Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and...
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a British actress and a native of Colchester, England. Weaver's father, Sylvester "Pat" Weaver Jr., was an American television executive born in Los Angeles...
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to Sylvester Laflin Weaver, a wealthy roofing contractor, and Nellie Mabel (Amabel) Dixon Weaver. His older brother was Pat Weaver, who served as the president...
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married Pat Weaver (1908–2002), an American broadcasting executive. He was president of NBC television between 1953 and 1955. After marrying Weaver, she...
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Fourth television network (section Pat Weaver)
programs until 1972. Pat Weaver, a former president of NBC, twice attempted to launch his own television network; daughter Sigourney Weaver once said, "it was...
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director Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. (see Pat Weaver, above) Warren Weaver (1894–1978), mathematician and author of Weaver's memorandum for machine...
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on home video. The 90-minute live series was produced by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver and directed by Max Liebman, who had been producing musical revues at...
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"Wingnut" Weaver (born 1965) is an American surfer. He has appeared in several of Bruce Brown's surf films, starring in three of them alongside Pat O'Connell...
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11pm to midnight. One of the pioneering TV creations of NBC president Pat Weaver, it demonstrated the potential for late-night programming and led to the...
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known use of the phrase was in a speech about television by NBC president Pat Weaver at the Institute of Practitioners of Advertising in London on September...
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Sylvester Weaver may refer to: Sylvester Weaver (musician) (1897–1960), American blues guitarist Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (1908–2002), American radio and...
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entertainment show, on NBC. One of the pioneering TV creations of NBC president Pat Weaver, it demonstrated the potential for late-night programming and led to the...
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home-entertainment medium. The show was the brainchild of Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, whose career bridged classic radio and television's infancy and who...
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Miss Monitor on NBC's Monitor, a 40-hour weekend radio show developed by Pat Weaver. Born in Midville, Georgia, the daughter of a banker, Thurman originally...
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program oriented toward women, which was conceived by network president Pat Weaver to complement the network's Today and Tonight programs. In 1954, she appeared...
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11:15 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the East Coast. While Today developer Sylvester "Pat" Weaver often is credited as the Tonight creator, Allen often pointed out that...
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and comedian Irene Ryan while the principal speaker was NBC president Pat Weaver. References: Ogilvie, Jack W. (1971). "A.C.E. Calendar of Events". In...
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"Pat" Solitano Jr., a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents (De Niro and Weaver)....
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Weaver George Bricker Regis "Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter" (2.09) "A Black Day for Mayberry" (4.07) Weaver was the brother of former NBC president Pat Weaver...
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Mazer, made cameo appearances in the film. Sigourney Weaver, whose father Sylvester "Pat" Weaver had been a top network television executive, also worked...
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old, and Mennella trained him. He appeared on the Perry Como Show and Pat Weaver of the Today Show saw potential in him; Mennella had an appointment with...
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Clement Weaver (c. 1620-1683), also known as Clement Weaver Jr. and Sergeant Clement Weaver, was a member of the House of Deputies of the Colony of Rhode...
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George Daniel "Buck" Weaver (August 18, 1890 – January 31, 1956) was an American shortstop and third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB)...
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Caesar Walter Cronkite Joyce Hall Rod Serling Ed Sullivan Sylvester "Pat" Weaver 3rd induction (1986) Steve Allen Fred Coe Walt Disney Jackie Gleason...
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Frost, Regis Philbin, Alan Thicke, Jerry Lewis, Joan Rivers, David Brenner, Pat Sajak, Ron Reagan, Dennis Miller, and most notably Steve Allen, Arsenio Hall...
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on June 12, 1955, was Monitor, a creation of NBC President Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, who also created the innovative programs Today, The Tonight Show and...
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Theater in the fall of 1948. In early 1949, Caesar and Liebman met with Pat Weaver, vice president of television at NBC, which led to Caesar's first series...
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by Willie Geist. Today anchors started out as "Communicators". Creator Pat Weaver envisioned a person whose responsibilities would go beyond the bounds...
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partnered with Mike Todd, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, with the plan of building dome theaters all over the world to accommodate...
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singer, Bing Crosby. Pat Weaver (president of NBC, creator of The Today Show and The Tonight Show, and father of Sigourney Weaver) was a KHJ announcer...
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