Stephen Grossman, longtime ‘Newhart’ producer, dead at 76

Stephen Grossman, who was coordinating producer on the television series “Newhart” during its eight-year run, died Thursday. He was 76.

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Grossman died of complications from COVID-19, Variety reported.

The veteran producer, whose career spanned 35 years in the entertainment industry, produced all 184 episodes of “Newhart” from 1982 to 1990, according to IMDb.com. He also produced three episodes of the popular sitcom, which starred comedian Bob Newhart.

Grossman also worked on “The Betty White Show,” “Mary” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Comedy Hour,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to the entertainment news outlet, he also had producing credits on “Hope & Gloria,” “Public Morals,” “Conrad Bloom,” “Love & Money” and “Reno 911!”

Grossman left his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, and went to New York during the late 1960s to work on Broadway, where he was an understudy, Variety reported.

He moved to California in 1977 and worked at Mary Tyler Moore Enterprises, the entertainment news website reported.

After leaving MTM in 1990, Grossman worked at Warner Bros., Paramount TV, Disney, Turner TV and other production companies, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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