BRANDON TARTIKOFF
Name: Brandon Tartikoff
Born: January 13, 1949
Died August 27, 1997
Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 - August 27, 1997) was a popular NBC
executive who was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation
with such hit series as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby
Show, Cheers, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Knight Rider, The A-Team, St.
Elsewhere, Night Court, Hunter, Highway to Heaven, Matlock, Remington Steele, A
Different World, 227 and Empty Nest.
Tartikoff also helped develop Punky Brewster, for which he named the title
character after a girl he had a crush on in school. Brandon, the pet dog on
Punky Brewster, was named after Tartikoff. He was also involved in the creation
of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Beggars and Choosers.
Born in Freeport, New York, Tartikoff was a graduate of the Lawrenceville School
and Yale University, and started his career at WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois.
While attending Yale, Tartikoff worked as an account executive and sales manager
of WNHC-TV in New Haven, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut. After graduating
from Yale, he took a series of jobs in advertising and local television.
Name: Brandon Tartikoff
Born: January 13, 1949
Died August 27, 1997
Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 - August 27, 1997) was a popular NBC
executive who was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation
with such hit series as Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby
Show, Cheers, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Knight Rider, The A-Team, St.
Elsewhere, Night Court, Hunter, Highway to Heaven, Matlock, Remington Steele, A
Different World, 227 and Empty Nest.
Tartikoff also helped develop Punky Brewster, for which he named the title
character after a girl he had a crush on in school. Brandon, the pet dog on
Punky Brewster, was named after Tartikoff. He was also involved in the creation
of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Beggars and Choosers.
Born in Freeport, New York, Tartikoff was a graduate of the Lawrenceville School
and Yale University, and started his career at WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois.
While attending Yale, Tartikoff worked as an account executive and sales manager
of WNHC-TV in New Haven, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut. After graduating
from Yale, he took a series of jobs in advertising and local television.