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| Personal Information | ||||
| Gender: | Male | |||
| Birthplace: | Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
| Domestic partner(s): | Mike Milligan | |||
| Hometown | Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
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TV writer, producer , showrunner | |||
| Years active: | 1974-2011 | |||
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| Series involved with: | The Jeffersons | |||
| Job on series | Writer - 20 episodes, 1975 - 1981 (Teleplay - 7 episodes, 1975 - 1979, story - 5 episodes, 1978 - 1981) Producer - Season 5, Executive Producer - Seasons 6 & 7 | |||
| Awards won | IMAGE Award | |||
Jay Moriarty was involved in a total of 68 episodes of The Jeffersons, 30 as either a writer or contributor to the story of the episodes[1] and 38 as a producer. Moriarty, who often collaborated with fellow producer/writer and creative partner Mike Milligan, also has produced or written episodes for other popular TV series such as NBC-TV's Dear John which starred Judd Hirsch, the ABC-TV sitcom What's Happening, and its continuation/spinoff series, What's Happening Now, and the CBS-TV sitcom series The Royal Family, which co-starred Redd Foxx, Della Reese, a very young Larenz Tate, and Vivica A. Fox.
References[]
- ↑ BOOK - Memoir, Honky In The House - Writing & Producing The Jeffersons by Jay Moriarty, ISBN 978-1-7330795-8-7 (print) https://amzn.to/2stoj1N
