Sylvester Weaver

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American businessperson television executive

Sylvester Weaver was an influential American television executive best known for shaping early network TV programming and serving as president of NBC.

Aliases (1)

Sylvester Laflin Weaver Jr. ×1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → businessperson → television executive →
birthDate	1908-12-21 →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
child	Sigourney Weaver → Trajan Weaver →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2002-03-15 →
educatedAt	Dartmouth College NERFINISHED →
employer	National Broadcasting Company →
era	20th century →
familyName	Weaver →
fieldOfWork	radio broadcasting → television broadcasting →
fullName	Sylvester Laflin Weaver Jr. →
genre	network television programming →
givenName	Sylvester →
influenced	development of American television networks →
knownFor	innovative television programming strategies → presidency of NBC in the 1950s →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
nationality	American →
notableEmployer	NBC →
notableFor	creating The Tonight Show → creating the Today show → developing the magazine concept of television advertising → influencing network-controlled programming over sponsor-controlled programming → promoting live television programming → shaping early American network television programming →
notableIdea	magazine-format advertising for television →
occupation	radio producer → television executive →
placeOfBirth	Los Angeles, California →
placeOfDeath	Santa Barbara, California →
positionHeld	president of NBC → president of NBC Television →
relative	Sigourney Weaver →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Elizabeth Inglis →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Today → Today → Today (U.S. TV program) →	creator
Sylvester Weaver ("Sylvester Laflin Weaver Jr.") →	fullName
Sigourney Weaver →	parent