Movies and TV RIP - Grant Tinker

**Baby Lee** · 11-30-2016, 03:37 PM

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.

siberian khatru · 11-30-2016, 04:27 PM

If I'm not mistaken, he was the man having lunch with Mary at a downtown restaurant during the opening titles of MTM in its later seasons.

11-30-2016, 03:37 PM
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	RIP - Grant Tinker 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.
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11-30-2016, 04:27 PM	#2
siberian khatru 21st Century Schizoid Fan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Gates of Delirium Casino cash: $2574950	If I'm not mistaken, he was the man having lunch with Mary at a downtown restaurant during the opening titles of MTM in its later seasons.
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