Arthur Bernard Lewis (January 26, 1926 – October 30, 2010) was an American television writer and producer.
[1][2] Born and raised in New York City, he wrote episodes for many popular television shows, which included Hawaii Five-0 and various other prime-time TV series before settling on Dallas.
[3] Lewis began his career in 1962 as a producer on TV's The Doctors and the Nurses, then moved into high gear by writing episodes of such popular programs as ABC-TV's The Streets of San Francisco, CBS-TV's Barnaby Jones, ABC-TV's Baretta, Hawaii Five-O and In the Heat of the Night.
[4] In 1978, he joined the production team of the new CBS-TV miniseries Dallas (now officially recognized as the series' first season), and would serve as executive story editor for 69 episodes of the nighttime drama series.
It was the highest-rated TV episode in history at the time, seen by an estimated 83 million viewers.