Of these 3 TV Moguls, Who Had The BEST Variety of Shows...In Your Opinion - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 08-17-2010, 03:36 PM

Garry Marshall

Norman Lear

Mary Tyler Moore

70s show watcher · 08-17-2010, 05:09 PM

for the sake of just pure laughs im going to say gary marshall

Mr. Television · 08-17-2010, 05:14 PM

Norman Lear. I liked all of his shows. All in The Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, One Day At a Time, and Mary Hartman. I even liked a lot of his flop shows...The Powers That Be, Hot L. Baltimore. The other 2 were great too but I'll go with Lear overall.

70s show watcher · 08-17-2010, 05:53 PM

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Norman Lear. I liked all of his shows. All in The Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, One Day At a Time, and Mary Hartman. I even liked a lot of his flop shows...The Powers That Be, Hot L. Baltimore. The other 2 were great too but I'll go with Lear overall.

my 2 fave lear flops were alls fair and the powers that be

Mr. Television · 08-17-2010, 05:57 PM

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my 2 fave lear flops were alls fair and the powers that be

I forgot All's Fair. That was another good show of his. It aired on CBS's Monday night lineup. I don't understand why that wasn't a hit.

dlemond · 08-17-2010, 09:15 PM

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I forgot All's Fair. That was another good show of his. It aired on CBS's Monday night lineup. I don't understand why that wasn't a hit.

Ok, I'm being lazy- but what was All's Fair about?

Why don't I remember it?

Mr. Television · 08-17-2010, 09:55 PM

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Ok, I'm being lazy- but what was All's Fair about?

Why don't I remember it?

It was a political sitcom. Richard Crenna starred as a Conservative political columnist and Bernadette Peters was his liberal girlfriend. It aired on Monday nights in 1976-77 right after Maude.

70s show watcher · 08-18-2010, 01:35 AM

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It was a political sitcom. Richard Crenna starred as a Conservative political columnist and Bernadette Peters was his liberal girlfriend. It aired on Monday nights in 1976-77 right after Maude.

i like that autographed picture of bernadette and richard

R.jsheedy · 08-18-2010, 03:21 PM

Norman Lear...

catlover79 · 08-18-2010, 10:17 PM

I didn't even know Garry Marshall did a variety show.

comedyfreak · 08-20-2010, 08:49 AM

I can't answer this one cause I liked both Gary Marshall and Norman Lear. I watched all the shows of both Moguls. Gary had pure comedy and Norman dealt with serious issues which had comedy in them. I can't choose.

Crusinforabrusin · 03-27-2016, 12:20 AM

Mix up between Norman Lear And Mary Tyler Moore. Garry Marshall produced Happy Days And Laverne And Shirley.

Norman Lear for me wins because he had more shows to choose from. That's not to say I don't like Mary Tyler Moore Shows

icecream · 03-27-2016, 04:30 PM

Mary Tyler Moore wins, she starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show plus her production company did WKRP in Cincinnati, Newhart, and maybe Lou Grant (it spun off from her show anyway). Garry Marshall is good with Happy Days and Mork and Mindy, I like Laverne and Shirley some but not as much. Norman Lear is the big loser, he is the most overrated producer of classic shows.

mets82 · 03-27-2016, 06:47 PM

Like all 3 people. They produced All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. I like all these shows but I will take Marshall over Lear because Lear's shows could be too serious sometimes and I like HD and L&S over Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Tyler Moore.

Sal · 03-27-2016, 07:15 PM

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This is correct. Sheldon Leonard beats them all, though.

That is correct too!

As far as the three choices in the poll goes, I would say Garry Marshall because I enjoyed most of his shows.

Sheldon Leonard would be my choice as the best "mogul" of all time. His list of hits is unmatched in TV history. In 1965 alone, Leonard's employees included Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Bill Cosby, Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Jim Nabors, Joey Bishop and Garry Marshall (behind the camera), all working in the same studios at the same time. Garry Marshall's acting stable in the 1970s was also fairly impressive, including Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Ron Howard, Penny Marshall, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, and Jonathan Winters. It would be almost impossible to find that level of talent around on any sitcoms today.

Honorable mentions:

Lucy and Desi and their Desilu empire which went beyond her 3 big hits.

Paul Henning: My personal favourite. The man behind "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Green Acres", and "Petticoat Junction". An underrated and under-appreciated pure genius.

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