Brandon Tartikoff

Interview with Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff before Global Wars PPV

Edit The Miami Herald 07 May 2016

Ring of Honor’s big Global Wars pay-per-view is 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, May 8 from the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Ill. Joe Koff, Chief Operating Officer of Ring of Honor, discussed this athletic and entertaining form of professional wrestling, which focuses on the wrestling. What is Ring of Honor?. JK ... JK ... JK ... JK ... “Brandon Tartikoff, who used to be the head of NBC, who died at a very young age, made a comment about television hits....

Ring of Honor fans enjoy making Cheeseburger a top seller

Edit The Miami Herald 30 Apr 2016

Ring of Honor is Cheeseburger in Paradise. Literally and figuratively. Cheeseburger, the wrestler, is a big hit with the Ring of Honor fans, and the underdog grappler continues to deliver, making the most of his opportunities. The opportunities stem from that connection with those fans ... Rocky Maivia. Not so good. The Rock ... “Brandon Tartikoff, who used to be the head of NBC, who died at a very young age, made a comment about television hits....

What Happened That Time Dave Coulier Was Almost An SNL Cast Member

Edit Cinema Blend 27 Apr 2016

Weve talked a lot about Dave Coulier and the rest of the Fuller House gang over the last several months, but recently the man who plays Uncle Joey revealed a pretty big truth to fans ... Heres what the actor and comedian had to say. ... And then I told everyone in my life that I was going to New York to be on SNL and then Brandon Tartikoff decided that Dana Carvey and I were too similar ... ....

Soleil Moon Frye Honors ‘Punky Brewster’ Dad In Touching Tribute

Edit Inquisitr 18 Feb 2016

Soleil Moon Frye’s most popular role is Punky from the 1980s series, Punky Brewster, which also starred actor George Gaines as her foster parent ... Gaines was 98-years-old, as reported in The New York Times ... The universe just gained a gigantic star ... Your little Punky ... He also mentioned an amusing tidbit that Punky’s dog, Brandon, was given that named after former NBC president, Brandon Tartikoff, who green-lighted the sitcom....

Inside the Replacements' Disastrous 'Saturday Night Live' Debut

Edit Rollingstone 12 Feb 2016

The Replacements were one of the most exciting bands to bubble up from the American underground in the Eighties ... Sidebar. Replacements Participate in Authorized Biography » ... When Warner Bros ... Adapted from Trouble Boys ... The year-end accolades for Tim were starting to pour in ... *** ... With NBC's president, Brandon Tartikoff, threatening to cancel Saturday Night Live, Michaels felt duty-bound to return and try to revive its fortunes....

Steve Harvey, Quincy Jones, Norman Lear Talk Power of TV at Tartikoff Awards

Edit IMDb 21 Jan 2016

His standing as a comedian, talk show host, game show host and yes, accident-prone Miss Universe emcee was saluted Wednesday night at Natpe’s 13th annual Brandon Tartikoff ......

Norman Lear & Shonda Rhimes To Ep Epix Docu-Series ‘America Divided’

Edit IMDb 19 Jan 2016

All In The Family maestro Norman Lear is being honored this year at Natpe as a Brandon Tartikoff ......

The Stacks: Eddie Murphy’s Gilded Road to Ruin

Edit The Daily Beast 16 Jan 2016

So when Brandon Tartikoff came on as Paramount chief last summer and found Murphy languishing and inactive, he says, he decided his first bit of business was to reposition Eddie in the studio’s pantheon ... With its inaugural effort since Tartikoff’s arrival, the studio has decided to lower Eddie’s octane a bit in Boomerang, a romantic comedy costarring Robin Givens ... But it’s clear that Tartikoff’s hopes are riding, heavily, on Boomerang....

NATPE Miami tackles the future of TV

Edit The Miami Herald 15 Jan 2016

Forget all that talk about the ongoing golden age of television. That was yesterday. “We’re living through a platinum age now,” said Kevin Beggs, chairman of the Lionsgate Television Group, creator of shows such as Nashville, Orange is the New Black, Mad Men and Nurse Jackie ... That was followed by the Netflix revolution ... Steve Harvey, Norman Lear and Quincy Jones are among the recipients of this year’s Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards....

Michael Howard Diamond, Entertainment Attorney, Dies at 73

Edit Variety 11 Jan 2016

Michael Howard Diamond, who worked closely with billionaire entrepreneur Ronald Perlman and the late Brandon Tartikoff as executive vice president and general counsel of New World Communications Group, died at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday after a long a battle with cancer. He was 73. Diamond was a litigation partner at Skadden, Arps before... Read more » ... ....

Making My Own Luck As A Budding Octogenarian Starting A New Career

Edit Huffington Post 17 Dec 2015

"Let me tell you somethin'." He paused to be sure he had my full attention. "Havin' a life worth livin' means findin' a reason for livin' it ... Mr ... In my 30s, 40s and 50s, I had known the satisfaction of working with great creative executives like Brandon Tartikoff, Frank Price, and Quinn Martin, people who understood what it takes to create something of quality from scratch, to spin gossamer into tangible, emotionally satisfying product ... ....

'Heat' at 20: Michael Mann on Making a Crime-Drama Classic

Edit Rollingstone 15 Dec 2015

Michael Mann has been a driving creative force behind plenty of groundbreaking cops-and-robbers tales over the past 40 years, from TV’s "MTV cops" show Miami Vice to this year's bleeding-edge cybercrime thriller Blackhat ... Sidebar ... A green-light from Warner Bros ... Takedown ... So I talked to [NBC Programming Head] Brandon Tartikoff and I did it as a two-hour movie pilot, but he and I disagreed about who should be the lead of the show ... ....

NATPE Doubles Down on Reality Programming in 2016

Edit The Wrap 11 Nov 2015

The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) is set to double the size of its reality track in 2016, the trade organization announced Tuesday ... 19-21. The expanded slate will include the 2nd Annual Reality Breakthrough Awards and the launch of the Reality Buyers Hall ... Steve Harvey, Norman Lear, Quincy Jones to Receive NATPE's Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award ... ....