Tim Doyle

His credits include Dinosaurs, Roseanne, Grace Under Fire, Ellen, Sports Night, Still Standing, The Big Bang Theory, Better Off Ted, Rules of Engagement, Last Man Standing,[1] and creator of The Kids Are Alright.

[2] Doyle created The Kids Are Alright, an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 16, 2018, on ABC.

[3] The series is semi-autobiographical, following a Catholic family with eight sons in the Los Angeles area during the early 1970s.

Although lasting only one season this series earned strong critical reviews, a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 2019 Best Comedy Episode nomination from the Writers Guild of America for its pilot script by Doyle.

[6] A bay leaf is material written into a script with the explicit intention that it would be removed later, either in subsequent drafts or in editing of the finished episode.