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Why Replacing Paul Lee as Head of ABC Entertainment Ignores the Fact That ‘entertainment presidents don’t really control the destiny of the network anymore,’ According to Veteran TV Writer

Feb 18, 2016  •  Post A Comment

Veteran TV reporter Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter congratulates the new network TV boss at ABC, Channing Dungey, who moves up from a role as the network’s head of drama, on landing “one of the worst jobs in TV.” He adds that the ouster of ABC programming chief Paul Lee “ignores the modern day fact that entertainment presidents don’t really control the destiny of the network anymore.”

Why? Says Goodman, “because it’s almost impossible in this Peak TV environment where an excess of (often very good) scripted material from an excess of outlets has watered down the overall viewing numbers in a way that makes almost no financial sense for big-tent broadcast networks.”

We encourage readers to click here to read Goodman’s full analysis.

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