Jerry Golod Dies: ‘Tales from the Darkside’ EP Was 87
Jerry Golod, the television producer associated with *Tales from the Darkside* and *Return to Green Acres*, has died aged 87. His daughter said he died at home in Rancho Mirage on Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer; his career spanned advertising and network television.
Golod became vice-president of children’s programmes at CBS in 1975. He helped bring the horror anthology *Tales from the Darkside* to syndicated television, where it ran from 1983 to 1988, and later joined a team whose proposed reboot was not commissioned. His other work included the *Return to Green Acres* TV movie, an ABC remake of *Land of the Lost* and the Canadian series *Adderly*.
- Producer Jerry Golod has died aged 87.
- He helped bring *Tales from the Darkside* to television.
- His credits included *Green Acres* and *Land of the Lost*.
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Jerry Golod worked in advertising before moving into network television. In 1975, he became a vice-president overseeing children’s programmes at CBS, one of the major US television networks.
He later helped bring Tales from the Darkside, a horror anthology series, to syndicated television. Syndication means programmes are sold to individual TV stations rather than shown on one network; the series ran from 1983 to 1988.
Golod also worked on projects including Return to Green Acres, a TV film based on the earlier comedy series, and a remake of Land of the Lost. His career connected network programming with shows made for a range of broadcasters.