The company also found success in television movies (the Emmy-winning Mickey Rooney film Bill), and scripted shows (the sitcoms Gimme a Break!

David Auberbach, a friend of Landsburg served as vice president, received a new deal at the studio.

[2] Barris Industries originally owned a 5.27% stake in Reeves, with backing from Burt Sugarman.

[3][4] In 1987, the company had signed a partnership with independent television producer Blue Andre to an exclusive first-look agreement, to develop projects like The Warriors, which was based on a 1985 Pulitzer Prize play winner by William Broad, which was sold to CBS as a two-hour made-for-television movie, and The Secret of Sherwood Forest, which was also done for CBS.

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