Editing Ubu Productions

{{Short description|Independent production company founded in 1982 by Gary David Goldberg}}
{{Distinguish|Ubu Films}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ubu Productions
| logo = Ubu Productions logo.png
| type = [[Independent business|Independent]]
| industry = [[Production Company|Production]]
| foundation = 1982<br>[[United States]]
| location = [[United States]]
| founder = [[Gary David Goldberg]]
| defunct = 2005
}}

'''Ubu Productions''', Inc., was an independent [[production company]] founded in 1982 by [[television producer]] [[Gary David Goldberg]]. Ubu's notable productions include ''[[Family Ties]]'' (1982–1989), ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' (1991–1993), and ''[[Spin City]]'' (1996–2002).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/june/goldberg.html|title=Gary David Goldberg '66 dies at age 68 |publisher=[[Brandeis University]] |date=2013-06-24}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{Cite web
| url=http://www.garydavidgoldberg.com/goldberg-bio.htm
| title=Gary David Goldberg Biography
| year=2008
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917213820/http://www.garydavidgoldberg.com/goldberg-bio.htm
| archive-date=2017-09-17
| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ubu co-produced many of its shows with [[Paramount Television]] and in later years, [[DreamWorks Television]].<ref name="bio"/>

Ubu's [[mascot]] is Goldberg's dog '''Ubu Roi''', a black [[Labrador Retriever]] that he had in college and subsequently traveled the world with. The closing tag for Ubu Productions is a photograph of Ubu Roi with a [[frisbee]] in his mouth, taken in the [[Tuileries Garden]] close to the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]] in Paris. Along with the picture is Goldberg himself saying "Sit, Ubu, sit! Good dog!", followed by a [[Bark (sound)|bark]] created by the sound engineer working on the closing tag.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Gary David Goldberg |date=January 30, 2007 |title=Gary David Goldberg Interview | type=Podcast |language=English |url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/gary-david-goldberg |access-date=January 2, 2024 |time=11:43 |location=Brentwood, CA  |publisher=Television Academy Foundation }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Release date
! Director
! Producer
! Writer
! Co-production
! Distributor
! Budget
! Box office
! Note(s)
|-
|''[[Dad (1989 film)|Dad]]''
|October 27, 1989
|Gary David Goldberg
|Gary David Goldberg
[[Joseph Stern]]
|Gary David Goldberg
|[[Amblin Entertainment]]
|[[Universal Pictures]]
|$19 million
|$27 million
|
|-

| ''[[Bye Bye Love (film)|Bye Bye Love]]'' || March 17, 1995 || [[Sam Weisman]] || [[Gary David Goldberg]]<br>[[Brad Hall]]<br>Sam Weisman || Gary David Goldberg<br>Brad Hall || || [[20th Century Fox]] || || $12 million ||
|-
| ''[[Must Love Dogs]]'' || July 29, 2005 || Gary David Goldberg || Gary David Goldberg<br>[[Suzanne Todd]]<br>[[Jennifer Todd]] || Gary David Goldberg || Team Todd || [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] || $30 million || $58 million ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Creator(s)
! First air date
! Last air date
! Co-production
! Network
! Note(s)
|-

| ''[[Making the Grade (TV series)|Making the Grade]]'' || rowspan=2|Gary David Goldberg || April 5, 1982 || May 10, 1982 || rowspan=2|[[Paramount Television (original)|Paramount Television]] || [[CBS]] ||
|-
| ''[[Family Ties]]'' || September 22, 1982 || May 14, 1989 || rowspan=3|[[NBC]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sara (1985 TV series)|Sara]]'' || Gary David Goldberg<br>Ruth Bennett || January 8, 1985 || May 8, 1985 || [[Universal Television|NBC Productions]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Bronx Zoo (TV series)|The Bronx Zoo]]'' || Gary David Goldberg<br>(developed by<br>Patricia Jones<br>Donald Reiker) || March 19, 1987 || June 29, 1988 || rowspan="7" |Paramount Television ||
|-
| ''[[Duet (TV series)|Duet]]'' || Ruth Bennett<br>Susan Seeger || April 19, 1987 || May 7, 1989 || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] ||
|-
| ''[[Day by Day (American TV series)|Day by Day]]'' || [[Andy Borowitz]]<br>Gary David Goldberg || February 29, 1988 || June 25, 1989 || NBC ||
|-
| ''[[Open House (1989 TV series)|Open House]]'' || Ruth Bennett<br>Susan Seeger || August 27, 1989 || July 21, 1990 || Fox ||
|-
| ''[[His & Hers (1990 TV series)|His & Hers]]'' || Patricia Jones<br>Donald Reiker || March 5, 1990 || August 22, 1990 ||CBS ||
|-
|''[[American Dreamer (TV series)|American Dreamer]]''
|Susan Seeger
|September 20, 1990
|June 22, 1991
|NBC
|
|-
| ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' || rowspan="2" |Gary David Goldberg || September 20, 1991 || August 6, 1993 
|CBS||
|-
| ''[[Champs (TV series)|Champs]]'' || January 9, 1996 || August 7, 1996 || [[DreamWorks Television]] || rowspan=2|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ||
|-
| ''[[Spin City]]'' || Gary David Goldberg<br>[[Bill Lawrence (TV producer)|Bill Lawrence]] || September 17, 1996 || April 30, 2002 || [[Michael J. Fox|Lottery Hill Entertainment]]<br>DreamWorks Television ||
|-
| ''[[Battery Park (TV series)|Battery Park]]'' || Gary David Goldberg<br>[[Chris Henchy]] || March 23, 2000 || April 13, 2000 || DreamWorks Television || NBC ||
|}

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