Pamela Norris

Pamela Norris
Born	United States
Alma mater	Harvard College
Occupation	Screenwriter

Pamela Norris is an American screenwriter and producer. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1980–1984), and for co-writing the screenplay of the 1989 film Troop Beverly Hills.^[1] She was executive producer of the sitcom Designing Women,^[2] and The Huntress on USA Network.^[3] She was a Jeopardy! champion in December 1985, winning three games.

Producer

Designing Women (executive producer) 1991–1992
Hearts Afire (co-executive producer) 1994–1995
Mad About You (consulting producer) 1995–1996
The Simple Life (executive producer) 1998
The Huntress (executive producer) 2000–2001
Emeril (consulting producer) 2000–2001

Writer

Saturday Night Live (TV series) 1980–1984
It's Your Move (TV series) 1984–1985
Remington Steele (TV series) 1985
Misfits of Science (TV series) 1985
Wayside School (TV short) 1986
Gimme a Break! (TV series) 1985–1986
The Ellen Burstyn Show (TV series) 1986
Miami Vice (TV series) 1987
Troop Beverly Hills (screenplay) 1989
Designing Women (TV series) 1989-1991
Hearts Afire (TV series) 1995
The Simple Life (TV series) 1998
Rude Awakening (TV series) 1998
The Huntress (TV series) 2000–2001
Emeril (TV series) 2001
The Designing Women Reunion (TV documentary) 2003
Ghost Whisperer (TV series) 2010

References

^ (7 April 1989) 'Troop'strictly rank-and-vile, The Pantagraph. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
^ Meyers, Kate (11 October 1991). TV Sitcoms Take a Rear View, Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved November 17, 2010 ("'There's nothing funnier than someone's pants falling down,' explains Designing Women co-executive producer Pamela Norris. 'There must be something down deep in the human character — that infantile quality.')
^ Bianculli, David (26 July 2000).Quirky Picker-Uppers: Mom & daughter claim bounties in 'Huntress'^{[permanent dead link]}, Daily News (New York), Retrieved November 17, 2010 ("Executive producer Pamela Norris once wrote for 'Designing Women,' and 'The Huntress' really does play like two of the characters from that show trying their best to act like 'Cagney & Lacey.'")