Grant Tinker

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human television executive television producer

Grant Tinker was an influential American television executive and producer, best known as the co-founder of MTM Enterprises and former chairman and CEO of NBC.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grant Tinker canonical	5
Grant Almerin Tinker	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ television executive ⓘ television producer ⓘ
awardReceived	Television Academy Hall of Fame induction ⓘ surface form: Television Hall of Fame induction
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
coFounderOf	MTM Enterprises ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1925-01-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2016-11-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	Dartmouth College ⓘ
employer	NBC ⓘ
endTime	1986 (as chairman and CEO of NBC) ⓘ
familyName	Tinker ⓘ
founded	GTG Entertainment ⓘ
fullName	Grant Tinker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grant Almerin Tinker
genre	television comedy ⓘ television drama ⓘ
givenName	Grant ⓘ
memberOf	Television Academy Hall of Fame induction ⓘ surface form: Television Hall of Fame
militaryService	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
notableAchievement	revitalized NBC’s primetime schedule in the 1980s ⓘ
notableWork	Hill Street Blues ⓘ Lou Grant ⓘ MTM Enterprises programming ⓘ Rhoda ⓘ St. Elsewhere ⓘ The Bob Newhart Show ⓘ The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ WKRP in Cincinnati ⓘ
occupation	media executive ⓘ television producer ⓘ
parentOf	John Tinker ⓘ Mark Tinker ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: Stamford, Connecticut, United States
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
positionHeld	chairman of NBC ⓘ chief executive officer of NBC ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse	Brooke Knapp ⓘ Mary Tyler Moore ⓘ Ruth Byerly ⓘ
startTime	1981 (as chairman and CEO of NBC) ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Television Academy Hall of Fame induction → notableInducteesInclude → Grant Tinker ⓘ

Mary Tyler Moore → spouse → Grant Tinker ⓘ

Grant Tinker → fullName → Grant Tinker self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grant Almerin Tinker

MTM Enterprises → foundedBy → Grant Tinker ⓘ

MTM Enterprises → coFounder → Grant Tinker ⓘ

Mary → spouse → Grant Tinker ⓘ

subject surface form: Mary Tyler Moore