quiz-show rigging just as viewers were, and that the networks were working to wrest production control of programming from advertisers, whose pressure had been seen as a key influence driving the scandals. Cabinet Secretary Kintner returned to Washington, D.C. in 1966 after President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to be his Cabinet Secretary. However, Kintner's failing eyesight forced him to resign the following year. Private life Kintner was married twice. He married Daisy Jean Nancy Andrews on January 20, 1934, but it ended in divorce in June 1939. On March 11, 1940, he married Jean Elaine Rodney, with whom he had three children: daughter Susan and sons Michael and Jeffrey. Cultural references Kintner was portrayed by Allan Rich in Quiz Show, the 1994 film about the quiz-show scandal. References Schmemann, Serge. "Robert E. Kintner, Ex-Head of ABC and NBC, Dies". New York Times 23 Dec. 1980: B15. "Our Respects To ROBERT EDMONDS KINTNER". Broadcasting/Telecasting, 25 Nov. 1946: pp 54-56. 1909 births 1980 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists American television executives NBCUniversal people Presidents of NBC Presidents of NBC Entertainment Presidents of NBC News Presidents of the American Broadcasting Company 20th-century American writers