Tinker in Television: From General Sarnoff to General Electric

by Grant Tinker, Bud Rukeyser

The founder of MTM Enterprises, who later rescued NBC from low profits and program failure, presents an insider's account of the history of network television. 40,000 first printing. National ad/promo.

Genres: Tv, Biography

270 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Cynthia Bemis Abrams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grant Tinker writes a detailed, somewhat high level professional memoir of his time primarily leading NBC. Given that the early to mid-80s was a pivotal time for the television business, Tinker's perspective is illuminating. For a 2023 reader however, it's a reminder of just how male-centric the industry was. For the most part, the only women he mentioned were spouses, including his own - Mary Tyler Moore and Allen Ludden's, Betty White.

[Eve]

by Grant Tinker and Bud Rukeyser
Simon & Schuster, 1994
(from WSJ list of Seth Freeman's favorite books on working in TV, "A Job With the Silver Screen)