Doozer Productions

{{Short description|American television production company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Doozer Productions, Inc.

| type = Private

| industry = Television production

| founded = {{Start date and age|1998|05|26}}

| founder = Bill Lawrence

| hq_location_city = Beverly Hills, California

| hq_location_country = United States

| key_people = {{Plainlist|

• Bill Lawrence (CEO & CFO)
• Jeff Ingold (president)
• Randall Winston (producer)
• Christa Lawrence (director)

}}

| products = Scrubs
Cougar Town
Ted Lasso
Shrinking

}}

Doozer Productions, Inc. is the production company of Bill Lawrence,{{cite web |title='Scrubs' duo sends 'Confessions' to NBC |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/750606201.html?dids=750606201:750606201&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+30%2C+2004&author=ZAP2ITCOM&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=%27Scrubs%27+duo+sends+%27Confessions%27+to+NBC |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719211100/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/750606201.html?dids=750606201:750606201&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+30,+2004&author=ZAP2ITCOM&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc='Scrubs'+duo+sends+'Confessions'+to+NBC |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |website=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=September 2, 2019}} best known for making Scrubs. The company's name is taken from a variant of Lawrence's middle name, Van Duzer. Their logo is depicted as a hand writing the company name, along with a boy wearing sunglasses for the double O's. The dialogue in the logo was provided by Lawrence's daughter, Charlotte.{{Cite web|last=Fonseca|first=Nicholas|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/12/07/alias-story-behind-jj-abrams-bad-robot/|title=Alias: The Story Behind J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot|website=Entertainment Weekly|date=December 7, 2001|access-date=September 24, 2024}} They currently are under contract with Warner Bros. Television.{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Bill Lawrence Inks New 4-Year Deal With Warner Bros. TV |url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/bill-lawrence-deal-warner-bros-tv-renewal-doozer-1201429468 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521185043/http://deadline.com/2015/05/bill-lawrence-deal-warner-bros-tv-renewal-doozer-1201429468/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=September 2, 2019 |language=en |date=May 19, 2015}} Jeff Ingold, former head of comedy at NBC, serves as president.{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Jeff Ingold To Run Bill Lawrence's Warner Bros. TV-Based Production Company |url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/jeff-ingold-to-run-bill-lawrences-warner-bros-tv-based-production-company-141703 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913002129/http://deadline.com/2011/06/jeff-ingold-to-run-bill-lawrences-warner-bros-tv-based-production-company-141703/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=September 2, 2019 |language=en |date=June 20, 2011}} Randall Winston is the final head of the triumvirate, acting as a main producer on all Doozer series. Liza Katzer was promoted by Lawrence to the role of VP of development.{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title=Bill Lawrence Renews Warner Bros. TV Deal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bill-lawrence-renews-warner-bros-796808 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=September 2, 2019 |language=en |date=May 19, 2015}}

It was originally based at Touchstone Television, then it was shifted to NBC Studios in 2000 in order to develop their own comedy Scrubs, which came from a previous Touchstone pact,{{Cite web|last=Adalian|first=Josef|date=2000-10-30|title=Producer will give NBC a spin|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/producer-will-give-nbc-a-spin-1117788459/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Variety|language=en-US}} and it was reupped in 2003.{{Cite web|title=Scrubs creator signs deal with NBC|url=https://www.emmys.com/news/scrubs-creator-signs-deal-nbc|access-date=2021-12-01|website=Television Academy|language=en}} After six years working at the studio, he moved back to ABC Studios in 2007, for a new overall deal, allowing projects to be developed on the air for the ABC network.{{Citation|last=pm|first=IGN StaffUpdated: 14 Jun 2012 9:16 pmPosted: 7 Jun 2007 5:46|title=Scrubs Producer Starts Residency at ABC - IGN|date=7 June 2007 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/06/07/scrubs-producer-starts-residency-at-abc|language=en|access-date=2021-12-01}} After only four years working at ABC, he was moved to Warner Bros. Television, where they are working at the company ever since then, developing their own projects working for the studio.