http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...ecutive-878704
I put this in the media section, because people already bitch about grieving the deceased not in their immediate orbit in the main lounge, and he's not a household name and has been out of the public eye for a while.
But, if we're in the golden age of TV now, his work in the 70s and 80s was the major reason any of it was worth a shit.
Started MTM with former wife Mary Tyler Moore, and was NBC Chairman for pretty much the entirety of their pre-Friends//Seinfeld premiere years.
Mary Tyler Moore
Bob Newhart
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Family Ties
Cheers
Golden Girls
Cosby
all helmed or championed by him.