Years active 1970–present Name Earl Pomerantz | Role Television writer Siblings Hart Pomerantz | |
Occupation Television producer and writer Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Movies and TV shows Major Dad, Best of the West, Hard Four, Family Man Similar People John Markus, Ed Weinberger, David Lloyd, Lorne Michaels, Jay Sandrich | ||
Earl Pomerantz (born February 4, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is best known for his work as a television script writer. Pomerantz created the network television series Major Dad, Family Man and Best of the West, and wrote scripts for such shows as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Newhart, The Cosby Show, Major Dad and many other series. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Writers Guild of America Award, the Humanitas Prize and a CableACE Award.
More recently, he has also delivered several commentaries on NPR’s All Things Considered.
He is the brother of writer/performer Hart Pomerantz.
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