Bonnie and Terry Turner

Bonnie and Terry Turner (born August 28, 1940 and December 11, 1947) are an American husband-and-wife team of screenwriters and producers. They are best known for creating the sitcoms 3rd Rock from the Sun and That '70s Show.

History
Bonnie and Terry Turner were part of a 1980s Atlanta comedy troupe whose members often appeared on the WTBS comedy TV show Tush. They also worked as feature writers for (no relation) Ted Turner's new (at that time) CNN spinoff CNN Headline News. In the mid 1980s, they produced the WTBS Sunday morning magazine show Good News with host Liz Wickersham.

Another comedy troupe member and good friend, Jan Hooks, after appearing in Pee-wee's Big Adventure, landed a spot on Saturday Night Live. Jan told them the show was looking for writers and encouraged them to submit some sketches, and they were hired three months later. While at SNL they wrote sketches including Church Chat, Singing Cowboys, Dysfunctional Family Christmas and Musicians for Free-Range Chickens.