Many TV legends and contributors were included for the “In Memoriam” segment on Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony for ABC. But producers are always forced to omit some of the 100+ insiders who died since the last ceremony. Who was left out of the group that was honored?
With dozens of television veterans having died since last year’s mid-September ceremony, people certainly included were these six TV Academy Hall of Fame members:
Diahann Carroll
Leonard Goldberg (executive at 20th Century Fox and ABC; producer of “Charlie’s Angels” and more)
Jim Lehrer (anchor/reporter of “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour)
Regis Philbin
Carl Reiner
Fred Silverman
SEECelebrity Deaths 2020: In Memoriam Gallery
Even though he wasn’t known for his TV work, blockbuster film actor Chadwick Boseman was featured in the final slot. NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant was not mentioned, even though the event was being held in the Staples Center.
With dozens of television veterans having died since last year’s mid-September ceremony, people certainly included were these six TV Academy Hall of Fame members:
Diahann Carroll
Leonard Goldberg (executive at 20th Century Fox and ABC; producer of “Charlie’s Angels” and more)
Jim Lehrer (anchor/reporter of “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour)
Regis Philbin
Carl Reiner
Fred Silverman
SEECelebrity Deaths 2020: In Memoriam Gallery
Even though he wasn’t known for his TV work, blockbuster film actor Chadwick Boseman was featured in the final slot. NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant was not mentioned, even though the event was being held in the Staples Center.
- 9/21/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
For Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony on ABC, producers will have the always difficult task of assembling a memoriam segment. Even though the event hosted by Jimmy Kimmel will be virtual, it’s a certainty they will include the popular “In Memoriam” on the show.
With over 100 television veterans having died since last year’s mid-September ceremony, those expected to be honored would include such TV legends and TV Academy Hall of Fame members:
Diahann Carroll
Leonard Goldberg (executive at 20th Century Fox and ABC; producer of “Charlie’s Angels” and more)
Jim Lehrer (anchor/reporter of “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour)
Regis Philbin
Carl Reiner
Fred Silverman
SEECelebrity Deaths 2020: In Memoriam Gallery
Even though they weren’t known for their TV work, it’s very likely NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant and blockbuster film actor Chadwick Boseman will be honored. Also among the dozens most likely included since they...
With over 100 television veterans having died since last year’s mid-September ceremony, those expected to be honored would include such TV legends and TV Academy Hall of Fame members:
Diahann Carroll
Leonard Goldberg (executive at 20th Century Fox and ABC; producer of “Charlie’s Angels” and more)
Jim Lehrer (anchor/reporter of “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour)
Regis Philbin
Carl Reiner
Fred Silverman
SEECelebrity Deaths 2020: In Memoriam Gallery
Even though they weren’t known for their TV work, it’s very likely NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant and blockbuster film actor Chadwick Boseman will be honored. Also among the dozens most likely included since they...
- 9/20/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Emmy-nominated comedy writer and producer Saul Turteltaub died on April 9. He was 87
Director John Turteltaub, the youngest son of Saul confirmed that he died of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills.
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Saul Turteltaub served as a writer and producer for such iconic shows in television history as The Carol Burnett Show, Sanford and Son and That Girl. He received an Emmy nomination for The Carol Burnett Show in 1968 and earned back-to-back noms in 1964 and 1965 as part of the writing team for the U.S. version of the political satire TV series That Was the Week That Was.
Turteltaub teamed with Bernie Orenstein and Bud Yorkin to form Toy Productions and worked on What’s Happening!!,...
Director John Turteltaub, the youngest son of Saul confirmed that he died of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills.
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Saul Turteltaub served as a writer and producer for such iconic shows in television history as The Carol Burnett Show, Sanford and Son and That Girl. He received an Emmy nomination for The Carol Burnett Show in 1968 and earned back-to-back noms in 1964 and 1965 as part of the writing team for the U.S. version of the political satire TV series That Was the Week That Was.
Turteltaub teamed with Bernie Orenstein and Bud Yorkin to form Toy Productions and worked on What’s Happening!!,...
- 4/13/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Saul Turteltaub, the prolific writer and producer who worked on “The Carol Burnett Show,” “Sanford and Son,” “That Girl,” and “What’s Happening!!” died Thursday of natural causes. He was 87.
Director Howard Murray, who worked closely with Turteltaub, confirmed the news on social media. “Just heard that one of my favorite people on the planet has died. Saul Turtletaub along with his partner Bernie Orenstein created some of the funniest sitcoms ever to grace television,” he wrote. “But that’s only a small part of his legacy. Saul was by any measure, a mensch among mensches.”
During Turteltaub’s career, he garnered three Emmy nominations, including one for the first season of “The Carol Burnett Show,” which shot the comic into stardom. He was also responsible for jumpstarting the careers of countless actors including George Clooney, Richard Pryor, Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane, Garry Shandling and Meg Ryan.
Over the course of his 50-year career,...
Director Howard Murray, who worked closely with Turteltaub, confirmed the news on social media. “Just heard that one of my favorite people on the planet has died. Saul Turtletaub along with his partner Bernie Orenstein created some of the funniest sitcoms ever to grace television,” he wrote. “But that’s only a small part of his legacy. Saul was by any measure, a mensch among mensches.”
During Turteltaub’s career, he garnered three Emmy nominations, including one for the first season of “The Carol Burnett Show,” which shot the comic into stardom. He was also responsible for jumpstarting the careers of countless actors including George Clooney, Richard Pryor, Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane, Garry Shandling and Meg Ryan.
Over the course of his 50-year career,...
- 4/13/2020
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
Saul Turteltaub, the television writer and producer known for “Sanford and Son,” “What’s Happening!!,” “That Girl” and “The Carol Burnett Show,” has died at the age of 87.
His son, “Cool Runnings” and “While You Were Sleeping” director Jon Turteltaub, confirmed his father’s death to The Hollywood Reporter.
“To say this was a talented, funny, loving and beloved man is truly an understatement,” he said in the statement.
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Turteltaub had a long career in the television industry. His first writing credit was for “Candid Camera” in 1961, after which he went on to both write and produce shows including “That Girl,” “E/R,” “Grady,” the beloved 1970s comedy “Sanford and Son” and its spin-off series “Sanford Arms,” “Kate & Allie,” “One of the Boys,” “The New Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Love, American Style,” “The Mama Cass Television Program” and...
His son, “Cool Runnings” and “While You Were Sleeping” director Jon Turteltaub, confirmed his father’s death to The Hollywood Reporter.
“To say this was a talented, funny, loving and beloved man is truly an understatement,” he said in the statement.
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Turteltaub had a long career in the television industry. His first writing credit was for “Candid Camera” in 1961, after which he went on to both write and produce shows including “That Girl,” “E/R,” “Grady,” the beloved 1970s comedy “Sanford and Son” and its spin-off series “Sanford Arms,” “Kate & Allie,” “One of the Boys,” “The New Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Love, American Style,” “The Mama Cass Television Program” and...
- 4/13/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Saul Turteltaub, the writer and producer whose expansive television résumé included The Carol Burnett Show, That Girl, Sanford and Son, What's Happening!! and so much more, has died. He was 87.
Turteltaub died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, his youngest son, director Jon Turteltaub, announced. "To say this was a talented, funny, loving and beloved man is truly an understatement," he said.
Turteltaub was one of the original writers on The Carol Burnett Show and received an Emmy nomination in 1968 for his work on the legendary variety program's first ...
Turteltaub died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, his youngest son, director Jon Turteltaub, announced. "To say this was a talented, funny, loving and beloved man is truly an understatement," he said.
Turteltaub was one of the original writers on The Carol Burnett Show and received an Emmy nomination in 1968 for his work on the legendary variety program's first ...
- 4/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Anything but grave until its emotional finale, director Paul Weiland's "For Roseanna" is a lighthearted farce about a man who goes to absurd lengths to fulfill his wife's dying wish.
The upcoming Fine Line Features release, whose title was changed last week from "Roseanna's Grave", was warmly received Thursday by the opening-night audience at the 12th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, with co-producer Paul Trijbits in attendance. Starring Jean Reno and Mercedes Ruehl, "For Roseanna" is an English-language hybrid -- the characters are Italian, many of the actors are not. Commercial prospects are modest at best.
Written by veteran TV writer and producer Saul Turteltaub, the comedy is set in an Italian village with a nearly full graveyard. Only three plots remain, and it is the desire of Roseanna (Ruehl) to be buried beside her daughter, who died many years before.
Her husband Marcello (Reno) is a big, energetic trattoria proprietor who monitors the progress of other mortally ill locals in the hospital. His single-mindedness is both endearing and mildly off-putting.
Resigned to her fate but still very much alive, Roseanna tries to set up Marcello with her younger sister Cecilia (Polly Walker), so he won't be alone after she's gone. Although he's not immune to Cecilia's attractiveness, Marcello does not take this wish seriously.
Cecilia, however, is ardently pursued by Antonio (Mark Frankel), the nephew of a bitter former lover of Roseanna. His uncle (Luigi Diberti) just happens to own vacant land next to the cemetery but refuses to sell it to the church because of his seriously broken heart and jealousy of Marcello.
Enter a recently freed convict (Trevor Peacock) who left a small fortune with the village banker Roberto Della Casa) 20 years earlier. The latter spent most of the loot on a young mistress in Rome and fears for his life. A mishap one night results in the banker's death, with Marcello hiding the corpse in a freezer to delay his burial.
More bodies are hidden, and the long-simmering problems with Diberti's character lead to a shouting match in church. The finale involves another elaborate, crowd-pleasing ruse.
Ruehl is strong and elegantly earthy, and Reno can be quite amusing with his facial expressions. The supporting cast is first-rate, with Walker ("Emma") making the most of her role.
Filmed in wide screen, the film revels in the beautiful countryside and the power of love and faithfulness.
FOR ROSEANNA
Fine Line Features
in association with Spelling Films
Director Paul Weiland
Writer Saul Turteltaub
Producers Paul Trijbits,
Alison Owen, Dario Poloni
Executive producers Ruth Vitale,
Mark Ordesky, Jonathan Weisgal, Miles Donnelly
Director of photography Henry Braham
Editor Martin Walsh
Production designer Rod McLean
Music Trevor Jones
Costume designer Annie Hardinge
Casting Nina Gold
Color/stereo
Cast:
Marcello Jean Reno
Roseanna Mercedes Ruehl
Cecilia Polly Walker
Antonio Mark Frankel
Father Bramilla Giuseppe Cederna
Dr. Benvenuto Renato Scarpa
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The upcoming Fine Line Features release, whose title was changed last week from "Roseanna's Grave", was warmly received Thursday by the opening-night audience at the 12th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, with co-producer Paul Trijbits in attendance. Starring Jean Reno and Mercedes Ruehl, "For Roseanna" is an English-language hybrid -- the characters are Italian, many of the actors are not. Commercial prospects are modest at best.
Written by veteran TV writer and producer Saul Turteltaub, the comedy is set in an Italian village with a nearly full graveyard. Only three plots remain, and it is the desire of Roseanna (Ruehl) to be buried beside her daughter, who died many years before.
Her husband Marcello (Reno) is a big, energetic trattoria proprietor who monitors the progress of other mortally ill locals in the hospital. His single-mindedness is both endearing and mildly off-putting.
Resigned to her fate but still very much alive, Roseanna tries to set up Marcello with her younger sister Cecilia (Polly Walker), so he won't be alone after she's gone. Although he's not immune to Cecilia's attractiveness, Marcello does not take this wish seriously.
Cecilia, however, is ardently pursued by Antonio (Mark Frankel), the nephew of a bitter former lover of Roseanna. His uncle (Luigi Diberti) just happens to own vacant land next to the cemetery but refuses to sell it to the church because of his seriously broken heart and jealousy of Marcello.
Enter a recently freed convict (Trevor Peacock) who left a small fortune with the village banker Roberto Della Casa) 20 years earlier. The latter spent most of the loot on a young mistress in Rome and fears for his life. A mishap one night results in the banker's death, with Marcello hiding the corpse in a freezer to delay his burial.
More bodies are hidden, and the long-simmering problems with Diberti's character lead to a shouting match in church. The finale involves another elaborate, crowd-pleasing ruse.
Ruehl is strong and elegantly earthy, and Reno can be quite amusing with his facial expressions. The supporting cast is first-rate, with Walker ("Emma") making the most of her role.
Filmed in wide screen, the film revels in the beautiful countryside and the power of love and faithfulness.
FOR ROSEANNA
Fine Line Features
in association with Spelling Films
Director Paul Weiland
Writer Saul Turteltaub
Producers Paul Trijbits,
Alison Owen, Dario Poloni
Executive producers Ruth Vitale,
Mark Ordesky, Jonathan Weisgal, Miles Donnelly
Director of photography Henry Braham
Editor Martin Walsh
Production designer Rod McLean
Music Trevor Jones
Costume designer Annie Hardinge
Casting Nina Gold
Color/stereo
Cast:
Marcello Jean Reno
Roseanna Mercedes Ruehl
Cecilia Polly Walker
Antonio Mark Frankel
Father Bramilla Giuseppe Cederna
Dr. Benvenuto Renato Scarpa
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 3/10/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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