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BITS & PIECES www.postmagazine.com 8 POST FEBRUARY 2016 RING OF FIRE COMPLETES VFX FOR IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA LOS ANGELES — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia returned to FXX in early January and LA's Ring of Fire (www.ringoffire.com) helped take the gang to places they had never gone before for the show's 11th season. The show was created by Rob McElhenney, developed with Glenn Howerton and is executive produced and primarily written by McElhenney, Howerton and Charlie Day, all of whom star in the series, along with Kaitlin Olson and Danny Devito. The series follows the exploits of "the gang" — a group of self-centered friends who run the Irish bar Paddy's Pub in South Philly. From creating an 'attack bird' to taking out the opposing attorney in the Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Day Massacre trial, to exploding Danny Devito's head in a drug induced haze, this season makes use of numerous visual effects. Ring of Fire handled CG, design and composting for effects featured in nine of this season's 10 episodes. "Once again, as they do every season, Rob, Glenn, Charlie and the writers attempt to raise the bar with visual effects and storytelling," says EP/VFX supervisor John Myers. "The show has come a long way since the early days of doing a handful of visual effects shot on a consumer VHS camcorder. We have actual VFX planning meet- ings now and shoot in HD!" EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER CHUCK LORRE TO BE INDUCTED INTO NAB BROADCASTING HALL OF FAME WASHINGTON, DC — The National Association of Broadcasters (www.nab.org) announced that ex- ecutive producer/writer Chuck Lorre — the cre- ative force behind the Warner Bros. Television hit broadcast comedies The Big Bang Theory, Mom, Mike & Molly and Two and a Half Men for CBS — will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2016 NAB Show Television Luncheon on Monday, April 18th in Las Vegas. As a writer, creator and executive producer, Lorre has been the driving force behind some of the top comedies on television. He is co-cre- ator/executive producer of the hit The Big Bang Theory, TV's number one entertainment series among total viewers and number one comedy among adults 18 to 49, as well as the critically acclaimed Mom, starring Anna Faris and Allison Janney, which was honored as a recipient at the Television Academy Honors in 2014. Lorre is also executive producer of Mike & Molly, starring Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy, which completes its six-year run this spring. He was previously co-creator/executive producer of the hit Two and a Half Men, which aired for 12 seasons and was one of TV's longest-running comedies. Before that, Lorre created such hits as Cybill, Dharma & Greg, and Grace Under Fire, and he also served as co-executive producer on Roseanne. "An artist in the prime of his career, Chuck Lorre is a legendary television writer and produc- er," says NAB executive VP of television Marcellus Alexander. "His biting wit and memorable char- acters have become a part of our culture and defined an era of scripted comedies for Warner Bros. Television and CBS — comedies that remind us, on a weekly basis, of the scale and power of broadcast television." The show has come a long way since the early days of doing a handful of visual effects shot on a consumer VHS camcorder."