B. Donald "Bud" Grant (February 7, 1932 – July 1, 2011) was an American television executive. He originally started his career at
NBC
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in 1956, and stayed there until 1972, when he joined
CBS
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, and known for resurrecting game shows on the daytime lineup after a four-year absence since 1968, such as ''
The Price is Right
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''. He served as the President of
CBS Entertainment
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Paramount Pictures Corporation
* Paramount Studio Grou ...
from 1980 until 1987.
He was credited with spearheading 1980s CBS shows such as ''
Newhart
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'' and ''
Murder, She Wrote
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''.
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Grant was born in ]Baltimore
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, Maryland
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, and earned a Bachelor of Science
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in business
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from Johns Hopkins University
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.[ He served from 1953 to 1955 in the U.S. Coast Guard.][
Grant left CBS in 1987 and founded his own ]production company
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, Bud Grant Productions, with an exclusive deal with CBS.[ He would later form Grant/Tribune Productions in 1988, which produced for ]Tribune Broadcasting
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and Walt Disney Studios, which signed in 1992.Sydney
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'' and ''Cutters
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'' for CBS. In 1993, Grant split off from Tribune and reverted to the Bud Grant Productions name, and later that year, the company signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television
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under Les Moonves
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' watch. He later formed Third Coast Entertainment, and it was involved in a failed television biopic that sued Priscilla Presley
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.Newport Beach, California
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, on July 1, 2011.
References
External links
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* https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/31/arts/cbs-entertainment-chief-is-leaving-the-network.html
* http://www.beverlyhillscc.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=258840&ssid=120698&vnf=1
* http://www.emmys.com/shows/i-love-lucy-very-first-show
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1934 births
2011 deaths
CBS executives
Presidents of CBS Entertainment
American television executives
American television producers
Johns Hopkins University alumni