Award-winning TV creator-writer-producer responsible for some of the most successful family- centered TV series of recent years, including the long-running "Family Ties" (NBC, 1982-89). Goldberg entered the industry as a writer on "The Bob Newhart Show" in 1976, wrote and later became a producer of "The Tony Randall Show"; he wrote and produced the CBS dramatic series, "Lou Grant" before making his feature debut as producer-director-screenwriter of an adaptation of William Wharton's sentimental family drama "Dad" (1989). Goldberg later received critical acclaim if not enduring ratings success