The TV world has lost one of its own.
Bob Broder, the famous agent who packaged classics like “Cheers,” “Frasier,” “The X-Files,” and “Two And A Half Men,” has died at age 85.
The business giant passed away on Tuesday, September 23, surrounded by family following a bout with cancer, according to Deadline.
Broder’s career is unmatched.
He co-founded TV lit agency The Broder Kurland Agency, later changed to Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann, before working with ICM and being handpicked by longtime client Chuck Lorre as an executive at his company.
The outlet reported that Broder worked until the very end and was putting staff together while attending tapings for Lorre’s projects.
Broder’s death was confirmed by ICM agent Ted Chervin.
“He elevated the idea of what it means to be an agent,” Chervin told Deadline on Wednesday. “He operated at a level of such sophistication and complexity and authority that he really changed the game. He had a real statesman-like quality to him in the way he led the agency, and the way he managed his clients, and the way he interacted with the rest of the community. And, through all of that, he inspired a lot of people, including Chris [Silbermann] and me.”
Chervin said that Broder was considered “one of the real fathers of and and experts on TV packaging,” with his packaged series also including “The Big Bang Theory,” “Modern Family,” “The King Of Queens,” “Mike & Molly, “Dharma & Greg,” and “Touched By An Angel.”
His most notable work, however, was the ’80s bar sitcom “Cheers.”
Everyone, including its all-star cast Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Woody Harrelson, and more, knew his name. In fact, Broder was treated like “the mayor of Cheers,” reported Deadline, who noted he greeted the actors, writers, security and crew each time he came to the set.
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