In 1975, he got his first directing assignment on The Waltons. His most prolific directing contributions were to series 7th Heaven, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, as well as the aforementioned Matlock ...
He segued to Lorimar Productions, where he was a unit production manager and A.D. before landing his first directing assignment on the 1975 third-season Waltons episode "The Woman." Laidman went ...