Word: tartikoff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Leno would be a big-chinned albatross, but his Tonight Show is now whipping Letterman soundly in the ratings. As for the rest of NBC's fortunes, Littlefield, 43, has confounded critics, who regarded him as something of an empty suit--a protege of NBC programming whiz Brandon Tartikoff who inherited Tartikoff's No. 1 schedule in 1990 and quickly let it slide to third place. Littlefield has not only kept his job for nearly six years--an eternity in his profession--but has masterminded NBC's surprising rebound to No. 1 this season. The TV industry is coming...
...Jersey native, Littlefield worked as a truck driver and foreman of a concrete-mixing crew before getting into TV. He joined NBC in comedy development in 1979, worked his way up and succeeded the charismatic Tartikoff as president of NBC Entertainment 12 years later when Tartikoff left to become chairman of Paramount Pictures...
...Diller likes to climb mountains," says Brandon Tartikoff, former head of the NBC Entertainment Group, who was a direct rival when Diller was at Fox. Tartikoff tells a story that reflects Diller's competitive fire. The two men attended the same Los Angeles party in 1990, on the day that Tartikoff announced NBC's fall schedule. "Barry came up, and we shot the breeze for a while. And then he leaned in close and said, very casually, 'We're going to announce that we're putting The Simpsons against The Cosby Show.' It made me feel sick to my stomach...
...BRANDON TARTIKOFF...
Small-town librarian helps troubled patrons by lending a mystical book. Executive producer: Brandon Tartikoff...