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Pat Weaver (1908-2002) was the president of NBC who reshaped commercial broadcasting in the 1950s. He created Today, The Tonight Show, and NBC Monitor, and was the father of actress Sigourney Weaver.
Mar 18, 2002 · Sylvester L. “Pat” Weaver, a visionary television executive whose programming innovations, including NBC’s “The Tonight Show” and “Today” show, continue to flourish half a century after their...
Mar 17, 2002 · Pat Weaver was a TV executive who created the "Today" and "Tonight" shows and championed color TV and pay TV. He also had a daughter, actress Sigourney Weaver, and was a critic of commercial TV.
Pat Weaver. Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (born 1908) was responsible for some of the most innovative and entertaining programming on both radio and television. He saw radio through its infancy and then moved on to television. Weaver was the creative force behind Fred Allen's popular radio show Town Hall Tonight in the 1930s.
Sylvester L. “Pat" Weaver Jr. was an American radio advertising executive, who became president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been credited with reshaping commercial broadcasting's format and philosophy as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment.
Mar 17, 2002 · LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Sylvester ``Pat'' Weaver, who created NBC's ``Today'' and ``Tonight'' shows, brought opera and a flurry of new commercials to TV and shaped the way Americans watched the...
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Nov 2, 2017 · Learn how Pat Weaver shaped and molded the look of television as the president of NBC from 1953 to 1955. He created Today and Tonight, pioneered the TV talk show, and promoted the concept of the spectacular.
