Brandon Tartikoff

Brandon Tartikoff (July 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, 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, and Empty Nest. Tartikoff also helped develop Punky Brewster, for whom he based the title character's name after a girl he had a crush on in school. Brandon, the pet dog on Punky Brewster was even named after Tartikoff. He was also involved in the creation of '.

External links

• BRANDON AT THE BAT
• Television Review - NBC celebrates 75 years of broadcasting (Part II of II: the Brandon Tartikoff era)
• News for Brandon Tartikoff
• The Two-Edged Legacy of Brandon Tartikoff
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