Tim Brooks (born c. 1945) is an American television and radio historian, author and retired television executive. He is credited with having helped launch the Sci Fi Channel in 1992 as well as other USA Network projects and channels.
Comments made by Brooks regarding the Sci Fi Channels name being changed in 2009 to Syfy lead network president Dave Howe to publicly distance himself and his network from Brooks' comments.
Co-author of The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, published in 1979, which won an American Book Award in 1980.
Author of Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, published in 2004 with a related double-CD by the same name which won a Grammy Award in 2007.