game show That's My Dog on what was then The Family Channel.[6]

Skrovan co-wrote the 1993 Seinfeld episode "The Movie". He was then a writer for the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, for the entire nine-year run (from 1996 to 2005).[7][8]

Skrovan produced the 2005 TV special Earth to America, which covered environmental issues. He wrote, produced, and directed An Unreasonable Man, a 2006 documentary about Ralph Nader.[3] He then worked as a producer on the 2006-2010 show 'Til Death, which starred former Raymond cast member Brad Garrett. Since 2014, Skrovan has co-hosted the weekly Ralph Nader Radio Hour program from the Pacifica Radio Network.[9][8]

Everybody Loves Raymond episodes

This is a list of Everybody Loves Raymond episodes written or co-written by Skrovan.

Season One
  • "Standard Deviation"
  • "Captain Nemo" (with Lew Schneider)
  • "Recovering Pessimist"

Season Two
  • "The Children's Book"
  • "All I Want for Christmas"
  • "The Family Bed"
  • "Six Feet Under" (with Cindy Chupack & Tom Caltabiano)

Season Three
  • "Getting Even"
  • "Halloween Candy"
  • "Cruising with Marie" (with Susan Van Allen)
  • "Dancing with Debra" (with Aaron Shure)

Season Four

Season Five

Season Six

Season Seven

Season Eight
  • "Home From School"
  • "Lateness"
  • "The Nice Talk" (with Aaron Shure)

Season Nine

References
  1. Wallace, William N. (November 20, 1996). "College Football Report". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  2. "Director Stephen Skrovan". Independent Television Service.
  3. Shawn Badgley (February 23, 2007). "Just in Time for Nader '08 | Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on 'An Unreasonable Man'". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  4. Ken Tucker and Knight-Ridder Newspapers (19 November 1988). "Broadened MTV opens its 'mouth'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. O'Connor, John J. (12 July 1989). "Review/Television; Allen Funt Calls 'Totally Hidden Video'". New York Times. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  6. Catherine Hinman (August 31, 1991). "Winning and losing are beside the point on 'That's My Dog,' a contest that puts pooches on center stage". Orlando Sentinel. pp. E1. ProQuest 277895091. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  7. Kearney, Christine (February 7, 2007). "From hero to villain, Ralph Nader documented in film". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  8. "Ralph Nader Radio Hour". ralphnaderradiohour.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  9. "Ralph Nader Radio Hour". prx.org. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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