Lookwell was a television pilot written and produced by Conan O'rien and Robert Smigel, and was a personal favorite of what American television executive who was president of NBC from 1980-1991?
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Lookwell Lookwell was a television pilot written and produced by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel, the latter of whom would become a primary creative voice for O'Brien's late night show. It starred Adam West. Despite being a "personal favorite" of NBC chairman Brandon Tartikoff, the pilot was not picked up as a series. It was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 in a summer weekend timeslot reserved for burning off pilots which the network had passed on. The lone episode has since become a cult classic.
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Brandon Tartikoff Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 – August 27, 1997) was an American television executive who was the president of NBC from 1980 to 1991. He was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with such hit series as "Hill Street Blues", "L.A. Law", "Law & Order", "ALF", "Family Ties", "The Cosby Show", "Cheers", "Seinfeld", "The Golden Girls", "Wings", "Miami Vice", "Knight Rider", "The A-Team", "St. Elsewhere", and "Night Court".
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Richard Jencks Richard William Jencks (1921 – June 30, 2014) was an American television executive, lawyer, former president of the CBS Broadcast Group, and former member of CBS' board of directors. He retired from his position as Corporate Vice President of CBS in 1976. Jencks was also a former president of the Alliance of Television and Film Producers, or ATFP, which is now called the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
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William Adama William "Bill" Adama (callsign "Husker") is a fictional character portrayed by Edward James Olmos in the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series produced and aired by the SyFy cable network. He is one of the main characters, a reimagining of Commander Adama from the 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" series played by Lorne Greene.
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Eischied Eischied (pronounced as "eye-shyed") was an American crime drama broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1979 to January 20, 1980. It was based on the starring character from the 1978 miniseries "To Kill a Cop", which was based on the novel by Robert Daley.
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Rick Ludwin Richard A. Ludwin (born May 27, 1948) is an American television executive and former vice president at NBC Television. He is notable as the executive who backed Jerry Seinfeld's series "Seinfeld", which went on to become one of the most popular and successful television sitcoms of all time. He was also the head of NBC's late night programming during the Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno conflict in 2010.
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Ironside (1967 TV series) Ironside is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over 8 seasons from 1967 to 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside, a consultant for the San Francisco police (usually addressed by the title "Chief Ironside"), who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while on vacation. The character debuted on March 28, 1967, in a TV movie entitled "Ironside". When the series was broadcast in the United Kingdom, in the 1970s, it was broadcast under the title "A Man Called Ironside". The show earned Burr six Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations.
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Richard O'Brien (Fox News) Richard "Rich" O'Brien (August 1956 – August 5, 2017) was an American television creative director known for his work at Fox News, where he worked from 1996 until his job was eliminated in May 2017. At Fox, he eventually became a senior vice president and creative director.
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Judy McGrath Judith Ann "Judy" McGrath (born July 2, 1952 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is an American television executive.
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Mark Levin Mark Reed Levin ( ; born September 21, 1957) is an American lawyer, author, and radio personality. He is the host of syndicated radio show "The Mark Levin Show". Levin worked in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese. He is president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, has authored seven books, and contributes commentary to various media outlets such as "National Review Online". On September 1, 2015, Levin was named Editor-in-Chief of Conservative Review.
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Mort Crim Mort Crim (born July 31, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an author, Marketing Executive and former broadcast journalist. Crim joined WDIV-TV Detroit in 1978 and he retired from anchoring TV newscasts in 1997. He also anchored at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KYW-TV in Philadelphia and WBBM-TV in Chicago. Crim was considered to be a top candidate by former ABC News president Roone Arledge to be a co-anchor for ABC's "World News Tonight" newscast in 1978. In 1984, he hosted a technology program on PBS, "New Tech Times". Crim is also a founder of a Detroit area integrated marketing agency, "Mort Crim Communications, Inc." Crim is currently working for Majic Window Company in Wixom, Michigan, and has been featured in television commercials for that company.
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Ted Bergmann Theodore Gerard Bergmann (September 12, 1920 – March 2, 2014) was an American television and radio producer, screenwriter, announcer, network and advertising executive. He worked for the Dumont Television Network in the 1940s and 1950s. He worked as a writer for the CBS-TV series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" starting in 1967 and worked as producer and production manager for several other TV series from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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Amerika (miniseries) Amerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled "Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit". "Amerika" starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. "Amerika" was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president Brandon Stoddard set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized U.S. people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the U.S. spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.
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Vivi Zigler Vivi Zigler is an American television executive, and a President of Shine America.
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Robert O'Brien (executive) Robert H. O'Brien (1907–1997) was a businessman and Hollywood executive who was president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the 1960s. He took over the position in the wake of the debacle of "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1962). Under O'Brien's regime, in partnership with head of producer Robert M. Weitman, MGM produced its last run of classic films, including "Dr Zhivago" (1965), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) and "" (1968).
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Trump Card Trump Card is an American syndicated game show that aired from September 10, 1990 to September 6, 1991 and was hosted by Jimmy Cefalo. Debi Massey served as hostess and Chuck Riley was the announcer. The show was produced by Telepictures Productions, Createl, Ltd., and Fiedler-Berlin Productions, with Warner Bros. Television distributing. It was based on the British game show "Bob's Full House", which consisted of contestants trying to answer questions to fill up a 15-square bingo board.
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List of Entourage episodes "Entourage" is an American comedy-drama television series created for HBO by Doug Ellin, who also serves as an executive producer along with Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Dennis Biggs, Rob Weiss and Ally Musika. The series, loosely based on Wahlberg's own experiences of the film industry, follows Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), a New York born actor living in Los Angeles as he struggles with the ups and downs of a career in Hollywood. He is aided, and often hindered, by his entourage, which consists of his half-brother and struggling actor Johnny "Drama" Chase (Kevin Dillon), his childhood friend and manager Eric "E" Murphy (Kevin Connolly), his ruthless agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) and his other long-time friend Turtle (Jerry Ferrara). "Entourage" premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and aired its final episode on September 11, 2011. A total of 96 episodes were aired over eight seasons.
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1986 (TV series) 1986 is an American news magazine series that aired on NBC from June 10, 1986, to December 30, 1986. The lead anchors were Roger Mudd and Connie Chung. Maria Shriver also contributed to the program.
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Doug Herzog Doug Herzog is an American television executive. He was formerly the president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, he oversaw MTV, VH1, Logo TV, Comedy Central, Palladia, Spike, and Epix. Herzog is credited with bringing "South Park", "The Daily Show", and "The Colbert Report" to Comedy Central. He was also responsible for the cancellation of "Mystery Science Theater 3000".
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Elton Rule Elton H. Rule (June 13, 1917-May 5, 1990) was an American television executive and former president of the American Broadcasting Company. Assuming the presidency at a time when ABC was a distant third in the Nielsen ratings, Rule is credited with greatly expanding network revenue, ratings, affiliates and profits. He is also credited with developing the miniseries, beginning with an adaptation of "QB VII" in 1974 and including the landmark "Roots" in 1977. Rule served as network president from 1972 to 1983.
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Personality (TV series) Personality is an American game show produced by Bob Stewart and hosted by Larry Blyden which ran on NBC from July 3, 1967 to September 26, 1969 at 11:00 AM, EST.
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Take a Good Look (TV series) Take a Good Look is an American television game show created by and starring Ernie Kovacs, which aired from 1959 to 1961 on ABC's Thursday-night block at 10:30 PM Eastern Time.