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Fred Silverman (born September 13, 1937 in New York City) is an American television executive and producer. He worked as an executive at CBS, ABC and NBC and was at least partly responsible for bringing to television such programs as All in the Family (1971 - 1979), The Waltons (1972 - 1981), Roots (1977), and Charlie's Angels (1976 - 1981). This image is a TIME magazine cover. ... This image is a TIME magazine cover. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... All in the Family is a popular and acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 until April 8, 1979, when the final original episode aired. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Was also a rock band from the Isle Of Wight, see The Waltons (IOW) The Waltons was an American television series about a family living at Waltons Mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the state of Virginia. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roots is: The plural of Root Roots (album) Roots (TV miniseries), a mini-series based on a novel by Alex Haley Roots: The Saga of an American Family, a novel by Alex Haley Roots Canada Ltd. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Charlies Angels was a television series broadcast from 1976 to 1981, about three women who work for a fictional private investigation agency, the Charles Townsend Agency. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Silverman graduated from Syracuse University and then earned a Master's degree from Ohio State University and went to work for WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois overseeing children's programming. He soon moved to CBS and took over responsibility for daytime programming and later, took charge of all of entertainment programming. Syracuse University Syracuse University (SU) is a private American research university. ... The Ohio State University The Ohio State University is currently the third largest university in the United States and currently ranked by US News as the best public university in Ohio and the twenty-first best public university in the nation. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Chicago, known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles. ...

Silverman was one of the people responsible for the "Rural Purge" of 1971, which eliminated many popular country-oriented shows, such as Green Acres, from the CBS schedule. Aerial photo featured in the opening sequence of Green Acres There is also the US town of Green Acres, Washington Green Acres was an American television series that was produced by Filmways, Inc. ...

In 1975, Silverman became head of ABC Entertainment and greenlit more popular shows of the day such as Starsky and Hutch (1975 - 1979). He brought ABC's ratings from third place to first place. Although he was very successful with ABC, Silverman left to take on the presidency of NBC. His three year tenure at NBC was rocky and most of the shows conceived during that time were flops. By the end of his tenure his reputation at the network had become so bad that Saturday Night Live came close to airing a sketch in which Silverman would have been compared to the delusional Adolf Hitler towards the end of the Third Reich. To greenlight a project, in the context of the movie business, is to formally approve production finance, thereby allowing the project to move forward from the development phase to pre-production and, barring disasters, principal photography. ... a 1975 Gran Torino, a copy of the distinctive car of the title characters For the film, see Starsky & Hutch. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Flop has several meanings. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show from NBC which has been broadcast nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ... ▶ (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death by suicide. ...

Silverman left the networks and formed Fred Silverman Company to produce shows to sell to television. He had several hits including Matlock (1986 - 1995) and In the Heat of the Night (1988 - 1994). Ben Matlock in court Matlock was an American television legal drama starring Andy Griffith as attorney Ben Matlock. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the Heat of the Night was a 1988 television series based on the motion picture, In the Heat of the Night. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

External links

• Fred Silverman at the Internet Movie Database