Veteran TV exec and Emmy-nominated producer Andy Friendly died Sunday, Jan. 4, at his home in Bel-Air, according to his family. Friendly was 74.
Friendly, the son of legendary journalist Fred Friendly and brother of producer David Friendly, began his career as a writer and producer at NBC News in New York, later becoming a producer of Tom Synder’s “Tomorrow” late night talk show on the network.
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From there, Friendly helped create long-running entertainment news magazine “Entertainment Tonight” as the first producer of the strip series in 1981. Later, Friendly was VP of primetime programs at CNBC, overseeing talk shows hosted by
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