Peter Noah is an American television writer and producer. He served as an executive producer and regular writer for the NBC drama The West Wing. Noah first became involved with the series as a consulting producer and regular writer for the fifth season and was promoted to supervising producer before the season's end. He continued in this role for the sixth season before becoming an executive producer for the seventh and final season.
Along with his fellow producers he was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for three consecutive years (2004–2006) for his work on The West Wing. In 2006 he was also nominated for the WGA award for best dramatic series. Noah went on to executive producer The West Wing star Jimmy Smits next series Cane. He is a co-writer for the upcoming The Firm.
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