[2] After college, Armer started his entertainment career at a radio station in San Jose where he worked as an announcer.
After moving back to Los Angeles in search of a radio job, Armer began working at an advertising agency that specialized in television ads.
From there, Armer and a relative by marriage Walter Grauman developed their own television show, Lights, Camera, Action, which aired on NBC affiliate KNBH for three years.
He joined QM Productions where he produced The Fugitive for which he received the Television Academy's Emmy Award, The Invaders, and the first year of Cannon.
In 1980, he became a part-time faculty member at California State University, Northridge, and eventually became a full professor and head of the Screenwriting Option, of the Cinema and Television Arts Department.