Peter Noah (born 20th century) is an American television writer and producer.

Personal life

His brother is journalist

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, and his nephew is

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frontman

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. His father was television game show producer Robert Noah.

Career

He served as an executive producer and regular writer for the NBC drama series ''

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''. Noah first became involved with the series as a consulting producer and regular writer for the fifth season and was promoted to supervising producer before the season's end. He continued in this role for the sixth season before becoming an executive producer for the seventh and final season. Along with his fellow producers, he was nominated for a

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series is an award presented since 1951 by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). The award goes to the producers of the series. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at th ...

for three consecutive years (2004–2006) for his work on ''The West Wing''. In 2006, he was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series. Noah went on to executive produce ''The West Wing'' star

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's next television series ''

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''. In the mid-1990s, he created the short-lived sitcom '' Dweebs'' (1995) and co-created another short-lived sitcom, '' Mr. Rhodes'' (1996–1997). He has also written on '' The Firm'', ''

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'', '' Kingdom'', ''

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'', and '' The Diplomat''.

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