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James Thomas Aubrey Jr. (December 14, 1918 – September 3, 1994) was an American television and film executive. As president of the CBS television network from 1959 to 1965, with his "smell for the blue-collar," he produced some of television's most enduring series on the air, including Gilligan's Island and The Beverly Hillbillies.

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  • جيمس تي أوبري (بالإنجليزية: James Thomas Aubrey, Jr.)‏ هو منتج أفلام أمريكي، ولد في 14 ديسمبر 1918 في لاسال في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 3 سبتمبر 1994 في لوس أنجلوس في الولايات المتحدة بسبب نوبة قلبية. (ar)
  • James Thomas Aubrey Jr. (December 14, 1918 – September 3, 1994) was an American television and film executive. As president of the CBS television network from 1959 to 1965, with his "smell for the blue-collar," he produced some of television's most enduring series on the air, including Gilligan's Island and The Beverly Hillbillies. Under Aubrey's leadership, CBS dominated American television, leading the other networks NBC and ABC, by nine points and seeing its profits rise from $25 million in 1959 to $49 million in 1964. The New York Times Magazine in 1964 called Aubrey "a master of programming whose divinations led to successes that are breathtaking". Aubrey had replaced CBS Television president Louis G. Cowan, who was dismissed after the quiz-show scandals. Aubrey's tough decision-making earned him the nickname "Smiling Cobra" during his tenure. Despite his success in television, Aubrey's abrasive personality and ego led to his firing from CBS, amid charges of misconduct. Aubrey offered no explanation following his dismissal, nor did CBS President Frank Stanton or Board Chairman William Paley. "The circumstances rivaled the best of CBS adventure or mystery shows," declared The New York Times in its front-page story on his firing, which came on "the sunniest Sunday in February" 1965. After four years as an independent producer, Aubrey was hired by financier Kirk Kerkorian in 1969 to preside over Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) near-total shutdown, during which he cut the budget and alienated producers and directors, but brought profits to a company that had suffered huge losses. In 1973, Aubrey resigned from MGM, declaring his job was done, and then kept a low profile for the last two decades of his life. (en)
  • James Thomas Aubrey Jr. (14 décembre 1918 - 3 septembre 1994 ) est un homme d'affaires du monde de la télévision américaine et fut président de Columbia Broadcasting System de décembre 1959 à février 1965. Il est connu pour avoir dirigé CBS durant une période faste. (fr)
  • 詹姆斯·T·奥布里 （英语：James Thomas Aubrey Jr.，1918 年 12 月 14 日 – 1994 年 9 月 3 日）美国电视电影制片人。1959—1965 年担任哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）总裁，凭借对“蓝领阶层的精准掌握”制作了一些经久不衰的电视连续剧，包括《吉利根岛屿》和《比弗利乡下人》。 在奥布里的领导下，CBS在美国电视圈一家独大，成为全国广播公司（NBC）和美国广播公司（ABC）的风向标。1959 年-1964年，其利润从2500 万美元提高到4900 万美元，增长了9 个百分点。1964年《纽约时报》杂志称奥布里是“一位大师级人物，他的预测都惊人的成功”。 原CBS总裁因被解雇，奥布里接替其职位。任职期间因手段强硬获得了“笑面眼镜蛇”的绰号。 奥布里在事业上大放异彩，却因粗暴和自负性格被CBS解雇，并被指控行为不端。卸任后，他本人，CBS总裁弗兰克·斯坦顿（Frank Stanton）和董事会主席威廉·佩利（William Paley）均未作出解释。 1965 年“二月最晴朗的周日”，奥布里被解雇，《纽约时报》在头条中写道：“当时堪称 CBS 最佳冒险悬疑剧。” 此后奥布里做了四年独立制片人。1969 年金融家聘请他挽救濒临倒闭的米高梅（Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer） (MGM) 。他削减预算、优化人员结构，让公司转危为安。1973年，奥布里从米高梅辞职，宣告任务完成，在生命的最后二十年中保持低调. (zh)
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  • James Thomas Steven Aubrey (en)
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  • Aubrey c. 1959 (en)
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  • There are at least 13,000 theories on why he [Aubrey] got the ax, some of them lurid, but none as obvious as the fact that CBS was starting to slip in the Nielsens. "And there was a basic dissatisfaction with me," as he put it. If Aubrey understood ratings and revenue, he also was no stranger to a kind of after-hours recklessness that mirrored the Camelot of its day. Nobody questions that Jungle Jim had a good time in the playgrounds of Manhattan and Hollywood. (en)
  • [Aubrey] was the fourth president of CBS-TV as Caligula was the fourth of the 12 Caesars. Each carried the logic of his imperial authority as far as it could go. Each was deposed and disappeared suddenly, leaving bad press behind him. (en)
  • I'd become convinced Beverly Hillbillies was going to work. Bill Paley wasn't convinced. Bill has this great sense of propriety. Putting aside the Sarnoffs and all the other great names of broadcasting, Paley [...] had this blasting genius of instinctively looking at a show and knowing if it should be on the air. He could also be ruthless and distant [...] But Bill was intuitive about both the business and creative sides of TV. And he genuinely disliked Beverly Hillbillies. I put it on the schedule anyway. (en)
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  • —Aubrey on Paley and his programming choices, 1986 (en)
  • —Author Murray Kempton on Aubrey (en)
  • —Paul Rosenfield of the Los Angeles Times, 1986 (en)
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  • جيمس تي أوبري (بالإنجليزية: James Thomas Aubrey, Jr.)‏ هو منتج أفلام أمريكي، ولد في 14 ديسمبر 1918 في لاسال في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 3 سبتمبر 1994 في لوس أنجلوس في الولايات المتحدة بسبب نوبة قلبية. (ar)
  • James Thomas Aubrey Jr. (14 décembre 1918 - 3 septembre 1994 ) est un homme d'affaires du monde de la télévision américaine et fut président de Columbia Broadcasting System de décembre 1959 à février 1965. Il est connu pour avoir dirigé CBS durant une période faste. (fr)
  • James Thomas Aubrey Jr. (December 14, 1918 – September 3, 1994) was an American television and film executive. As president of the CBS television network from 1959 to 1965, with his "smell for the blue-collar," he produced some of television's most enduring series on the air, including Gilligan's Island and The Beverly Hillbillies. (en)
  • 詹姆斯·T·奥布里 （英语：James Thomas Aubrey Jr.，1918 年 12 月 14 日 – 1994 年 9 月 3 日）美国电视电影制片人。1959—1965 年担任哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）总裁，凭借对“蓝领阶层的精准掌握”制作了一些经久不衰的电视连续剧，包括《吉利根岛屿》和《比弗利乡下人》。 在奥布里的领导下，CBS在美国电视圈一家独大，成为全国广播公司（NBC）和美国广播公司（ABC）的风向标。1959 年-1964年，其利润从2500 万美元提高到4900 万美元，增长了9 个百分点。1964年《纽约时报》杂志称奥布里是“一位大师级人物，他的预测都惊人的成功”。 原CBS总裁因被解雇，奥布里接替其职位。任职期间因手段强硬获得了“笑面眼镜蛇”的绰号。 奥布里在事业上大放异彩，却因粗暴和自负性格被CBS解雇，并被指控行为不端。卸任后，他本人，CBS总裁弗兰克·斯坦顿（Frank Stanton）和董事会主席威廉·佩利（William Paley）均未作出解释。 1965 年“二月最晴朗的周日”，奥布里被解雇，《纽约时报》在头条中写道：“当时堪称 CBS 最佳冒险悬疑剧。” (zh)
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  • جيمس تي أوبري (ar)
  • James T. Aubrey (en)
  • James Thomas Aubrey (fr)
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