Glen A. Larson is responsible for some of the most well-known television series of our time. An incredible prolific television writer and producer, Larson’s early endeavors in the entertainment industry were as a member of the gold record earning singing group: The Four Preps. His first television writing job, The Fugitive, won him a contract with Universal Studios, and though he wrote a number of series, it wasn’t until Alias Smith and Jones that he enjoyed major success.

After working on The Six Million Dollar Man, Larson scored a major contract for the original Battlestar Galactica. Even with $1 million per episode budget, Battlestar Galactica was canceled after only one season. Despite its cancellation, he went on to create a spin-off series called Galactica 1980, which was set to take place years after the original series.

Its low budget led to cancellation just ten episodes in, but the props didn’t go to waste. Larson recycled many of them in the 1979 series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, which was far more successful than both of his Battlestar Galactica series.

During the 1980s, he was responsible for numerous hit series, including B.J. and the Bear, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider and Magnum P.I. The 1990s did not prove near as successful for Larson as the 80s, but in the new millennium, he made a comeback, contributing to numerous episodes as both a writer and producer for Ronald D. Moore and David Eick’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. He also brought Knight Rider back in 2008, but the revival only lasted for eighteen episodes.

Currently Larson is a contributing writer on the Battlestar Galactica spin-off series, Caprica, and is working on a Battlestar Galactica film set to be released in theatres in 2011.

Jack-of-all-trades Larson has also composed the themes for a number of the shows he wrote, including the original Battlestar Galactica, Quincy M.E., Buck Rogers and Knight Rider.

There is no denying Larson has left his mark in television history, and continues to make waves more than forty-years after his first television writing endeavors.