Allan Burns The last project between Hayward and Burns would be as story editors for the sitcom "Get Smart". In 1969, Burns began a partnership with James L. Brooks after being impressed with the television pilot for Brooks's show "Room 222". Burns joined the "Room 222" writing staff and later produced the series. After "Room 222", television executive Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns to develop a television series for CBS starring Mary Tyler Moore. In 1970, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premiered and became a critically acclaimed series, spawning spin-off series such as "Lou Grant" and "Rhoda". Brooks and Burns also
Burt Metcalfe producer, Metcalfe was promoted to line producer in 1976 when Larry Gelbart left the series and then to executive producer in 1977, when Gene Reynolds moved on to become executive producer for the CBS-TV series "Lou Grant". Metcalfe has been nominated 13 times for Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on the series "M*A*S*H" from 1975 through 1983. Metcalfe also served as the executive producer for the "M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Special" which aired on FOX in September 2002. Burt Metcalfe Burt Metcalfe (born March 19, 1935 in Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian American television and film