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Sylvester Weaver

Screenwriter | * 12/21/1908 († 93, 03/15/2002) | Los Angeles (United States of America (USA))
Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been credited with reshaping commercial broadcasting's format and philosophy as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment. His daughter is actress Sigourney Weaver. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Talk-Shows | Comedies

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Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other fea ...

Your Show of Shows

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1950 | 2.8/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Comedy
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2024-
 
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Broadway Open House, is network television's first late-night comedy-variety series. It was telecast live on NBC from May 29, 1950 to August 24, 1951, airing weeknights from 11pm to midnight. One of t ...

Broadway Open House

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1950- | 1h per episode
Reality-TV
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Awards & Nominations for Sylvester Weaver

Peabody Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Trustees Award

TV Shows/Series with Sylvester Weaver as Crew(3)

Creator/Creator1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Creator/Creator1954 Tonight Starring Steve Allen
Creator/Creator1950 Your Show of Shows

Full Name: Sylvester Weaver
Born: Monday, 12/21 1908 (December) in Los Angeles (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 03/15 2002 (March) in Santa Barbara (aged: 93)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Educated at: Dartmouth College
Member of: Phi Beta Kappa Society
Spouses (current/former): Elizabeth Inglis
Siblings: Doodles Weaver
Father: Sylvester Laflin Weaver
Mother: Elenor Isabel Dixon
Other names for Sylvester Weaver (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Pat Weaver"
"Sylvester Laflin Weaver junior"
Sylvester Weaver frequently works together with these people:
Steve Allen (4x, Actor)
Carl Reiner (3x, Actor)
Skitch Henderson (3x, Actor)
Bill Cosby (2x, Actor)
Rudy Vallee (2x, Actor)
Howard Morris (2x, Actor)
Signe Hasso (2x, Actress)
Allan Sherman (2x, Actor)
Arlene Dahl (2x, Actress)
Robert Merrill (2x, Actor)
Henry Morgan (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:896855, Added: 11/18/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024