![]() LundenYou want to try to find those people that have chemistry. And that was the first week we beat the Today show. Nobody had ever done an interview with Cagney. He lived on a farm in New York. So I said, “What did you say to him?” He says, “Thank you.” I said, “No, David, you’re going to call him back and say, ‘I want to come to your farm and interview you.'” And so we did. He watches the show he complimented me on my job.” Now, Jimmy Cagney was a recluse. TV Ratings: Charlie Sheen Sit-Down Brings 'Today' 5.5 Million Viewersįraser One day in 1979, Hartman comes into my office and says, “You’re not going to believe who just called me: Jimmy Cagney. You’re going to have an actor interview Menachem Begin, interview the president of the United States?” But it worked out. We’re going to have actors as hosts.” And we both laughed. I said, “Well, he’s tied up.” He calls me and Shanks into his office and he says, “The Today show is in the news division, and we’re in the entertainment division. Woody Fraser, Executive Producer, 1975-80 I was producing The Mike Douglas Show and what Silverman really wanted me to do was to bring Mike Douglas in and make him the host. We hardly had any stations - maybe 115 stations - and not one paid commercial. The mission was: How do we inform in a conversational, intelligent way? It was not a full-service network. ABC wasn’t even on in the morning at that point. CBS had an hour of news and then Captain Kangaroo. ![]() 33 Defining Hollywood Moments of the Past 5 Yearsĭavid Hartman, Host, 1975-87 had been on since ’52. ![]()
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