Earl Greenburg

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Earl Greenburg (1947 - February 1, 2008) was the former head of NBC Daytime.

Originally born in Philadelphia he then moved to Los Angeles in 1977, where he was working as VP of the compliance and practices department at NBC when Brandon Tartikoff picked him as VP for daytime programming in 1981. He then worked as an independent TV producer for programs including The Regis Philbin Show, The World’s Wildest Police Videos and The World’s Scariest Police Chases. After he left he served as president of Home Shopping Network in Florida.

On February 1 he died from melanoma.^[1] He is survived by his life partner David Peet, Son Ari, daughters Meredith and Kathryn as well as four grandchildren and two brothers.