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R.I.P. Reinhold Weege, creator of Night Court

12 December 2012 1:58 PM, PST | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

Reinhold Weege, who introduced a much-needed and slyly influential note of absurdity to 1980s TV with the creation of Night Court, has died of unspecified causes. He was 62. (Weege died on Dec. 1, though sadly, we only became aware of it now.) A former newspaperman who broke into comedy with a staff job on Barney Miller, Weege's tastes were unquestionably shaped by that show and its well-defined ensemble, the assemblage of strange cases passing through Greenwich Village's 12th Precinct, and particularly the otherworldly characters like Steve Landesberg's Arthur Dietrich. (Among many others, Weege was responsible for »

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R.I.P. Reinhold Weege

8 December 2012 3:23 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »

Reinhold Weege, creator of the memorably quirky 1980s sitcom Night Court, has died. Weege was 62 and died of natural causes at his home in La Jolla. Weege also worked on Barney Miller, Mash, Park Place and on Fish, a short-lived spinoff of Barney Miller. He grew up in the Chicago area and worked as a newspaper reporter before breaking into TV on Barney Miller where he got his first Emmy nomination as a member of the production team in 1979. Populated by an assortment of oddballs, Night Court became a staple of NBC’s schedule from 1984 through 1990, part of the network’s powerhouse Thursday primetime lineup that included The Cosby Show, Family Ties and Cheers. The Warner Bros series also launched the careers of Harry Anderson, John Larroquette and Richard Moll. Nominated for multiple production and acting Emmys, the show brought Larroquette four consecutive Emmys for comedy supporting actor from 1985 through »

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Reinhold Weege, Creator of 'Night Court,' Dies at 63

7 December 2012 11:28 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Reinhold Weege, the creator of the hit NBC sitcom "Night Court," has died, a spokeswoman for the family told TheWrap. He was 63 years old. He also wrote for other notable television shows, including "Barney Miller" and "M*A*S*H." However, it was "Night Court," a show that poked gentle fun at bureaucratic absurdity, that would become his signature work. The series centered on a young judge (Harry Anderson) saddled with handling the bottom of the barrel cases that come into Manhattan's night court and featured a breakout performance by John Larroquette as a »

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'Night Court' Creator Reinhold Weege Dies at 62

5 December 2012 7:03 PM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »

Reinhold Weege, creator of the daffy 1980s sitcom Night Court, which ran for nine seasons on NBC and earned seven Emmy Awards and 31 nominations but never the big comedy prize, has died. He was 62. Weege, who before Night Court wrote and produced for ABC’s Barney Miller -- another lovable Manhattan-set sitcom set in the world of the law -- died Dec. 1 of natural causes in La Jolla, Calif., a family spokeswoman told The Hollywood Reporter. Night Court, which starred the youthful Harry Anderson as night-shift judge and Mel Torme fan Harry Stone and John Larroquette as lecherous

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