Tischler joined NBC's Saturday Night Live television program when Dick Ebersol took creative control in 1981 and became head writer of SNL for four seasons, leaving the show in 1985.
He worked alongside NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol to secure exclusive NBC coverage for five consecutive Olympic Games: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008.
Dick Cheney | Philip K. Dick | Moby-Dick | Dick Durbin | Dick Clark | Dick Dale | Dick Cavett | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Dick Gaughan | Dick Tracy | Dick Powell | Dick Emery | Dick Vermeil | Dick Van Dyke | Dick Haymes | Andy Dick | Dick Grayson | Dick Tiger | Dick Stockton | Fun with Dick and Jane | Dick Whittington and His Cat | Dick Norman | Dick Morrissey | Dick Gregory | Dick Giordano | Dick Bartley | Dick Hubbard | Dick Greenwood | Kirby Dick | Dick Turpin |
He was discovered by Dick Ebersol while Ebersol was at ABC Sports in 1974 and was one of three finalists for ABC's NCAA Football sideline reporter position, eventually given to Jim Lampley and Don Tollefson.