Bob Tischler death: Producer and writer who helped save Saturday Night Live dies aged 78

Bob Tischler, a member of the Saturday Night Live writing and production team credited with helping revive the show in the 1980s, has died at 78.

When Dick Ebersol was brought in to replace Doumanian, he hired Tischler as a supervisory producer at the urging of then SNL head writer Michael O’Donoghue.

After leaving SNL, Tischler wrote for shows such as Empty Nest, Something So Right, and Boy Meets World.