Bo Kaprall has been a television show creator, director, writer, producer, executive producer, and actor for over thirty-five years. Currently he has created and is Executive Producing a new television series, Operation Undercover, for HBO Max & Discovery ID. Bo got his start in Chicago as an actor in the touring company of Chicago’s Second City. He started the Comedy Store Players and joined Kentucky Fried Theatre (Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane, Police Squad) in Los Angeles, and went on to write and produce several network series including The Carol Burnett Show, Laverne & Shirley, The Cher Show, Aaron Spelling’s Friends, Norman Lear’s Year at the Top, and Welcome Back Kotter. In addition, he has written over thirty network pilots. Over the years Bo has created and executive produced shows for ABC, CBS, NBC, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Discovery, TLC, and HGTV. He has appeared as an actor on over 50 television shows, the latest being Law & Order and Third Watch. For the last five years he has been teaching a course in “Beginning Writing for Television,” at various writing and film centers.
