[Blindtlk] New NBC Show is about a Graduate from Guide Dog Foundation

[cheryl echevarria]

The TV show that I posted a few days ago, seems to be about a Graduate of my guide dog school, Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc, in Smithtown, NY. Which I also live about 2 towns away from.
Here is the information about the show.
I still concerned as to why they have to use sighted people as actors, etc instead of real blind people, I guess we will all have to watch it and find out more.
Mark your calendars! The Guide Dog Foundation is very excited to share the following announcement - This new NBC prime time show is based on a GDF grad getting his first guide dog and the impact it made on his family.

It’s officially official! Watch our special preview during the Olympics on Sunday, February 23 at 10:30/9:30c before we settle into our regular time period on Tuesday, February 25 at 9:30/8:30c!
The NBC Website about the show:  http://www.nbc.com/growing-up-fisher

The show's description: About the Show
It's not every family that's brought closer together by divorce, but then again, the Fishers are anything but typical. Take Mel Fisher (J.K. Simmons, "The Closer," "Law & Order"), for example. He's chopping down trees, showing his daughter how to drive, and playing football with his son… except that Mel's blind. Then there's Joyce (Jenna Elfman, "Dharma & Greg," "1600 Penn"), who is your typical teenager - really into fashion, busy with school - but the problem is she's Mom. That makes it difficult for her actual teenage daughter, Katie (Ava Deluca-Verley, "Southland"), whose advice (and clothes) Joyce is always seeking. At the center of all this is Henry (Eli Baker), the Fishers' 11-year-old son. Having always been his dad's eyes and wingman, Henry is less than thrilled when his job is outsourced to Mel's new guide dog, Elvis. While the boy is at first reluctant to accept the changes that Elvis brings, adult Henry (voiceover by Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development," "Identity Thief") realizes upon reflection that his parents' split finally allowed the Fishers to become one happy (divorced) family.
Having based the show on his life, DJ Nash ("Up All Night," "Bent") serves as executive producer along with Bateman, Jim Garavente ("Identity Thief") and Tucker Cawley ("Up All Night," "Everybody Loves Raymond"). "Growing Up Fisher" is a production of Universal Television and Aggregate Films.


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