James R. Stein

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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| occupation = Television producer, screenwriter

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James R. Stein is an American screenwriter and television producer. For his work on The Carol Burnett Show and the 1973 comedy special Lily, Stein has won two Primetime Emmy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/james-stein|title=James Stein|work=Television Academy|access-date=June 22, 2021}}

Selected filmography


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1973

|Sanford and Son

| Writer, 3 episodes

1973

|Lily (special)

|Writer

rowspan="2" |1976–1977

|One Day at a Time

| Writer, 2 episodes

What's Happening!!

| Writer, 2 episodes

1977–1979

|Fernwood 2 Night

| Writer, 39 episodes

1978-1979

|America 2-Night

| Writer, 65 episodes

1977-79

|The Carol Burnett Show

|Writer, 24 episodes

1979–1980

|A New Kind of Family

| Writer, 3 episodes

1980–1981

|Flo

| Writer, 8 episodes

Producer, 48 episodes

1981–1983

|Private Benjamin

| Writer, 2 episodes

Producer, 13 episodes

1982–1986

|Silver Spoons

| Writer, 19 episodes

Executive Producer, 24 episodes

Supervising Producer, 48 episodes

1984–1985

|Double Trouble

| Writer, 2 episodes

1986

|The Motown Revue Starring Smokey Robinson

|Writer, 6 episodes

Executive Producer, 6 episodes

1990-1991

|Amen

| Writer, 5 episodes

Executive Producer, 24 episodes

1993–1995

|Family Matters

| Writer, 3 episodes

1994-1996

|Nightstand with Dick Dietrick

|Writer, 96 episodes

Executive Producer

2000–2002

|Son of the Beach

| Writer, 36 episodes
Executive producer, 40 episodes

References

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