Sam Egan
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Sam Egan is a journalist, and a writer/producer for television.
His credits include writing and producing for such shows as: Quincy, M.E.
, The Incredible Hulk, The Fall Guy
, Northern Exposure
, The Outer Limits
, Sanctuary and Jeremiah
. He is the son of a holocaust survivor and based The Outer Limits episode "Tribunal
" on his father's experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
where his father's first wife and daughter were killed by the Nazis
.
As a journalist, Egan has written for Rolling Stone Magazine and was editor of the Arts Magazine The Every Other Weekly.
His credits include writing and producing for such shows as: Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E., also called Quincy, is a United States television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC...
, The Incredible Hulk, The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy is an American action/adventure television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981 to May 2, 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas. Majors and Barr are the only two actors to appear in all 112 episodes of the series...
, Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure is an American television series that ran on CBS from 1990 to 1995, with a total of 110 episodes.-Overview:The series was given a pair of consecutive Peabody Awards: in 1991–92 for the show's "depict[ion] in a comedic and often poetic way, [of] the cultural clash between a...
, The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
, Sanctuary and Jeremiah
Jeremiah (TV series)
Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a deadly virus.Developed by Babylon 5 creator J...
. He is the son of a holocaust survivor and based The Outer Limits episode "Tribunal
Tribunal (episode)
"Tribunal" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 14 May 1999, during the fifth season.-Opening narration:-Plot:...
" on his father's experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Auschwitz concentration camp
Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II...
where his father's first wife and daughter were killed by the Nazis
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
.
As a journalist, Egan has written for Rolling Stone Magazine and was editor of the Arts Magazine The Every Other Weekly.