Lou Berger

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

Lou G. Berger (born August 21, 1950)U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is a former head writer for Sesame Street.{{cite news|url=http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/news/2009/07/30/oak-bluffs.php|title=Town Column : Oak Bluffs|date=July 30, 2009|publisher=The Martha's Vineyard Times|accessdate=13 January 2010}} Berger was one of two writers that helped launch Reading Rainbow in the early 1980s and he co-wrote, with Judy Freudberg, the primetime special The Street We Live On, which was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Children's Program. Berger wrote the lyrics for the special's song "The Street I Live On", which was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/profiles/TVSeries/main/159714/Sesame+Street.html?dataSet=1 |title=Sesame Street profile |magazine=Variety |accessdate=January 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905044402/http://www.variety.com/profiles/TVSeries/main/159714/Sesame%2BStreet.html?dataSet=1 |archivedate=September 5, 2009 }} Born in Brooklyn, New York, Berger attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and is a graduate of Hofstra University{{cite web|url=http://www.hofstra.edu/alumni/aotm/aotm_jan07.html|title=Alumni of the Month - Lou Berger '72 - Hofstra University|accessdate=January 13, 2010}} and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He also wrote for Nickelodeon's Pinwheel (TV series) and Hocus Focus (TV series).