Earle considers Newman the dean of film music, and refers to this time of his life as one of the most rewarding and educational periods. Earle left the studio business in 1953 and, with fellow orchestrator Herbert W. Spencer, formed the Spencer-Hagen Orchestra to enter the television medium. Eight is Enough, The Dukes of Hazzard, and various specials and Movies of the Week. Earle received an Oscar nomination as co-musical director for Let s Make Love, a Marilyn Monroe picture. He received three TV Academy nominations and won an Emmy in 1967 for Original Composition for the series I Spy.
Earle is the author of both Scoring for Films and Advanced Techniques of Scoring For Films.
Both of these works are taken as definitive works in most university libraries.