Along with Carson, Tebet was also responsible for the recruitment of Michael Landon, James Garner, Dean Martin and Redd Foxx to the NBC television network.
Arguably, Tebet's most major accomplishment at his job was recruiting Johnny Carson to fill Jack Paar's position as host of The Tonight Show.
Over the next decade, Tebet met the accommodations of Bob Hope and lured Dean Martin, James Garner, O. J. Simpson and Redd Foxx to NBC.
Tebet was said to be the inspiration for Felix Unger, the fastidious divorcé in Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple.
The slovenly Oscar Madison was reportedly based on Tebet's onetime roommate, songwriter Sammy Cahn.
Tebet was also writer Paddy Chayefsky’s model for Max Schumacher, the level-headed television executive played by William Holden in the movie Network.
He was also a lifetime member of the board of governors of the New York Friars Club alongside Frank and Barbara Sinatra.