degree, Schwartz was hired in July by the then-new WKOW-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station in Madison, Wisconsin.
[2] For the station, Schwartz directed Cyrano D'Bergerac and International Hour - American Jazz as well as documentaries such as Women in Prison and The Unwed Mother.
He also appeared as a stand-up comic at The Chesterfield Supper Club, The Black Orchid, the Gate of Horn, and the Small World with Bill Daily and Ann Elder.
From 1969 to 1973, Schwartz produced and directed shows for Allen Ludden, Sid & Marty Krofft's Far Out Space Nuts and Wonderbug, and Donny & Marie (1976 TV series).
[3] Together they produced shows such as NBC's Dick Clark's Good Ol Days, My Three Sons, Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family (1977).
[5] Schwartz's production of the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Program in 2007.
[6] Through the Academy Awards, Schwartz traveled around the world producing special Academy Awards segments in Tokyo, Paris, London, New York, Calcutta, Sri Lanka, and at the NASA White Sands Test Facility in White Sands, New Mexico.