[nagdu] Fw: [Nyagdu] New NBC Show is about a Graduate from Guide Dog Foundation

[Tracy Carcione]

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From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "nyagdu" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 8:27 AM
Subject: [Nyagdu] New NBC Show is about a Graduate from Guide Dog Foundation






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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