Brandon Tartikoff
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Oct 31, 2026
Zach SimsHOST
There was an initial pilot before that one.
Zach SimsHOST
Basically, Brandon Tartikoff, who ran NBC, was like, I had a teacher I liked.
Zach SimsHOST
You guys do a show about a teacher.
Zach SimsHOST
And then they came up with this.
Bill MaherHOST
Mine was positioned to be one.
Bill MaherHOST
But then Gary Goldberg had a shoving match at a taping with the head of the network, Brandon Tartikoff.
Justine BatemanGUEST
Did he really? I didn't know about that.
Justine BatemanGUEST
I didn't
Tom FrestonGUEST
So in terms of, you know, style things and the way we were able to impact the way movies were made and produced, if you think about the original Top Gun or Flashdance, those all came out of MTV.
Tom FrestonGUEST
Miami Vice, I mean, Brandon Tartikoff's famous directive was develop something MTV Cops.
Tom FrestonGUEST
He wanted a cop show that moved, that had a lot of color and quick cuts.
Tom FrestonGUEST
And so, you know, it would be the dream of anybody who starts a business to not only make that business successful, but have it impact other businesses and then do it around the world and then make, you know, boatloads of money, which that would be the dream of any entrepreneur.
DirkHOST
They were in a ratings freefall.
DirkHOST
So Grant Tinker and Brandon Tartikoff, they agreed to a 13-episode commitment just based on the quality of the script.
DirkHOST
They loved it.
DirkHOST
Matt, if we were going to step back and recreate this, where would we create the sitcom? What would be a workplace location today?
David LascherHOST
my God.
David LascherHOST
And Tartikoff.
Dana CarveyGUEST
Yeah.
Dana CarveyGUEST
And we had a camera and we had everyone go up and do some stuff for the final thing.
Ben GilbertHOST
[laughs]
David RosenthalHOST
... to Brandon Tartikoff, who is the president of NBC Entertainment at the time, saying, "You've got this guy, Jerry, this comic.
David RosenthalHOST
He's regularly coming on The Tonight Show.
David RosenthalHOST
He's doing great.
David RosenthalHOST
He's on your network all the time.
David RosenthalHOST
Presentable fellow, seems to do well.
David RosenthalHOST
Nobody ever thought, 'Why don't we talk to this young man? Maybe we can do some business, do a show.'" So finally, in November of 1988, Shapiro succeeds in convincing Brandon Tartikoff and the powers that be at NBC that, okay, maybe we should consider this, this Jerry guy.
Ben GilbertHOST
Yep.
Tom GulleyHOST
I would argue that if you've got a show, and that show part of it is a mysterious guy shows up that nobody knows anything about, maybe an unknown is a good idea.
Tom GulleyHOST
Well, when the NBC executives, not known for their acumen, by the way, refused Pierce Brosnan, Mary Tyler Moore Productions' Stu Irwin, the director of programming, stood firm in a face-to-face meeting with NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff.
Tom GulleyHOST
And Tartikoff went, hey, whoa, whoa, go ahead.
Tom GulleyHOST
I didn't know you were going to get all Originally, NBC asked for a pilot that imagined the series six months into its run with the characters already working together in the detective agency.
Gerry RichGUEST
And the superficial stuff.
Gerry RichGUEST
The, the first thing he did when he got there, there's a little narrow patio outside of his office, Brandon Tartikoff's old office-
Kim MastersHOST
Right.
Kim MastersHOST
I remember this.
Bomani JonesHOST
Amazing.
Spencer HallGUEST
A drunken Quincy Jones yelling at lawyers and Brandon Tartikoff going, "No paralysis by analysis."
Bomani JonesHOST
Yep, you gotta do it now.
Spencer HallGUEST
Like that.
Dana CarveyGUEST
"Who goes on first?" I said, "I'll open." You know? And then we're waiting, and I'm standing off to the side, about to be introduced.
Dana CarveyGUEST
These are images that are just indelible, so- Brandon Tartikoff, the head of the network, you guys probably interacted with him-
David LascherHOST
Yeah, of course
Dana CarveyGUEST
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