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Fred Silverman on developing Fantasy Island as a companion to The Love Boat at ABC, and on beating out the CBS Saturday night lineup which included The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show, and on critical reaction to the programs

Fred Silverman on promoting Shogun at NBC and the different "sells" associated with it

Fred Silverman on the birth of Hill Street Blues

Fred Silverman on Alan Thicke and Thicke of the Night, the ambitions of the show, and lessons learned

Fred Silverman on Jake and the Fatman

Fred Silverman on becoming head of daytime programming at CBS in New York and changing and fine-tuning the Saturday morning schedule to "superhero adventure" programs which included Underdog, the animated Superman, Space Ghost, and Mighty Mouse.  He describes in detail developing the long-running Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and other comedy-adventure and "pure-comedy" programs, and touches on developing spin-off concept during this time

Fred Silverman on the corporate culture of CBS when he became Vice President of Programming