Don Ohlmeyer (born Donald Winfred Ohlemeyer, Jr., February 3, 1945, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television producer and former president of the NBC network's West Coast division. He grew up in the Chicago-area and attended Glenbrook North High School. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1967, with a B.A. in communications. He received the Lifetime Achievement in Sports Broadcasting from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2007. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. ... The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) is the organization which awards the Emmys. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...

Career

Ohlmeyer began his career with ABC Sports, where he worked on Wide World of Sports, produced Monday Night Football, and produced and directed three Olympics broadcasts. He later moved to NBC as executive producer of the network's sports division, a position he held from 1977 to 1982. Ohlmeyer is credited with conceiving the one-time experiment of airing a 1980 NFL telecast without announcers.^[1] ESPN on ABC logo, September 2006-Present ESPN on ABC screenshot, HD version. ... ABCs Wide World of Sports is a long-running sports anthology show on American television. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games Medal count Winter Olympic Games Medal count Olympic sports Medal counts Participating NOCs Olympic symbols Olympics WikiProject Olympics Portal Athens 2004 • Beijing 2008 Torino 2006 • Vancouver 2010 ... NBC Sports logo NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... The 1980 NFL season was the 61st regular season of the National Football League. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... The NFL on NBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Continuity announcer. ...

Ohlmeyer formed his own production company, Ohlmeyer Communications, in 1982, and produced several made-for-television movies, network series, and specials. He won an Emmy for Special Bulletin, a harrowing 1983 depiction of nuclear terrorism. An Emmy Award. ... Special Bulletin was a American made-for-TV movie first broadcast in 1983. ...

Ohlmeyer returned to NBC in 1993 to become president of its West Coast division at a time when the network was in third place in the ratings, following the departure of Cheers and The Cosby Show from its lineup. During his tenure, NBC returned to first place with such hits as Friends, ER, Homicide, Frasier, Providence, Will and Grace, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Ohlmeyer also spearheaded NBC's adoption of an aggressive promotional campaign to brand the network using such innovations as superimposing the Peacock logo in the corner of the screen and coining the phrase "Must See TV."^[2] Cheers was an American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... ER is a long-running, award winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... Homicide (Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut, kill) refers to the act of killing another human being. ... Frasier is a popular American situation comedy television series that starred Kelsey Grammer. ... Providence may mean: Divine Providence Providence College in Rhode Island, USA Providence, television series Providence, a 1977 film Providence, a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves Providence, 1970s-era Providence may also refer to: Providence, Rhode Island (in Providence County) Providence, Alabama Providence, Kentucky Providence, New York It is also the... Will & Grace is an American television situation comedy focusing on Will Truman, a gay attorney and his best friend Grace Adler, a straight Jewish woman who runs her own interior design firm. ... Late Night with Conan OBrien is an American late night talk show on NBC, that is also syndicated world-wide. ... A brand is a customer experience represented by a collection of images and ideas; often, it refers to a symbol such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. ... Must See TV was the name given to NBCs popular Thursday-night prime time television lineup during the mid and late 1990s. ...

During the 1997 World Series, Ohlmeyer caused a stir when he publicly wished that the World Series would end in a four game sweep so that its low ratings wouldn't derail NBC's fall entertainment schedule.^[3] The 1997 World Series was widely regarded as one of the most exciting Series in recent memory. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...

Ohlmeyer retired from NBC in 1999 and was then hired by ABC to revamp Monday Night Football. As executive producer, he made the controversial decision to hire comedian Dennis Miller to join Al Michaels and Dan Fouts in the broadcast booth. He left Monday Night Football after one season.^[4] Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian, political commentator, television personality, and talk radio host. ... Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster. ... Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10, 1951 in San Francisco, California) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987, and is famous for being one of the most prolific quarterbacks of the Super Bowl Era. ...

Currently, Don Ohlmeyer is a Professor of Television Communications at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He helped found the radio program "Making Waves," hosted by Steven Dhillon and produced by Keith Adam which is broadcast on 101.5 KWVS. Pepperdine University is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ. ... Location of Malibu in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area  - City  100. ...

The Norm Macdonald controversy

In early 1998, Ohlmeyer had Norm Macdonald removed from his role as anchor of Saturday Night Live's popular "Weekend Update" segment, reportedly because he thought that Macdonald simply was "not funny."^[5] Some have speculated that Macdonald was demoted because of his frequent jokes about Ohlmeyer's close friend, O.J. Simpson, but Macdonald has been quoted as saying that he "finds that thesis 'weird' and takes Ohlmeyer's explanation at face value."^[6] This is a list of television-related events in 1998. ... Norman Gene Macdonald (born October 17, 1963 in Quebec City) was an actor and comedian. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch which comments on and parodies current events. ... Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), commonly known as O. J. Simpson and also just by his initials O.J. and his nickname The Juice, is a retired American football player who achieved stardom at the collegiate and professional levels. ...

Despite the incident, Macdonald reportedly left the show a few months later on relatively good terms with Ohlmeyer, who had, ironically, originally encouraged Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels to give Macdonald the "Weekend Update" slot in 1994.^[7] However, the tension between Macdonald and Ohlmeyer continued when Ohlmeyer banned ads for the actor's first feature film, "Dirty Work" from NBC's schedule.^[8] He reportedly told the New York Daily News, "'I just don't think it would be appropriate for us to turn around and take a check for a movie that's promoting somebody who has badmouthed Saturday Night Live and NBC.'" ^[9] The edict was later overruled by Ohlmeyer's East Coast bosses.^[10] Lorne Michaels (born Lorne Michael Lipowitz on November 17, 1944) is an Emmy-winning Canadian-born television producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... The VHS cover to Dirty Work Dirty Work is a comedy movie released in 1998. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Shortly after Macdonald was taken off of the "Weekend Update" desk, David Letterman, during a taping of his CBS network television program The Late Show, referred to Ohlmeyer as "Happy Hour Don"^[11] (a reference to Ohlmeyer's problems with alcohol^[12]). After the taping, Letterman decided that his comment was inappropriate and had the reference edited out of the broadcast.^[13] But the comment (which was heard by the entire live studio audience) was publicized shortly thereafter in a report in the New York Post.^{[citation needed]} David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an award-winning American television personality, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and Indy race car owner. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ... The New York Post is the 13th-oldest[] newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ...

Credits (partial)

TELEVISION SERIES

• 1972-76 Monday Night Football (producer)
• 1980 Games People Play
• 1990 Lifestories (director/executive producer)
• 2000-01 Monday Night Football (executive producer)

MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES Games People Play can refer to: A book by Eric Berne A TV show from the early 80s ([1]) A play by The Group A 1969 #12 hit by country singer Joe South, later covered by Freddy Weller and Hank Williams Jr. ... Lifestories was a 1990 medical drama broadcast in the United States by the NBC television network. ...

• 1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
• 1983 Special Bulletin (executive producer)
• 1986 Under Siege
• 1987 Right to Die
• 1989 Cold Sassy Tree (executive producer)
• 1991 The Heroes of Desert Storm (executive producer/director)
• 1992 Crazy in Love

TELEVISION SPECIALS For the 1987 film, see Right to Die (film) The term right to die refers to various issues around the death of an individual when that person could continue to live with the aid of life support, or in a diminished or enfeebled capacity. ... Cold Sassy Tree book cover Cold Sassy Tree is a novel by Olive Ann Burns. ... Crazy in Love may refer to: Crazy in Love, a 2003 hit song by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z. Crazy in Love, a 2003 hit song by Jill Johnson for the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2003. ...

• 1972 XX Summer Olympic Games (director)
• 1976 XXI Summer Olympic Games (director)
• 1976 XII Winter Olympic Games (director)
• 1977 The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (producer)
• 1977 Us Against the World (also director)
• 1980 XXII Summer Olympic Games (executive producer)
• 1988 Crimes of the Century
• 1988 The 72nd Indianapolis 500 (director)
• 1989 Walt Disney World's 4th of July Spectacular (also director)
• 1990 Disney's Christmas on Ice

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. ... The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. ... Badge, released in the USSR The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were held in Moscow in the Soviet Union. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ...

References

1. ^ Julian Rubenstein, "Monday Night Football's Hail Mary," New York Times Magazine, Sept. 3, 2000.
2. ^ "Master of Its Domain", EW.com, issue #343, September 6, 1996.
3. ^ Charles Krauthammer, "Requiem for the Summer Game," Time.com, April 3, 2000.
4. ^ Gabriel Spitzer, "Ohlmeyer exits Monday Night Football," Media Life.
5. ^ snowboarder. Norm Macdonald - David Letterman - 01-07-1998 [YouTube video].
6. ^ A.J. Jacobs, "Hardcore Norm," EW.com, issue #478, March 26, 1999.
7. ^ Norm Macdonald Profile, Comedy Zone.
8. ^ Joal Ryan, "NBC Nixes Norm...Again!" E!Online, June 2, 1998.
9. ^ "Ohlmeyer: No Ads For You!" IMDB Studio Briefing, Internet Movie Database, June 3, 1998.
10. ^ Jenny Hontz, "Norm warms to TV, Variety, July 13, 1998.
11. ^ "News for Norm Macdonald," IMBD.com
12. ^ Ray Richmond, "Ohlmeyer checks into Ford Center," Variety, Dec. 6, 1996.
13. ^ "Update: Macdonald Still Fired" IMDB Studio Briefing, Internet Movie Database, Jan. 8, 1998.

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External links

• The Museum of Broadcast Communications Profile
• Don Ohlmeyer at the Internet Movie Database
• Jen Clay, " 'Don' of a New Era," Pepperdine University Graphic, March 25, 2004.
• "Archive of American Television Interview with Don Ohlmeyer" (8 parts)(Google Video).