Brandon Tartikoff
TV Producer
1949 – 1997
Who was Brandon Tartikoff?
Brandon Tartikoff was a television executive who 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, Wings, Seinfeld, 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. Punky Brewster's pet dog Brandon was named after Tartikoff. He was also involved in the creation of the acclaimed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Beggars and Choosers.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1949
Freeport - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Lawrenceville School
- Employment
- NBC
- Paramount Pictures
- Died
- Aug 27, 1997
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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