Elton Rule
American television executive
Elton H. Rule (June 13, 1917-May 5, 1990) was an American television executive and former president of the American Broadcasting Company. Assuming the presidency at a time when ABC was a distant third in the Nielsen ratings, Rule is credited with greatly expanding network revenue, ratings, affiliates and profits. He is also credited with developing the miniseries, beginning with an adaptation of QB VII in 1974 and including the landmark Roots in 1977. Rule served as network president from 1972 to 1983.
Elton Rule died of cancer at his Beverly Hills, California home in 1990.[1]
References
- ^ McFadden, Robert (May 6, 1990). "Elton H. Rule, 73, ABC President Who Led Network to Dominance". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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Primetime Emmy Governors Award
- William S. Paley (1978)
- Walter Cronkite (1979)
- Johnny Carson (1980)
- Elton Rule (1981)
- Hallmark Cards, Inc. (1982)
- Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver (1983)
- Bob Hope (1984)
- Alistair Cooke (1985)
- Red Skelton (1986)
- Grant Tinker (1987)
- William Hanna & Joseph Barbera (1988)
- Lucille Ball (1989)
- Leonard Goldenson (1990)
- Masterpiece Theatre (1991)
- Ted Turner (1992)
- No Award (1993)
- No Award (1994)
- PBS (1995)
- USA's Erase the Hate Campaign / Turner's Native American Initiative (1996)
- ABC's March Against Drugs Campaign / Comic Relief USA / Jac Venza (1997)
- National Geographic Channel / Great Books Literacy Project (1998)
- MTV's "Fight for Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Violence" / Save Our History (1999)
- A&E's The Biography Project for Schools / The Teen Files / VH1 Save the Music Foundation (2000)
- CNN / Showtime (2001)
- ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC for America: A Tribute to Heroes (2002)
- Lifetime Network's "Stop the Violence Against Women" initiative (2003)
- Viacom Inc. (2004)
- Jerry Lewis (2005)
- MTVu Campaign for Darfur (2006)
- Idol Gives Back / The Addiction Project (2007)
- Planet Earth (2008)
- Sheila Nevins and her HBO documentary unit (2009)
- Norman Brokaw / Ad Council (2010)
- John Walsh (2011)
- It Gets Better Project (co-founders Dan Savage and Terry Miller) (2012)
- June Foray (2013)
- Marion Dougherty (2014)
- A+E Networks (2015)
- American Idol (2016)
- ITVS (2017)
- Star Trek (2018)
- No Award (2019)
- Tyler Perry and The Perry Foundation (2020)
- Debbie Allen (2021)
- Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (2022)
- GLAAD (2023)
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