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name: "Peter Silverman"
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roles: ["Writer"]
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:02.866752+00:00"
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# Peter Silverman

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer

## Biography

Peter Silverman is a writer whose credits include work on the television series *Moonlighting* (1985) and *Hill Street Blues* (1983–1987). He contributed as a writer to one episode of *Moonlighting* and served as story editor and writer on multiple episodes of *Hill Street Blues*.

His later credits encompass several television films, including *Something the Lord Made* (2004), *Harlan County War* (2000), *Hidden in America* (1996) and *For the Love of Aaron* (1994). He received story and screenplay credit on the feature film *American Heart* (1992) and is credited with the novel on which it was based. Silverman was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, for writing on *Hill Street Blues* (1984) and *Something the Lord Made* (2004), and won a Writers Guild of America Award for the latter.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

## Also known for

- *Something the Lord Made* (2004), Writer
- *American Heart* (1992), Novel

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