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Apr 8, 2024 · Memoirist Peter Ackerman says the TV classic, “Bewitched,” came to an early end after a major demand from star Elizabeth Montgomery. In a new book, Ackerman recalls how being the son of executive producer Harry Ackerman gave him an unparalleled look into life behind-the-scenes.
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Harry Ackerman was the Executive Producer on the Bewitched television series. He produced all 254 episodes.
Harry Ackerman was a television producer. He was born as Harry Stephen Ackerman, Jr. on November 17, 1912, in Albany, New York.
He was involved in the production of some of television’s popular sitcom series, including “I Love Lucy,” “Bewitched” and “Leave It to Beaver.” Ackerman was cited for his extensive television work. He was executive producer of network television series, including “Hazel,” “The Farmer’s Daughter,” “The Flying Nun,” “The Donna Reed Show,” “Gidget” and “Dennis the Menace,” in addition to “Bewitched.”
All of those were done under the banner of Screen Gems, where Ackerman worked for fifteen years, most of the time as head of production, until he left in 1973.
Prior to joining Screen Gems, he developed “Bachelor Father” and “Leave It to Beaver.”
Though known as “The Dean of Television Comedy,” Ackerman was also executive producer of such dramatic classics as “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial”; “The Day Lincoln Was Shot,” starring Jack Lemmon and Raymond Massey; “Twentieth Century,” starring Orson Welles and Betty Grable; and “Blithe Spirit,” starring Noel Coward, Lauren Bacall and Mildred Natwick.
Other Ackerman comedy series were “My Sister Eileen,” “Our Man Higgins,” “Wackiest Ship in the Army,” “Occasional Wife” and “Love on a Rooftop.”
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Jun 17, 2022 · The show was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman and director William Asher. Saks and Ackerman were Jewish; Asher’s father was Jewish, and he married Bewitched’s...
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Bewitched was created by Sol Saks under executive producer Harry Ackerman and starred Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens, Dick York (1964–1969) as Darrin Stephens, and Agnes Moorehead as Endora, Samantha's mother. Dick Sargent replaced an ailing York for the final three seasons, 1969–1972.
- CREATOR SOL SAKS WAS INSPIRED BY TWO MOVIES. Sol Saks, credited onscreen as the creator of Bewitched, has admitted in several interviews that his script for the pilot episode was inspired by the films I Married a Witch and Bell, Book and Candle.
- HE WANTED TAMMY GRIMES TO PLAY THE SHOW'S WITCH. Tammy Grimes, who’d won a Best Actress Tony Award in 1961 for The Unsinkable Molly Brown, was under contract to Screen Gems in 1964 and was the studio’s first choice for the role of “Cassandra” (as the lead character was named at the time).
- RICHARD CRENNA COULD HAVE BEEN DARRIN. Elizabeth Montgomery and her then-husband, producer/director William Asher, were looking for a television project they could work on together, and Harry Ackerman encouraged them to look at Saks’ Bewitched pilot script.
- DICK YORK HAD TO LEAVE THE SHOW BECAUSE OF PAIN CAUSED BY AN OLD INJURY. During the second-to-last day of filming Cordura, York was operating a railroad handcar carrying wounded men.
Harry Ackerman ... executive producer (254 episodes, 1964-1972) Richard Michaels ... associate producer (162 episodes, 1965-1970) William Asher ... producer (147 episodes, 1967-1972) Jerry Davis ... producer (56 episodes, 1964-1966) Ernest A. Losso ... associate producer (54 episodes, 1970-1972)
His father, Harry Ackerman, was the executive producer of numerous hit shows, including "Bewitched." The younger Ackerman has recently written a memoir about his Hollywood upbringing, "...
