CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: "The Cosby Show," (pilot and premiere season) BUY:Cosby Show Season One "My
Sister Sam," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "BUY:The Mary Tyler Moore Show" EMMY AWARD, Best Writing -
"Lily Tomlin."
BOOK EDITOR: (Story Editing and dialogue punch up): New series of books for teenage girls “’Nama Beach
High,” - Zondervan Publishing (BUY:NewGirlInTown, FalseFriends, FaultLines ).
SITCOM PILOTS: Exec Producer (show runner) and Writer – "Life Of Riley - The Country Music Sitcom," sitcom
pilot starring Mickey Gilley, Mel Tillis, Irlene Mandrell, and newcomer Joey Riley (Ozark Video Prods).BUY:
LifeRiley
Original half-hour pilots, re-writes, and consultations on live-action and animated pilots for (Universal TV).
“Millionaires,” Norman Lear and CBS. Many half- hour pilots for NBC and ABC. “Meet the Millers - Sherman
Oaks” Showtime.
DIRECTOR- "Sherman Oaks" sitcom series and pilot, Showtime. "There It Is" sitcom hip-hop pilot for Showtime.
All B roll monologues.
ANIMATION: Pilot project for Rosie O’Donnell. Damon Wayan's "Waynehead," Warner Bros. TV. Consultant,
“The New Woody Woodpecker,” Universal TV.
SITCOM SERIES: Supervising Producer and Writer - "My Sister Sam" (starring Pam Dawber and the late
Rebecca Schaeffer), "Kate and Allie," "The Cosby Show," Executive Story Consultant "Love Sydney," (starring
Tony Randall) "Different Strokes," and "Erma Bombeck's Maggie.” Written as Karyl Geld: "Maude," "Sanford and
Son," (co-written with Richard Pryor),”Barney Miller," "Bob Newhart," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and many
others.
FEATURE SCRIPT: "Scouts," for Kevin Costner's TIG Productions/Warner Bros.
IN PRINT: Daily Variety "Talk Back" – an insider's humorous essays.
AWARDS: Emmy Award Winner, Emmy Nominations (2), Writer's Guild of America Award Nominations
(2), The American Academy of Humor Best Writing Award, and the Rolling Stone Magazine TV Show of
the Year Award. People’s Choice Awards (2).
BOARD/CHARTER MEMBER: "First Stage" - L.A. play reading group
PRESIDENT - Southern California Cartoonists Society - the San Diego Chapter of the National Cartoonists
Society SCCS-online.org
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Erma Bombeck Writer's Workshop Conference, University of Dayton, Ohio. USC
Film School, UCLA Film and TV Dept., UCSD, San Francisco State U, UC Irvine, Caltech, Loyola-Marymount
U, Writers Guild Of America, California Women Lawyer’s Association, Black Women Lawyer's Association.
LITERARY AGENT: Robert Eatman of Robert Eatman Enterprises. (310) 459-3728
UNION: The Writer's Guild of America, West.
Karyl Miller
- TV Writer-Producer-Showrunner
- Book editor