Thomas W. Moore

Thomas Waldrop "Tom" Moore (September 17, 1918 – 31 March 2007) was an American television executive who headed ABC in the 1960s.[1]

For other people named Thomas Moore, see Thomas Moore (disambiguation).

Biography

Moore was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi State University[2] and graduated from University of Missouri, then served in the United States Navy as a pilot through World War II. After the war, he took a job as spokesman for Los Angeles-based Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries. In 1947, he began selling airtime for CBS Radio before being hired by ABC as vice president of sales in 1956.[3]

He was ABC's vice president of programming from 1956 to 1957, then network president from 1957 to 1969.

Among the shows aired during this time were The Real McCoys, 77 Sunset Strip, My Three Sons, The Flintstones, Ben Casey, and The Untouchables. While he was network president, the network added, among other shows, McHale's Navy, Peyton Place, The Addams Family and Batman.

Moore had a rising Howard Cosell removed from ABC television on-air work in 1959 because he didn't like him. Cosell's removal was rumored to be linked to anti-Semitism, but Cosell himself never directly ascribed to that explanation.[4]

He left ABC to become chairman of computerized event ticketing company Ticketron and, in December 1970, resigned to become president of newly formed General Electric subsidiary and production company, Tomorrow Entertainment.[5] The shows they produced were nominated for ten Emmy Awards, winning at least five.

Business positions
Preceded by
James T. Aubrey		 Vice President, Programs ABC
1958–1963		 Succeeded by
Edgar Scherick

References
  1. Hevesi, Dennis (April 4, 2007). Tom Moore, President of ABC Television in ’60s, Dies at 88. New York Times
  2. A review by Thomas W. Moore, Class of 1939 Archived 1999-10-06 at Archive.today via Mississippi State University
  3. James, Meg (April 5, 2007). Tom Moore, 88; former ABC president. Los Angeles Times
  4. Gunther, Marc; Carter, Dan (1988). Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside story of ABC's Monday Night Football. Carter, Bill, 1949- (1st ed.). New York: Beech Tree Books. p. 41. ISBN 0-688-07553-3. OCLC 18069619.
  5. Arneel, Gene (December 9, 1970). "Gen'l Electric Into Pix, TV, Legit". Daily Variety. p. 1.
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