Bud Grant (mai watsa shirye-shirye)

B. Donald " Bud " Grant (Fabrairu 7, 1932 - Yuli 1, 2011) babban jami'in talabijin ne na Amurka. Ya fara aikinsa a NBC a shekarar 1956, kuma ya zauna a can har zuwa 1972, lokacin da ya shiga CBS,  kuma an san shi da tayar da shirye-shiryen wasanni a cikin jerin 'yan wasa na rana bayan shekaru huɗu da ya yi rashin aiki tun 1968, kamar The Price Is Right .   Ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban CBS Entertainment daga 1980 zuwa 1987.  An yaba masa da jagorantar  shirye-shiryen CBS na shekarun 1980 kamar Newhart da Murder, She Wrote . 

An haifi Grant a Baltimore, Maryland, kuma ya sami digirin farko a fannin kimiyya a fannin kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Johns Hopkins . [1] Ya yi aiki daga 1953 zuwa 1955 a rundunar tsaron gabar tekun Amurka

Grant ya bar CBS a shekarar 1987 kuma ya kafa kamfanin shirya fina-finai na kansa, Bud Grant Productions, tare da yarjejeniya ta musamman da CBS.   Daga baya ya kafa Grant/Tribune Productions a shekarar 1988, wanda ya shirya wa Tribune Broadcasting da Walt Disney Studios, wanda ya sanya hannu a shekarar 1992.   A can, ya shirya shirin talabijin, Sydney da Cutters don CBS. A shekarar 1993, Grant ya rabu da Tribune ya koma sunan Bud Grant Productions,  kuma daga baya a wannan shekarar, kamfanin ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya da Warner Bros. Television a karkashin kulawar Les Moonves .  Daga baya ya kafa Third Coast Entertainment, kuma yana da hannu a cikin wani fim din talabijin da ya gaza wanda ya kai karar Priscilla Presley . 

Grant ya mutu a Newport Beach, California, a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2011. 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2011
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1934