Brandon Tartikoff
August, 1987
In 1983, programing chief Tartikoff launched nine primetime bombs, all of which were off the air in a matter of months. But in the best comeback fashion, he was able to clear the rubble and build NBC into the number-one network by 1985. Still, he's more than willing to rerun the disaster, that others might steer clear.Brandon Tartikoff: "I've prided myself that in seven years, I've made a lot of mistakes but not the same ones twice. I find new ways to screw up. I look back at that fall-1983...
