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James Burrows, the director who taught American television how to laugh, dies at 85

The son of a sitcom legend, James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, built the visual grammar of the American multi-camera comedy, and leaves a credits list that reads like a museum of late-twentieth-century American humour.

Camille Aubert · Monexus Culture desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·20 Jun 2026·Live on the wire ↗
A smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white sleeveless dress, stands at a clear acrylic podium speaking into a microphone against a bright, glass-walled indoor backdrop.
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