Lesley Joseph Seven Dwarfs" at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. Joseph then portrayed Frau Blucher in the West End production of "Young Frankenstein". From 1989 to 1998, Joseph played Dorien Green in the sitcom "Birds of a Feather" which, at the time, aired on the BBC In December 2011, it was confirmed that Joseph would reunite with fellow "Birds of a Feather" cast members, Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke, for a theatre adaptation of the series. The trio toured the United Kingdom from May to July 2012. A new series of "Birds of a Feather" was filmed after the rights had been acquired
Teen sitcom format to "The Wonder Years", which ended before "Boy Meets World" debuted in 1993, both of which focused on a boy dealing with the challenges that come with growing into adolescence) and "Family Matters" (which originated as a family sitcom spun off from the family-friendly though adult-centered "Perfect Strangers", but soon shifted more of its focus towards its teenage characters due to the popularity of the character of nerdy high school (and later, college) student Steve Urkel). Over time, the Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) began shifting away from family-oriented comedies toward comedy series focused on adults