Biography
After starting his career with local New York stations, Silverman thrived at CBS as a programming executive who made his name by putting such iconic series as "All in the Family" (CBS, 1971-79), "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS, 1970-77), and "M*A*S*H" (1972-1983) onto the air. Despite his quick and steady success, he was unhappy with CBS and soon moved on to run ABC, where he revitalized the flagging network with other classic shows like …
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Career Milestones
1993 | Launched "Diagnosis Murder" as weekly series (CBS) | |
1988 | Launched "In the Heat of the Night" as weekly series (NBC, later CBS) | |
1986 | Partnered with Dean Hargrove to launch first hit series, "Matlock" (NBC) | |
1985 | Revived "Perry Mason" as TV-movies for NBC | |
| Executive produced "We've Got It Made" (NBC; later in syndication) | ||
1983 | Executive produced the disastrous syndicated talk show "Thicke of the Night" | |
1981 | Formed independent production company | |
1978 | Joined NBC as president and CEO | |
1975 | Appointed president, ABC Entertainment | |
1970 | Named vice president programs at CBS | |
1963 | Headed daytime programming at CBS | |
| Worked at WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, and at WPIX in New York, New York | ||