Anthony Denis "Tony" Thomopoulos (Greek: Αντώνης Θωμόπουλος[1]) is an American motion picture and television executive.
He was noted, among other things, for the tough position he took in dealing with the contract holdout of Suzanne Somers on the hit ABC show Three's Company,[2] and for his quick cancellation of the 1982 cult favorite Police Squad!, explaining that the show had been cancelled because, among other reasons, "it required constant attention".
[5] He resigned as president in 1985[5] and became chairman of United Artists Pictures,[6][7] where he supervised such productions as Betrayed, Baby Boom, and The Living Daylights.
He was responsible for the original placement of NBC's highly acclaimed program ER, in addition to several other successful series on network television.
[10] Thomopoulos was chairman and CEO of artist Thomas Kinkade's Media Arts Group[11] from June 2001 to January 2004.