Jim Green, Former ABC Executive and Producer of ‘Stephen King’s It,’ Dies at 83

Jim Green, the programming executive who helped launch the ABC Movie of the Week franchise before spearheading landmark telefilms and miniseries including Fallen Angel, And the Sea Will Tell and Stephen King’s It, has died. He was 83. Green died Aug. 9 in Santa Barbara following a long illness, his wife of 59 years, singer Cathy Cole Green, a member of The King Family, announced. At ABC under then-development head Barry Diller, The ABC Movie of the Week became a ratings juggernaut and transformed the once-struggling network’s primetime lineup. Green helped develop and shepherd nearly 200 made-for-TV movies of the week including Steven…