Edwin T. Vane, a longtime television executive at NBC, ABC and Group W Productions, died June 26 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his family announced.
He was 93. In 1965, Vane became vice president of daytime programming at ABC where under his leadership the network introduced such programs asThe Dating Game,The Newlywed Game,Let's Make a Deal,One Life to LiveandGood Morning Americaand developed a Saturday morning cartoon featuring The Beatles.
Then, as ABC's vice president of primetime programming, he helped createThe American Music Awardsand supervised hit series includingHappy Days,Marcus Welby, M.D.andSoapand such critically acclaimed projects as the 1974 telefilmThe Missiles of Octoberand the 1976 miniseries Eleanor and Franklin.
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