What is Fred Silverman?
'''Fred Silverman''' (September 13, 1937 – January 30, 2020) was an American television executive and producer. He worked as an executive at all of the [[Big Three television networks]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]] and [[NBC]]. He produced ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' (1969–present), ''[[All in the Family]]'' (1971–1979), ''[[The Waltons]]'' (1972–1981), and ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' (1976–1981).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Man with the Golden Gut|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915399,00.html|magazine=[[TIME]]|date=September 5, 1977|access-date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> He was born in [[New York City]]. Silverman died on January 30, 2020 of [[cancer]] at his home in [[Pacific Palisades, California]] at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/fred-silverman-dead-82-abc-cbs-nbc-executive-1203487260/|title=Fred Silverman, TV Executive Who Led Programming at ABC, CBS and NBC, Dies at 82|publisher=[[Variety]]|date=January 30, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0798908|Fred Silverman}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Silverman, Fred}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in California]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New York City]]