Peterman, Steven (Steve Peterman)

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Peterman, Steven (Steve Peterman)

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Agent—The Kaplan Stahler Gumer Braun Agency, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 923, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career:

Producer, writer, and actor.

Member:

Writers Guild of America, West.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy awards, outstanding comedy series, 1990 and 1992, and Emmy Award nominations, outstanding comedy series, 1991 and 1993, all with others, all for Murphy Brown; Emmy Award (with Gary Dontzig), outstanding writing in a comedy series, 1991, for "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hall, Jingle All the Way," an episode of Murphy Brown; Emmy Award nomination (with Dontzig), outstanding individual achievement in writing in a comedy series, 1992, for "Come Out, Come Out, Where Ever You Are," an episode of Murphy Brown; Humanitas Prize nomination (with Dontzig), 30 Minute Category, 2002, for "Looking for God in All the Right Places," an episode of State of Grace; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding children's program, 2007, for Hannah Montana.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1989-90.

Supervising producer, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1990-92.

Executive producer, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1992-94.

Executive consultant, High Society, CBS, 1995-96.

Series developer, Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1996-2000.

Consulting producer, State of Grace, ABC Family Channel, 2001-2002.

Co-executive producer, Becker, CBS, 2003-2004.

(As Steve Peterman) Executive producer, Hannah Montana (also known as Secret Idol Hannah Montana), Disney Channel, beginning 2006.

Television Work; Movies:

Producer, How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (also known as How to Marry a Billionaire), Fox, 2000.

Television Work; Episodic:

Executive story editor, "Set Me Free," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1988.

Executive story editor, "And So He Goes," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1989.

Executive story editor, "I Would Have Danced All Night," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1989.

Executive producer, "A Boy Like That," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1997.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Grant & Lee, CBS, 1996.

Executive producer for Adam's Way, The WB.

Television Appearances; Series:

Martin Springer, Good Time Harry, NBC, 1980.

Jeffrey "Jeff" Kelton, Making the Grade, CBS, 1982.

Solloway, The Paper Chase (also known as The Paper Chase: The Second Year, The Paper Chase: The Third Year, The Paper Chase: The Fourth Year, and The Paper Chase: The Graduation Year), Showtime, 1984-86.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Dr. Clark, Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris, CBS, 1980.

Stephen, The Ladies, NBC, 1987.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Arthur Vitale, "Gideon's Trumpet," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1980.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Gary, "The Final Days," Eight Is Enough, ABC, 1979.

El Gato and Mr. Ludwig, "Power Play," Benson, ABC, 1980.

Wilbur, "No Tell Motel," Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again and New Family in Town), ABC, 1980.

Joey Margolis, "Wizards and Warlocks," The Greatest American Hero, ABC, 1983.

Mr. Rob Donovan, "No Substitutions," Square Pegs, CBS, 1983.

"The Babysitters," Condo, ABC, 1983.

Mr. Wayler, "Bad Chemistry," Double Trouble, NBC, 1984.

Yale, "Hello, We Must Be Going," Benson, ABC, 1984.

Man in restaurant, "Bringing Up Baby," Family Ties, NBC, 1985.

"Harassed," It's a Living, syndicated, 1985.

"Waiting for Mr. Wrong," Hunter, NBC, 1985.

Herman, "The Song Remains the Same," Brothers, Showtime, 1986.

Himself, "Billy Ray Cyrus," Biography (also known as A&E Biography: Billy Ray Cyrus), Arts and Entertainment, 2007.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Howard Dimitri, Ethel Is an Elephant, CBS, 1980.

Skag, NBC, 1980.

Kenneth Toomey, Fog, CBS, 1981.

Film Appearances:

Student in court, Where the Buffalo Roam, Universal, 1980.

Leon, All Night Long, Universal, 1981.

Schooster, Tag: The Assassination Game (also known as Everybody Gets It in the End, Kiss Me, Kill Me, and T.A.G.: The Assassination Game), New World Pictures, 1982.

Raw Tunes, Changing Horses, 1985.

Stage Appearances:

Joe, The Magic Show (musical), Cort Theatre, New York City, c. 1974-78.

RECORDINGS

Video Work:

Executive producer, Hannah Montana: One in a Million, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2008.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Movies:

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (also known as How to Marry a Billionaire), Fox, 2000.

Teleplays; with Gary Dontzig; Episodic:

"The Show Must Go On," A Different World, NBC, 1988.

(And some episodes with Korby Siamis) Murphy Brown, CBS, episodes from 1989-94.

Suddenly Susan, NBC, episodes from 1997-2000.

"You Say Gay Son, I Say Godson," Becker, CBS, 2001.

State of Grace, ABC Family Channel, episodes from 2001-2002.

"Spontaneous Combustion," Becker, CBS, 2003.

"Subway Story," Becker, CBS, 2004.

"H Is for Hunted," W.I.T.C.H. (animated), ABC Family Channel, 2006.

"Ooh, Ooo, Itchy Woman," Hannah Montana (also known as Secret Idol Hannah Montana), Disney Channel, 2006.

Teleplays; Episodic:

"More Than a Zombie to Me," Hannah Montana (also known as Secret Idol Hannah Montana), Disney Channel, 2006.

"Cuffs Will Keep Us Together," Hannah Montana (also known as Secret Idol Hannah Montana), Disney Channel, 2007.

Teleplays; Pilots:

(With others) "First Episode," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1996.

Grant & Lee, CBS, 1996.

Wrote the pilot Adam's Way, The WB.

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