Mittleman started out on the TV series
You Asked for It. He was nominated for an
Emmy Award three times, in 1963 for
The Red Skelton Show, in 1971 for
Arnie, and in 1976 for
Van Dyke and Company. His other credits include
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
Get Smart,
Bewitched, ''
McHale's Navy, The Donna Reed Show, Petticoat Junction, The Doris Day Show, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, That Girl, Welcome Back, Kotter, Sanford and Son, Gomer Pyle, USMC,
I Spy, Emergency!, A Touch of Grace, The Practice (1976–1977), CHiPs, Remington Steele, Matlock, MacGyver, Simon & Simon, and Murder, She Wrote''. He was also on the board of directors of the
Writers Guild of America. He died in 2014, aged 84. ==References==