Eric Freiwald was an American TV writer scripting the daytime television

Daytime television

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 serial, The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

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Life and career

From the mid-1950s to 1984 with partner Robert Schaefer, he wrote for such shows as The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show

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, The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson...

, Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952...

, Maverick

Maverick (TV series)

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, Whirlybirds

Whirlybirds

Whirlybirds is an American drama television series....

, Texas John Slaughter

Texas John Slaughter (TV series)

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, Zorro

Zorro

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, 77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

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, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

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, Buffalo Bill Jr.

Buffalo Bill Jr.

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, and many others.

They also wrote 188 episodes of Lassie

Lassie

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and between 1957 and 1965 wrote comic book adaptations of TV shows and movies for Western Publishing

Western Publishing

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His writing partner was his daughter Linda Schreiber

Linda Schreiber

Linda Schreiber is an American television soap opera writer. Her writing partner was her father Eric Freiwald who died on January 29, 2010.-Positions held:...

. They both live in Prescott Valley, Arizona

Prescott Valley, Arizona

Prescott Valley is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, just east of Prescott. Prescott Valley was the seventh fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona between 1990 and 2000...

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Positions held

• The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
  
  - Script writer (1980 – December 2007; April 2, 2008 – February, 8, 2010)

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

• 4 Wins (1992, 1997, 2000, 2006; Best Writing; The Young and the Restless)
• NOMINATIONS (1986–1987, 1990–1995, 1997–2001, 2003–2006; Best Writing; Y&R)

Writers Guild of America Award

Writers Guild of America Award

The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...

• 2 WINS (2001 & 2005 season; The Young and the Restless)
• 4 NOMINATIONS (1999, 2001, 2005-2006 season; The Young and the Restless)

External links

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293955/bio