Television Hall of Fame Inductees: Creative
This area is currently under construction. Please find below the current list of inductees as well as the year in which they were inducted into the Hall of Fame by the members of the OFTA. Please note that the most recent additions have been listed like this. We are working on an area to give more details on our selections.
EDITORIAL NOTE: Hall of Fame inductees are selected based on three primary considerations: the historic, aesthetic, and cultural significance of each inductee. Some individuals were byproducts of a certain time period and their views reflected that era. Those individuals who still live are held to higher standards than those who have passed as it’s incumbent upon each of us to grow, improve, and adapt to standards of fairness, equity, and liberty. While we cannot change the past and who we have inducted previously, we will acknowledge that we must do better. While we aren’t able to change the selections of the past, our organization pledges to do what it can to promote inclusion and tolerance. As such, we will do what we can to induct only those individuals of strong character whose actions are a reflection of the ideals of the present.
— A —
2019: J.J. Abrams (Producing / Creating)
2019: Debbie Allen (Choreography)
2004: Desi Arnaz (Producing)
— B —
2021: Alan Ball (Producing / Writing / Creating)
2017: Lucille Ball (Producing)
1999: John Barry (Music)
2023: William J. Bell (Producing / Writing)
2006: Donald P. Bellisario (Writing)
2013: Leonard Bernstein (Music)
2017: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Producing / Writing)
2004 / 2006: Steven Bochco (Producing / Writing)
2019: Yvette Lee Bowser (Producing)
1998: James L. Brooks (Producing)
2016: Mel Brooks (Writing)
2009: Ken Burns (Documentary)
2000: James Burrows (Directing)
2021: Tim Burton (Directing)
— C —
2019: Stephen J. Cannell (Writing)
2017: Marcy Carsey (Producing)
2024: Chris Carter (Producing / Directing / Writing)
2020: Graham Chapman (Writing)
2006: David Chase (Writing)
2018: Paddy Chayefsky (Writing)
2023: Marc Cherry (Producing / Writing)
1997: Dick Clark (Producing)
2024: Alf Clausen (Music)
1999: Bill Conti (Music)
2000: Alexander Courage (Music)
2019: David Crane (Writing)
2024: Michael Crichton (Producing / Writing)
— D —
2015 / 2017: Larry David (Producing / Writing)
2015: Paul Dini (Animation)
2006: Walt Disney (Producing)
— E —
2019: Rebecca Eaton (Producing)
2016: Danny Elfman (Music)
2017: Diane English (Writing)
— F —
2005: Tom Fontana (Writing)
2007: John Frankenheimer (Directing)
2018: Fred W. Friendly (Producing)
— G —
2011: Larry Gelbart (Writing)
2024: Vince Gilligan (Producing / Writing)
2015: Mark Goodson (Producing)
1999: Merv Griffin (Producing)
2013: Matt Groening (Producing / Writing)
— H —
2015: Barbara Hall (Producing)
1998: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera (Animation)
2021: Susan Harris (Writing / Creating)
2005: Jim Henson (Producing)
2004: Marshall Herskovitz (Producing)
2018: Don Hewitt (Producing)
2006: Alfred Hitchcock (Producing)
2022: Anthony Horowitz (Writing)
2021: Mitchell Hurwitz (Writing / Creating)
— I —
2020: Eric Idle (Writing)
— J —
2020: Chuck Jones (Animation)
2018: Mike Judge (Writing)
— K —
2014: David E. Kelley (Producing)
2020: Michelle King (Producing)
— L —
2015: Angela Lansbury (Producing)
1999: Norman Lear (Producing)
2017: Mimi Leder (Directing)
2012: Sheldon Leonard (Producing)
2022: David Letterman (Producing / Writing)
2008: Richard Levinson & William Link (Producing)
2020: Christopher Lloyd (Writing)
2016: Chuck Lorre (Producing)
2012: Sidney Lumet (Directing)
— M —
2020: Gail Mancuso (Directing)
2007: Garry Marshall (Producing)
2022: Bill Melendez (Producing / Directing)
2007: Lorne Michaels (Producing)
2006: David Milch (Writing)
2018: Mary Tyler Moore (Producing)
2019: Mark Mothersbaugh (Music)
2010: Edward R. Murrow (Producing)
— N —
2023: Agnes Nixon (Producing / Writing / Creating)
— O —
2009: Michael & Denise Okuda (Scenic Design)
— P —
2014: William S. Paley (Executive)
2018: Jeremy Podeswa (Directing)
1998: Mike Post (Music)
— R —
2023: Arthur Rankin & Jules Bass (Producing / Directing)
2005: Carl Reiner (Writing)
1997: Gene Roddenberry (Producing)
— S —
2011: David Sarnoff (Pioneer)
2020: Thomas Schlamme (Directing / Producing)
2023: Charles M. Schulz (Writing)
2008: Sherwood Schwartz (Producing)
2004: Rod Serling (Writing)
2022: Amy Sherman-Palladino (Producing / Writing / Creating)
2000: David Shire (Music)
2019: Fred Silverman (Producing)
2020: David Simon (Writing)
1998: Mark Snow (Music)
2013: Aaron Sorkin (Producing / Writing)
1997: Aaron Spelling (Producing)
2019: Beth Sullivan (Writing)
2010: Ed Sullivan (Producing)
2018: David Susskind (Producing)
— T —
2009: Brandon Tartikoff (Executive)
2018: Alan Taylor (Directing)
2014: Betty Thomas (Directing)
2019: Danny Thomas (Producing)
2018: Grant Tinker (Executive)
2018: Ted Turner (Executive)
— V —
2020: Tim Van Patten (Directing)
— W —
2020: W.G. Snuffy Walden (Music)
2015: Jerry Weintraub (Producing)
2024: John Wells (Producing / Directing / Writing)
2008: Michael Westmore (Makeup)
2024: John Williams (Music)
2016: Oprah Winfrey (Producing)
2000: Paul Junger Witt (Producing)
2012: Dick Wolf (Producing / Writing)
2011: David Wolper (Producing)
— Z —
2016: Edward Zwick (Producing / Writing)
2010: Vladimir Zworykin (Inventing)