Leonard Goldberg

Leonard Goldberg was interviewed for nearly six-hour hour (in two sessions) in Beverly Hills, CA. Goldberg talked about breaking into the business in the research departments at ABC and NBC in the 1950s. He talked about his return to ABC in the 1960s, where he worked in TV development and was later promoted to Vice President of Network Programming. He detailed his work at Screen Gems where he developed the celebrated television movie Brian's Song, among others. He discussed the formation, with his partner Aaron Spelling, of Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and elaborated on the many projects that came from the company. He talked about the television movies The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and Something About Amelia.  He described the creation and the casting of the popular detective show Charlie's Angeles, and producing the 2000 feature film version. He also spoke in detail about the series Starsky and Hutch, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, and T.J. Hooker.  He talked about his accomplishments as President and COO of 20th Century Fox, where he facilitated such projects as the long-running animated series The Simpsons and the feature films Broadcast News and Working Girl.  Finally he discussed his current position as head of Mandy Films. The two-part interview was conducted by Dan Pasternack on October 21 and December 7, 2004.