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Blue Bloods executive producer Leonard Goldberg was saluted tonight with an end card tribute at the conclusion of the show. The card came up following the cast’s traditional dinner table scene, with this particular version sporting a “Merry Christmas” theme all around. The happy moment then faded to black and the…

Prolific producer and former top film and top executive Leonard Goldberg, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 85, never slowed down. At the time of his death, he was still working as executive producer on the hit CBS cop family drama Blue Bloods starring Tom Selleck. Blue Bloods originated more than a decade ago…

The cast of Blue Bloods, where Leonard Goldberg was an executive producer for one of television’s top-rated shows, has begun sharing their grief online after hearing of his death today at age 85. Tom Selleck, who plays Frank Reagan, the New York Police Commissioner and patriarch of the Reagan clan, a…

Hollywood remembered producer Leonard Goldberg today, with a roster of tributes reflecting his long history in television and film. "I met Len 40 years ago on a show called Charlies Angels,” said Jaclyn Smith. “He was an important part of the richest years of my career. It was this shared history that became a…

Leonard Goldberg, a former president of 20th Century Fox and Head of Programming at ABC whose numerous producer credits include creating Charlie’s Angels and Blue Bloods, along with such shows as T.J. Hooker, Family and Fantasy Island and many other TV show and movies, has died. He was 85. The Emmy winner died from…

CBS has given a pilot order to a Latino cop family drama from Bull co-creator Paul Attanasio and Blue Bloods executive producer Leonard Goldberg & co-EP/director David Barrett. Written by Homicide creator Attanasio in a return to the cop drama beat, the untitled drama revolves around the multi-generational members of…

Diversity became a focal point of CBS’ TCA presentation today as the network is heading into next season with five new series, all featuring white male leads. “We need to do better,” CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller admitted during the network’s executive session. Following the session, Geller sat down with…

From the executive producer of Blue Bloods comes another CBS drama project about a multi-generational family working in law enforcement, this time on the West Coast. The network has put in development Protect & Serve, a drama executive produced by Blue Bloods executive producer Leonard Goldberg and co-executive…

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA. At this summer's TCA, across the networks, there has been more than one panel including earnest, beautiful young women, mostly clad in teeny-tiny skirts and architecturally challenging platform heels, talking about how retro shows about gaggles of "girls"…

EXCLUSIVE: This is why so many Hollywood creatives don’t understand the decisions of the networks and the Big Media corporations who run them. Because here’s a show that’s doing well in its primetime slot. And just a few days ago, freshman drama Blue Bloods was praised by Armando Nunez, president of CBS Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: After a year in development, ABC’s Charlie’s Angels reboot is headed to pilot production. The Sony TV-produced project was originally set up at ABC with a pilot commitment last November with Josh Friedman as a writer. It didn't go to pilot stage and, after the upfronts, it was put in redevelopment with new…

The network's movie arm has optioned The Ex Files, a 2003 chick-lit novel by Jane Moore, a columnist on Murdoch tabloid The Sun. Veteran TV and film producer Leonard Goldberg will produce. The Ex Files is about a a couple who invite all their ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends to their wedding. Goldberg has boiled the…