Education
He graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, and was awarded a Bachelor in Psychology.
He graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, and was awarded a Bachelor in Psychology.
A protégé of Brandon Tartikoff, Littlefield developed Cheers, The Cosby Show, and The Golden Girls as senior and executive vice president of National Broadcasting Company Entertainment under Tartikoff. In 2012, he wrote a book, with T. R. Pearson, about his time at National Broadcasting Company entitled Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See television
Littlefield was played by Bob Balaban in The Late Shift. Balaban had previously played Russell Dalrymple, a character based on Littlefield, during the fourth season of Seinfeld.
Littlefield can be seen sitting at the bar during the series finale of Cheers.
Littlefield had a brief cameo as himself in a 1997 episode of The Larry Sanders Show and in an episode of Seinfeld and again appeared as himself in the 1999 film Love Stinks. He also appeared in an episode of Blossom.
In 2004, Littlefield appeared in an episode of A&East"s Biography that looked back on the series Cheers.