Fred Silverman (September 13, 1937 – January 30, 2020) was an American television executive and producer. He worked as an executive at all of the Big Three...

of Fred with brown hair. Originally named "Ronnie" when production for Scooby-Doo began in spring 1969, Fred was named by and after Fred Silverman, who...

network which broadcasts the program, Franken attacked network president Fred Silverman for NBC's poor showing in the Nielsen ratings during his tenure. It...

episode of Matlock during its first season on NBC. Executive producers Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove decided to use this character as a model for one of...

produced by Intermedia Entertainment Company (first season only), The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions (called Strathmore Productions in...

animation studios to ensure that new programs would be safe for children. Fred Silverman, an executive for daytime programming at CBS, was then looking for a...

ABC's Fred Silverman read the script, he felt that middle America would not like the concept, and he decided to pass on the script. Silverman asked Larry...

comedy programming). Tartikoff took over programming duties at NBC from Fred Silverman in 1981. At age 32, Tartikoff became the youngest president of NBC's...

criticize ABC's television production and marketing strategy under Fred Silverman. Klein referred to ABC's programs as "porn" in order to tap into the...

October 28, 1992 to May 16, 1995. Its executive producers were O'Connor, Fred Silverman and Juanita Bartlett. This series marked O'Connor's return to a series...

Great Dane. Both the dog and the series would be renamed Scooby-Doo by Fred Silverman, CBS's head of daytime programming, between its unsuccessful first pitch...

executive Robert Wood, who replaced longtime CBS programming head Dann with Fred Silverman, following research highlighting the greater attraction to advertisers...

creating mystery series. He frequently worked with television producer Fred Silverman and television writer Joel Steiger. Hargrove received an Emmy nomination...

simply Lynne Farr during the 1987–88 season). The executive producer was Fred Silverman. The show focuses on Mickey Mackenzie (Teri Copley), a girl in her early...

aired after the end of the regular series, April 26, 2002, on CBS. Fred Silverman insisted that every season the series devote one episode as a television...

Comics. The actual idea for the series came from then NBC President Fred Silverman who originated the concept for a series involving a "boy with a magic...

executive Fred Silverman went forward in producing Mrs. Columbo as a spin-off to the original series. Levinson and Link further objected to Silverman's insistence...

Big Pumpkin Fred Silverman (1937–2020), American TV executive and producer Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), American actor Joseph Silverman (1860–1930)...

1973). The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed...

as Audra Lindley Michael David Simms as Don Taffner Brian Dennehy as Fred Silverman Liz Crawford as Jenilee Harrison Anne Ross as Priscilla Barnes The movie...

Schwartz, Fred Rogers and Dick Wolf; newscasters Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley, Bob Schieffer and David Brinkley; executives Fred Silverman, Sumner Redstone...

the duties as host on Wheel of Fortune from Chuck Woolery. However, Fred Silverman, the president and CEO of NBC, rejected his hiring, claiming Sajak was...

occasionally served as guest host in Carson's absence. NBC's president Fred Silverman was so impressed by Letterman's performance that he decided to offer...

for television by Dean Hargrove and Joel Steiger, and produced by The Fred Silverman Company and Dean Hargrove Productions in association with Viacom Productions...

shooting. The budget was $5 million, $4 million of which was raised from Fred Silverman of NBC. The remainder came from EMI Films. For his second feature and...

Dink, the Little Dinosaur 1989–1990 21 Piggsburg Pigs! 1990 Fox The Fred Silverman Company and The Sy Fischer Company 13 Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa...

Grandin, Alvernette Jimenez, Tamara Champlin and Fred Willard. Tom Canning led the house band, and Fred Silverman was the show's producer. The announcer was...

competition was coming from Filmation and DePatie–Freleng. Then-ABC president Fred Silverman gave its Saturday-morning time to them after dropping Filmation for...

half-hour comedy/drama titled The Glenn Ford Show. However, CBS head Fred Silverman suggested a Western series instead, which resulted in the series Cade's...

ten-year-old Gary Coleman at the suggestion of ABC President Fred Silverman. Silverman was a huge proponent of Coleman and, feeling that breakout stardom...