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One day, Tink and I were visiting his father, former television executive Grant Tinker, when the conversation turned to Merv Adelson, a legend of 1970s iconic television shows. Under the banner of Lorimar, a production partnership between Adelson, Lee Rich, and Irwin Molasky, hits were created including “Dallas,” “Knots Landing,” and “Eight Is Enough.”
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