Allan Burns

Highest Rated: 72% A Little Romance (1979)

Lowest Rated: 33% Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

Birthday: May 18, 1935

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

A prolific writer of sitcoms who has been partnered at various times with other icons of the genre (i.e., Chris Hayward, James L Brooks) Allan Burns is most often heralded as the co-creator of the groundbreaking classic "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS, 1970-77). But he was also the driving force behind such other sitcoms as "My Mother the Car" (NBC, 1965-66) and "FM" (NBC, 1989-90) in addition to making occasional forays into features.

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