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James T. Aubrey

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1573: 1177:, Friendly recounts one budget meeting in which Aubrey talked at length about the high costs of airing news, which could be cheaply replaced with entertainment programs. However, Paley supported the news and protected Friendly's division from Aubrey's proposed budget cuts. In 1962, Aubrey ordered that there would be fewer specials, entertainment and news, because he felt interruptions to the schedule alienated viewers by disrupting their routine viewing, sending them to the competition. Friendly resented this move. 920:. Aubrey would walk out of meetings without offering any constructive comments on Miller's program and the 19 rewrites he did of the pilot episode. Miller was assured by executives that Aubrey's silence meant things were fine; Kempton quoted a CBS producer telling Miller "this has nothing to do with a good script or a bad script. It has to do with pleasing one man, Jim Aubrey. Don't ever forget it", and Miller later learned of efforts by Aubrey to force him out. A pilot for the show, 324: 1053: 1963:
writer kicks the dog and beats his wife. So you learn to pay attention to personal relationships. But that doesn't mean you lie to people. I've been the screwer and the screwee, and I know which is better. It's better to be the screwer, and it's very difficult to do that with honesty, but it's how I prefer to be treated. I don't want power now, or authority, so I suppose my candor can't hurt me.
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advertiser's interest and general attitudes are discussed. A breakfast food advertiser may, for example, wish to make sure the programs do not contain elements that make breakfast distasteful. A cigarette manufacturer would not wish to have cigarette smoking depicted in an unattractive manner. Normally, as long as these considerations do not limit creativity, they will be adhered to.
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until the following Sunday afternoon. Stanton's statement read, "Jim Aubrey's outstanding accomplishment during his tenure as head of the C.B.S. television network need no elaboration. His extraordinary record speaks for itself." Aubrey offered no explanation following his dismissal, nor did Stanton or Paley give an explicit reason.
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wrote, "Aubrey was torpedoed at last by a combination of his imperiousness, the ratings drop, and a vivid after-hours life culminating in a raucous Miami Beach party—details of which no one ever agrees on—the weekend he was fired." Aubrey had been in Florida for Jackie Gleason's 49th birthday party.
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and owned the company that produced it for the network, although Cowan denied he knew anything about the rigging of the program. Cowan's letter of resignation to Stanton declared, "you have made it impossible for me to continue." Aubrey was appointed president the same day and elected to the board of
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in effect said, 'Look, I don't know that much about TV, I'm a lawyer.' And he let me have autonomy." As vice president of television, a title which Aubrey gained before March 1957, he brought to the air what he recalled as "wild, sexy, lively stuff, things that had never been done before"; shows such
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in December 1969. Aubrey said, "we have determined that we're not going to continue to produce on the basis of 40 acres and acres and acres of standing sets. Young people who are the major movie audience today, refer to that as the plastic world and that is almost a deterrent in the business today."
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as a New York City social worker, which was cancelled after just one season despite receiving eight Emmy Award nominations. Aubrey defended charges of pandering to the public. "I felt that we had an obligation to reach the vast majority of most of the people," he said. "We made an effort to continue
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Aubrey received a salary of $ 4,000 a week, but had no contract. He said in 1986, "I wanted Kirk to be able to say, 'Get lost, Jim,' without obligation if it didn't work." Like most of the big studios in the 1960s, MGM was struggling and Kerkorian said his new president would bring the company back
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Jim is different. He does his own dirty work. Jim is one of those people who are willing to say, "I didn't like your movie." Directness is disarming to people who are used to sugar-coating. It's tough for people who need approval to see somebody who doesn't. Myths and legends begin to surround that
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He read everything. Like he saw every movie. But he had the smallest world there could be. He'd watch a movie, and while everyone else was involved in the story, he'd say out loud "that kid could be the lead in a television program." He read everything sure. All the new fiction. What he didn't like
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to boost ratings, and confronted him with the "bosoms, broads, and fun" quotation from a memorandum by CBS executive Howard G. Barnes following a meeting with the program's producers. Aubrey denied saying the phrase. He said that people in the business often shorthanded "wholesome, pretty girls" as
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By the end of the fiscal year, MGM made a profit of $ 1.5 million, a remarkable turnaround for a company which posted a $ 35 million loss one year before. In January 1971, Aubrey declared, "we are pleased that the company has been turned around. Through the policies of this management, including a
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were sold to real estate developers; these actions were already planned under Polk. Aubrey was heavily criticized for disposing of MGM's archives and halting productions. He recalled in 1986, "the buck had to stop somewhere, and it was with me. Nostalgia runs strong out here, so we were criticized
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There are at least 13,000 theories on why he got the ax, some of them lurid, but none as obvious as the fact that CBS was starting to slip in the Nielsens. "And there was a basic dissatisfaction with me," as he put it. If Aubrey understood ratings and revenue, he also was no stranger to a kind of
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Feed the public little more than rural comedies, fast-moving detective dramas, and later, sexy dolls. No old people; the emphasis was on youth. No domestic servants, the mass audience wouldn't identify with maids. No serious problems to cope with. Every script had to be full of action. No physical
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Aubrey was named executive vice president on June 1, 1959, a newly created position that was the number-two official at the network. His responsibilities involved general supervision of all departments of the CBS Television Network. On December 8, 1959, Cowan resigned, having been damaged from his
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Losses were great because Polk wrote off as total losses many films made under his predecessors; the company posted a $ 35.4 million loss in the fiscal year ending August 31, 1969. "Basically what we're really concentrating on at the moment is to really streamline this operation. There isn't much
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tax lien against Aubrey for $ 38,047.93 was another irritant for Paley. Aubrey seemed to have lost his touch; the early ratings for the 1964–65 season showed that new programs were flops. Paley ordered Stanton to fire Aubrey, and he did so on February 27, 1965, though the announcement was delayed
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Aubrey doesn't deny that he shoots from the hip, in a style that can unhinge the fragile egos of show business. "If I was in the tire business," reasoned Aubrey, "I wouldn't be hurt if the customer didn't buy my tires. I'd think, 'So what?' But in my business, if I don't buy the script, then the
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In late 1964, Aubrey approached Stanton with a proposal. Claiming he had investors lined up and ready to buy the company, Aubrey said once in control, they would fire Paley, install Stanton as chairman, and promote Aubrey to Stanton's post, CBS corporate president. This did not come to pass, but
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There is relatively little that is incompatible between our objectives and the objectives of the advertisers... Before sponsorship of a program series commences there is often a meeting between production personnel and representatives of the advertiser at which time the general areas of the
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and all the other great names of broadcasting, Paley had this blasting genius of instinctively looking at a show and knowing if it should be on the air. He could also be ruthless and distant But Bill was intuitive about both the business and creative sides of TV. And he genuinely disliked
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His actions had a positive effect on the company's finances. In his first nine months on the job, he cut MGM's debt by $ 27 million, nearly one-quarter of the total, and the company posted profits of $ 540,000 for those nine months compared to a $ 18.3 million loss in the preceding period.
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In the first half of fiscal 1970, the company made $ 6.5 million profit despite sizable write-offs. The company had significantly cut its operating losses from $ 6.5 million to $ 1.6 million. Aubrey told the press in April 1970 that the company would have made money if not for four films:
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symbolized an era in television that has been and is too much rooted in calculated and insensitive preoccupation with making more money this year than last Automated situation comedies that wooed the young and did not drive away the old were the mainstay of his philosophy and they paid
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CBS became so influential that when the fall schedules were announced, ABC and NBC would wait until CBS announced its rota before making plans to keep up, effectively making Aubrey programmer for all three networks. CBS enjoyed success with rural-themed sitcoms such as the
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Aubrey was known for his fast decision-making, controlling and workaholic tendencies, putting in 12-hour days, six days a week. He endlessly read scripts, screened episodes, and ordered reshoots or changes made in the furniture and dressing of a set. Author
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complete reorganization, substantial economies, consolidation of operations and through better performance of recent films, we have been able to operate substantially in the black." In that same month, Aubrey announced the company was in merger talks with
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showed that 57 million viewers were watching the show—one in three Americans. Skouras was forced out of Fox by the company's board of directors in July 1962; Aubrey was rumored to be his successor, but he openly denied he had any intention of leaving CBS.
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magazine described him as "youthful, handsome, brainy, with an incandescent smile, a quiet, somewhat salty wit, and when he cared to turn it on, considerable charm. He was always fastidiously turned out, from his Jerry the Barber haircut to his CBS-eye
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Aubrey said, "I don't pretend to be any saint. If anyone wants to indict me for liking pretty girls, I'm guilty." After his divorce in 1962, he was able to "live the high life around New York, Hollywood, Miami, and in Europe with such companions as
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magazine, "You just can't deal with Aubrey. He realizes that litigation can be a great expense, and that because of legal delays, the film will have disappeared long before your case comes to court." Aubrey engaged in another infamous feud with
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announced Aubrey would immediately become the network's head of programming and talent. ABC, the weakest of the three networks at the time, was a contender with a roster of affiliates and programs comparable to the early days of the
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he had "no desire ever again to become involved in the corporate side of the entertainment business", and had been, in Canby's words, "dabbling in a number of enterprises, including the acquisition of films for TV, real estate, and
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hotel, and that Brasselle demanded the shows in exchange for his using his own Mafia connections to smooth things over. Aubrey's critics acknowledged that he could be charming and went to great lengths to please performers. To keep
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On May 9, 1963, Aubrey warned the network's affiliates the high cost of rights for professional sports could price them off television; nevertheless, in January 1964 CBS agreed to pay $ 28.2 million to air the games of the
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wanted to make a comeback on CBS but Aubrey told him "not a chance." However, long after Aubrey left the company, in the fall of 1966, Moore did get a chance with a short-lived revival of his weekly variety series.
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was also affected as CBS stock fell by nine points over the following week. The stock tumble "puts my net value to the network at $ 20 million," Aubrey said. He continued to be a CBS employee until April 20.
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Oulahan and Lambert said that Aubrey scheduled "one lucrative show after another and for the first time, the third network became a serious challenge to NBC and CBS." Among the successes he scheduled were:
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Despite his success in television, Aubrey's abrasive personality and ego led to his firing from CBS, amid charges of misconduct. Aubrey offered no explanation following his dismissal, nor did CBS President
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Another part of Aubrey's formula was ensuring that the commercial interests of CBS's sponsors were kept foremost in their minds. In 1960, he elaborated on this idea more when he told the Office of Network
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for a year and a half, and Aubrey nursed her back to health. "He came every day. He would say, 'You're not going to limp.' My own mother and father couldn't give me more support," Lansing told
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couldn't say his name without calling him an S.O.B.," Stanton said, though Kempton quoted her after Aubrey's firing as saying "he was the smartest one up there." Aubrey also rescheduled
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After four years at MGM, Aubrey announced his resignation, declaring, "The job I agreed to undertake has been accomplished." Kerkorian was named as his successor on October 31, 1973.
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was the fourth of the 12 Caesars. Each carried the logic of his imperial authority as far as it could go. Each was deposed and disappeared suddenly, leaving bad press behind him.
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business. The next month, the company announced fiscal 1971 profits of $ 16.3 million, a sharp rise from the $ 1.6 million in fiscal 1970, and the highest in a quarter century.
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Aubrey's success caused him instability and he became more arrogant. He was abusive to the network's affiliates, advertisers, producers, and talent. Friends including producers
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finished after one season; all three shows were commercial failures. When Aubrey was later asked why he aired three untested programs, he responded with "arrogance, I guess".
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to dub him "the Smiling Cobra". In December 1962, CBS announced it was spending $ 250,000 an episode on Houseman's hour-long drama on American history for the next season,
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to be closer to production facilities, a move which was announced on April 29, 1970. He ordered the sale of MGM's historical collection of costumes and props such as the
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for two years, 17 games each season. "We know how much these games mean to the viewing audience, our affiliated stations, and the nation's advertisers," Aubrey told
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after-hours recklessness that mirrored the Camelot of its day. Nobody questions that Jungle Jim had a good time in the playgrounds of Manhattan and Hollywood.
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Despite his success at ABC, Aubrey saw a limited future at the network and asked to return to CBS. He returned on April 28, 1958, initially as an assistant to
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Aubrey served as a successful president of the CBS Network for the next five years, increasing ratings and profits, from $ 25 million to $ 39 million. In the
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wrote, "Aubrey's heavy involvement with every creative detail of MGM's pictures far surpassed his immersal in CBS's scripts." After making edits to the film
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described the temptation of gossip columnists to write about Aubrey, but the material about him could not be verified—"tempting, but mostly unprintable".
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Aubrey became an independent producer after leaving MGM, producing ten unmemorable films. His biggest success was a 1979 television film about the
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to its former glory. Instead, Aubrey largely liquidated the company as Kerkorian transformed it into hospitality-oriented with construction of the
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said he was a very tough deal-maker; "I'd rather go to bed with him than negotiate with him." Early in, Aubrey cancelled the production of two
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Aubrey's outsized reputation, appearance and womanizing, and his dramatic exit from CBS inspired characters in three novels. His former friend
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put it, "the rest is TV history." Aubrey was promoted to manager of all television network programs, based in California, until he went to
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After being discharged from the Air Force, Aubrey stayed in Southern California; before his marriage, he intended to return to Chicago. In
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Adams, Val (March 1, 1965). "C.B.S. Ousts Aubrey as TV President: Unexplained Move Stuns Industry – Post Goes to John A. Schneider".
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wrote that he would see six films every weekend and read three books on transcontinental flights. Kempton quoted a CBS executive, saying:
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described how he spent five-and-a-half months trying to make a show with CBS for the 1963–64 season based on an idea of Aubrey's about a
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during the 1980s and early 1990s, while Tartikoff worked to restore the reputation of NBC. Aubrey died of a heart attack in 1994.
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would later replace Aubrey at ABC. At CBS, Aubrey was appointed as vice president for creative services in April 1959, replacing
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firm of Aubrey, Moore, and Wallace Inc., and his wife, the former Mildred Stever. He grew up in the affluent Chicago suburb of
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in 1964 called Aubrey "a master of programming whose divinations led to successes that are breathtaking". Aubrey had replaced
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reported this profile of Aubrey had led to rumors he would again return to head CBS after Paley was forced out in 1986 when
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in New York City, who had no experience in network television. Aubrey became depressed, and Stanton feared he was suicidal.
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network. Aubrey later said, "at that time, there was no ABC. The headquarters was an old riding stable, but I went because
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Aubrey announced plans for rapid production of low budget films that cost no more than $ 2 million each, but many of these
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said, "Aubrey was ordering scenes cut out for no other reason except he knew Sam didn't want them cut." Film critic
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Oulahan and Lambert claimed, "Aubrey exercised his tremendous power with the canny skill and the ruthlessness of a
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purposeful drama on TV, but we found out that people just don't want an anthology. They would rather tune in on
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Aubrey's contempt for Paley had no boundaries, with Aubrey even showing his disregard for Paley in public. The
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alleges that a Mafia don had put out a contract on Aubrey for beating his daughter during consensual sex at a
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Reckert, Claire M. "M-G-M Earnings Make Recovery: Year's Net Follows Loss  4th Quarter Shows Deficit."
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Only You, Dick Daring! Or, How to Write One Television Script and Make $ 50,000,000: A True-life Adventure
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wrote Aubrey "deserves to be made a honorary or, rather, dishonorable member of the film editor's union."
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His formula was characterized by a CBS executive as "broads, bosoms, and fun," resulting in such shows as
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was going to work. Bill Paley wasn't convinced. Bill has this great sense of propriety. Putting aside the
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During his service in World War II, Aubrey rose to the rank of major and taught military flying to actor
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Sloane, Leonard. "M-G-M Discloses $ 35-Million Loss: No Revenue Figure Is Given for Year Ended Aug 31."
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held hearings on sex on television and called executives from the three networks. The chairman, Senator
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declared CBS "for the 10th year in a row was the undisputed champion of the television networks." The
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Canby, Vincent. "Aubrey to Make Columbia Films: Ex-Head of C.B.S.-TV Signs as Producer for 2 Years."
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described Aubrey as "6-foot 2-inch with an incandescent smile", with "unrevealing polar blue eyes".
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Leonard Sloane. "New M-G-M Chief Trims Expenses: Aubrey Says Headquarters May Move to California."
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for selling Judy Garland's red shoes. To us they had no value, and they had no intrinsic value."
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article, Ephron quotes Aubrey as instructing Susann to "make me mean. Make me a son-of-a-bitch."
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reporter stating Houseman "expressed no criticism of CBS." The show ran for one season, 1963–64.
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magazines. His first broadcasting job was as a salesman at the CBS radio station in Los Angeles,
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mines to a chain of waffle shops." His first project for Columbia was to be an adaptation of a
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This article is about the American TV and film executive. For the English actor born 1887, see
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In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle
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in its front-page story on his firing, which came on "the sunniest Sunday in February" 1965.
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Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters
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magazine declared, "Under Aubrey, MGM churned out profitable, medium-budget schlock like
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Under Aubrey's leadership, CBS dominated American television, leading the other networks
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Robinson, Leonard Wallace (November 15, 1964). "After the Yankees What?: A TV Drama".
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Allegations of favoritism in purchasing programs were made against Aubrey. His friend
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the comedy had been number one in its first two seasons, but dropped to 18th when
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publicly protested. "He unilaterally and arbitrarily raped the picture", he told
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Gould, Jack (March 2, 1965). "TV: In the Wake of Aubrey's Dismissal by C.B.S.".
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had aired at 9:00 before moving up a half hour in 1964; CBS responded by moving
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Adams, Val. "C.B.S.-TV to Pay $ 28.2 Million For 2-Year Pro Football Rights."
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eating club. "My father insisted on accomplishment," Aubrey recalled in 1986.
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After four years as an independent producer, Aubrey was hired by financier
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Gould, Jack. "A.BC. Plans New TV Format For Its 'Arrest and Trial' Show."
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Dallos, Robert E. "One-Bedroom House for Sale – Asking $ 350,000."
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Folkart, Burt A. "James Aubrey Jr., Former Head of CBS and MGM, Dies."
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Aubrey was hands-on with MGM's work, personally making edits to films.
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Sloane, Leonard. "Aubrey Named M-G-M President: Kerkorian Moves In as
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Adams, Val. "C.B.S. Relents: Ignores Own Warning on Spiraling Costs."
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called "a huge, jerry-built crumbling ruin of a movie"; the adventure
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In June 1967, Aubrey signed a two-year contract to produce films for
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else to do when you're losing as much money as we are", Aubrey told
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and set up a production company, The Aubrey Company. His attorney,
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in 1963, Aubrey had CBS buy Gleason's $ 350,000 futuristic home in
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agency. While at Princeton, all four brothers were members of the
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connection to the quiz-show scandals. Cowan had created the show
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At Princeton, Aubrey was on the football team, playing left end.
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season, all 12 of the top daytime programs and 14 of the top-15
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quoted an analyst who said CBS was "almost comparable to what
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as socially conscious attorneys, which ran for four years, or
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television network from 1959 to 1965, with his "smell for the
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Smith, Liz. "Hot TV Rumor: Return of the 'Smiling Cobra'."
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If They Move, Kill 'Em: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah
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The CanniBalS: A Novel About Television's Savage Chieftains
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Sloane, Leonard. "Loss in Operations Is Listed by M-G-M."
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with critics and audiences. One success, however, was the
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was $ 450,000 over-budget, and ran only for three months.
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American Broadcasting Company Vice Presidents of Programs
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Oulahan, Richard; Lambert, William (September 10, 1965).
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Hammer, Alexander R. "White Motor Tie Put Off by Court."
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Sloane, Leonard. "Lawyer Keeps Late Hours With Clients."
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Fielding's Debt to Cervantes and the Picaresque Tradition
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whose greatest legacy to television was a program called
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Biography at the Museum of Broadcast Communications site
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Adams, Val (December 17, 1956). "Second Sponsor to Drop
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acquired the network. Aubrey worked as a consultant for
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November 12, 1973. 110+. Retrieved on January 24, 2008.
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Shepard, Richard F. "C.B.S.-TV Names No. 2 Executive."
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shows were on CBS—the lone evening exception was NBC's
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Stay Tuned: A concise history of American broadcasting
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Aubrey resurfaced in 1969 when Las Vegas businessman
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United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
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Sloane, Leonard. "Film Makers Showing Bad Picture."
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"Benny to Return to NBC Network." 2901: 2859:1950s Television: The Industry and Its Critics 2695: 2668:June–July 2004. 68–73, 78. (Profile of Aubrey) 2303: 1983:Select films made/released at MGM under Aubrey 1921:. The pair sustained injuries; Lansing was on 612:, despised by the critics and by CBS chairman 4431: 4193: 4121:Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1988. 3632:Canby, Vincent. "Is Hollywood in Hot Water?" 3147:Harlan Ellison, "The New Season: Part 2", in 2935:Sex Detours 'Route 66', Senate Probers Reveal 2748: 2746: 8: 4119:This ... Is CBS: A Chronicle of Sixty Years. 4057:"The Tyrant's Fall That Rocked The TV World" 3003:. New York: William Sloane Associates, 1964. 2478:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 4000:The Columbia History of American Television 3080: 3078: 3076: 3074: 3072: 2995: 2993: 1726:, days after Fox fired its top executives, 1556:. The suit was eventually bought by one of 1165:Aubrey fought constantly with officials of 4438: 4424: 4416: 4200: 4186: 4178: 4081:Fade Out: The Scandalous Final Days of MGM 3529: 3527: 3405: 3403: 3401: 3344: 3342: 3127: 3125: 3084:Martin Kasindorf. "How now, Dick Daring?" 2822: 2820: 2818: 2816: 2814: 2757:. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 252. 2393: 2391: 2389: 663:, the program was popular with audiences. 521:, whom CBS promoted to network president. 53: 42: 27:American TV and film executive (1918–1994) 4038:Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control.. 3920: 3918: 3916: 3776: 3774: 3258:Sterling, C. H.; Kittross, J. M. (1990). 2930: 2928: 647:as "a confrontation of the characters of 407:, and as journalists Richard Oulahan and 4626:American Broadcasting Company executives 3831:Reverse Angle: A Decade of American Film 3366: 3190: 3175: 3063: 2952: 2889: 2877: 2777: 2722: 2680: 2657: 2655: 2653: 2651: 2649: 2640: 2495:"Jimmy Stewart: His Most Demanding Role" 2449: 2371: 2369: 2367: 2365: 2363: 2361: 1849:, who in 1973 began work on the Western 1827: 1571: 1051: 322: 4002:. New York: Columbia University Press. 3872:"M-G-M To Withdraw From a Film Group." 3517:Sloane, Leonard. "Capital Gains Help." 2964:Adams, Val. "New C.B.S. Series to Lose 2543:"Princeton Confers 624 Degrees Today." 2359: 2357: 2355: 2353: 2351: 2349: 2347: 2345: 2343: 2341: 2271: 1958:Paul Rosenfield found him unrepentant: 1485:both declined the post, while producer 1473:(MGM), ousting Canadian liquor magnate 1175:Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control 505:President of CBS Television (1959–1965) 438:Walt Disney anthology television series 34:. For the English actor born 1947, see 4651:United States Army Air Forces officers 4135:. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. 3697:. "U.S. Will Oppose White Motor Tie." 3563:"Shaft (1971) - Financial Information" 2916:. "Networks Offer Definition of Sex." 2661:Grossman, Andrew. "The Smiling Cobra." 2615: 2613: 2471: 890:was the fourth president of CBS-TV as 3474: 3472: 3470: 3468: 3030: 3028: 1872:Motion Picture Association of America 1638:in 1970, because it was over budget. 1242:On April 16, 1964, celebrity tabloid 7: 4105:CBS: Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye. 3726:Brody, Richard (December 16, 2010). 2383:April 27, 1986. Calendar section, 1. 2314: 2312: 1917:were struck by a car while crossing 1681:Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1330:Aubrey's successor was announced as 1016:on Tuesdays for the 1963–64 season, 716:. Paley highly disliked the CBS hit 366:1953). The couple divorced in 1962. 3791:, December 27, 1971, archived from 3754:"Corky (Warner Archive Collection)" 3479:Galloway, Stephen (June 16, 2015). 1022:, instead of the previous season's 2559:Barnes, Mike (December 18, 2020). 352:(1944), and her final film was as 25: 4083:. New York William Morrow, 1990. 3960:Pace, Eric (September 12, 1994). 3752:Mavis, Paul (November 19, 2014). 2105:(December 1971) - made by MGM-EMI 2033:(February 1971) - made by MGM-EMI 1252:Federal Communications Commission 854:. He didn't know how to use them. 590:I put it on the schedule anyway. 393:, and they developed the popular 3835:. Crown Publishers Inc. p.  2790:Morrow, Lance (March 14, 1977). 2598:from the original on May 1, 2008 1246:reported that Aubrey was taking 149: 4646:CBS Vice Presidents of Programs 2468:(Thesis). Princeton University. 1870:MGM had disagreements with the 631:called Aubrey, "The hucksters' 533:directors on December 9, 1959. 145: 4621:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives 4616:American television executives 4601:Phillips Exeter Academy alumni 4107:Chicago: Playboy Press, 1975. 3298:. October 31, 1969. p. 80 3037:"Obituary: John Frankenheimer" 3035:Baxter, Brian (July 8, 2002). 2241:(Sept 1973) - from Gene Corman 2173:(Sept 1972) - from Gene Corman 1198:lead-in for its third season. 373:, he sold advertising for the 1: 4591:People from LaSalle, Illinois 4561:Amy Reisenbach (2023-present) 4021:. North Carolina: McFarland. 3379:Ephron, Nora (May 11, 1969). 2222:The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 2198:Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 2181:(Sept 1972) - made by MGM-EMI 1913:In the mid-1970s, Aubrey and 1852:Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 1832:Aubrey clashed with director 1395:'s assessment, "unreadable." 420:American Broadcasting Company 318:United States Army Air Forces 123:Television and film executive 4065:. Vol. 59, no. 11. 2848:. July 21, 1962. p. 11. 2533:. March 1, 1965. p. 52. 2499:The Retired Officer Magazine 1898:Black Belly of the Tarantula 1820:Regarding what was our film 1461:President of MGM (1969–1973) 747:Exceptions existed, such as 464:, a detective show starring 4606:Princeton University alumni 4406:Craig Erwich (2021–present) 3910:. November 3, 1971. 67, 71. 3608:, February 21, 1970, p. 95. 2462:Aubrey, Jr., James Thomas. 2401:The New York Times Magazine 1935:Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders 1784:The New York Times Magazine 1768:magazine in 1971. Director 1748:The New York Times Magazine 1518:, which was about to begin 1364:Post-CBS career (1966–1968) 1304:The New York Times Magazine 1220:The New York Times Magazine 1004:had disputes with Aubrey. " 659:. Despite the criticism of 303:The New York Times Magazine 206:The New York Times Magazine 4677: 4596:Lake Forest Academy alumni 4040:. New York: Random House. 4036:Friendly, Fred W. (2013). 3998:Edgerton, Gary R. (2007). 3504:"M-G-M Is Planning Move." 3317:Oulahan & Lambert 1965 3276:Oulahan & Lambert 1965 3231:Oulahan & Lambert 1965 3117:Oulahan & Lambert 1965 3091:. September 10, 1972. 54+. 2902:Oulahan & Lambert 1965 2753:Halberstam, David (1979). 2696:Oulahan & Lambert 1965 2377:Aubrey: A Lion in Winter. 2304:Oulahan & Lambert 1965 1234:in electrical equipment." 1117:ran until April 1965, and 986:In the 1950s, entertainer 217:, who was dismissed after 69:James Thomas Steven Aubrey 29: 3904:Reports Record Profits." 3485:www.hollywoodreporter.com 3104:. September 26, 1963. 71. 2320:"James T. Aubrey Jr. '41" 2038:Pretty Maids All in a Row 2006:The Traveling Executioner 1646:'s musical adaptation of 1346:Following his dismissal, 1334:, the general manager of 1083:episodes. The shows were 682:Dominance and controversy 349:Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 52: 3863:. November 13, 1970. 25. 3728:"Blake Edwards Out West" 3653:. December 15, 1970. 68. 3602:, "The Current Cinema," 3552:. November 20, 1969. 69. 3537:. December 12, 1969. 89. 3354:. December 14, 1969. F3. 2153:(July 1972) - remake of 1878:), and was to enter the 1576:Aubrey cancelled two of 1530:worn by Judy Garland in 1350:, television critic for 1297:Internal Revenue Service 1212:National Football League 1188:The Beverly Hillbillies, 1169:, especially its chief, 789:committee investigating 651:with the environment of 246:in 1969 to preside over 4641:Presidents of CBS, Inc. 4611:American film producers 3947:San Francisco Chronicle 3926:The Lion and the Cobra. 3891:. October 15, 1971. 55. 3716:. January 28, 1971. 47. 3703:. January 27, 1971. 49. 3685:. January 15, 1971. 27. 3668:. January 12, 1971. 45. 3638:. November 9, 1969. D1. 3588:David Lean: A Biography 3447:. October 22, 1969. 57. 3428:. October 26, 1969. F1. 3290:"Return of Smiling Jim" 2987:. 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Aubrey." 3012:Amy Fine Collins, " 2940:Schenectady Gazette 2922:. May 12, 1962. 51. 2713:. May 23, 1959. 49. 2505:on February 7, 2006 2118:The Carey Treatment 1810:Michael S. Laughlin 1793:Mission: Impossible 1716:The New York Times, 1471:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1454:Those Who Walk Away 1147:Peekskill, New York 872:The Great Adventure 764:East Side/West Side 725:My Favorite Martian 655:," the chairman of 579:Beverly Hillbillies 474:The Donna Reed Show 466:Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 290:before heading the 272:Lake Forest Academy 248:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 3966:The New York Times 3950:. 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Jim Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey
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Los Angeles, California
Princeton University
Phyllis Thaxter
CBS
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Gilligan's Island
The Beverly Hillbillies
NBC
ABC
The New York Times Magazine
CBS Television
Louis G. Cowan
the quiz-show scandals
Frank Stanton
William Paley
The New York Times
Kirk Kerkorian
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
LaSalle, Illinois
Chicago
Lake Forest
Lake Forest Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter, New Hampshire
Princeton University

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