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1975
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Aug 28, 1997 · Brandon Tartikoff, whose high-profile 10-year run as president of NBC Entertainment shepherded some of television’s most enduring programs and established network executives as celebrities, died...
Aug 28, 1997 · Brandon Tartikoff, one of the most successful showmen in the history of network television, who brought to NBC such hit series as ''Hill Street Blues,'' ''The Cosby Show,'' ''Miami...
Brandon Tartikoff. Writer: Beggars and Choosers. Brandon Tartikoff was a graduate of Yale University, and started his career out at WLS-TV in Chicago. He switched jobs to ABC in New York in the mid-1970s, and moved to NBC in 1977 where he became a programming executive hired by Dick Ebersol.
Dec 5, 2017 · An executive whose influence was rivaled only by his exuberance for his work, Brandon Tartikoff was responsible for some of the most successful, beloved, and critically-acclaimed series in television history.
Aug 28, 1997 · Tartikoff, 48, the former NBC programming wunderkind, died Wednesday after a lengthy - and mostly private - battle with Hodgkins disease. The famed NBC programming director knew he had the...
Jan 4, 1998 · This eye and taste of a 19-year-old had profound consequences for network television. It's what enabled Tartikoff to invent and perfect demographically targeted niche programming.
Sep 12, 1997 · As NBC’s precocious programming chief from 1980 to ’91, Tartikoff was an executive weaned on the tube, and his TV-centric views brought about a revolution in both sophistication...
