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The kid who saved television.

Authors :
Turner, Richard
Source :
Newsweek. 12/29/1997, Vol. 131 Issue 1, p82. 2p. 13 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Remembers the work of Brandon Tartikoff, who headed up the NBC network in the 1980s and 1990s. How Tartikoff reinvented television to keep viewers interested; Some of the television programs created under his supervision; Tartikoff's competitive nature; His death from Hodgkin's disease in August 1997.

Subjects

Subjects :
TARTIKOFF, Brandon

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00289604
Volume :
131
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Newsweek
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
4606