Biography
Larry Balmagia is an American television writer and producer. Born Lawrence Robert Balmagia on 1 September 1953 in Los Angeles, California, he sold his first script while an undergraduate at UCLA.
He wrote eight episodes of the CBS series MASH (1972), beginning with the Season 6 episode What's Up, Doc? (1978), and served as story editor on additional episodes. His other writing credits include episodes of Alice, Rhoda, The Jeffersons, Three's Company, Barney Miller, What's Happening Now!, Cheers and Wings. As a producer, he worked on Saved by the Bell, What's Happening Now!, Cheers (as co-producer) and Wings*.
Balmagia shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1991 as co-producer on Cheers. He has taught writing for television at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
