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Hot List: Danielle Woodrow

Name: Danielle Woodrow Title: Senior VP, original programming, FX. Age: 32 Big Break: An internship at Fox Searchlight Pictures. Seven years later came back to the Fox lot to join FX. Who Knew?: Played guitar in a hair metal band….

Hot List: Nick Weidenfeld

Name: Nick Weidenfeld Title: Director of program development for Adult Swim Age: 29 Big Break: Meeting Williams St. Studios Senior Executive VP in charge of Adult Swim Mike Lazzo while writing a story on the cartoon block for Esquire. Two…

Hot List: Mike Duffy and Tim Duffy

Names and Titles: Mike Duffy, senior VP, development, RDF USA; Tim Duffy, VP, original programming, Spike TV Ages: 34 Twin brothers Mike and Tim Duffy are rising stars in unscripted programming production. Mike is heading up development on some new…

Hot List: Felicia Day

Name: Felicia Day Title: Actress-writer-producer Age: 28 Big Break: She had a recurring role in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Who knew?: Ms. Day was a concert violinist before becoming an actor. Felicia Day operates at the epicenter of the online…

Hot List: Amy Chiaro

Name: Amy Chiaro Title: Co-executive producer of “The Dr. Oz Show,” produced by Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television. Age: 35 Big Break: Ms. Chiaro said her big break occurred at NBC News a month out of college. She received…

Hot List: Brian Buchwald

Name: Brian Buchwald Title: Senior VP, local integrated media, NBC Age: 34 Big Break: Because he was named to the NBC Affiliate Futures Committee in early 2006, Mr. Buchwald was able to co-found the NBC broadband syndication marketplace that jumpstarted…

Hot List: Brett Bouttier

Name: Brett Bouttier Title: Senior VP, digital, Warner Bros. Television Group Age: 33 Big Break: Being promoted to his current title in May 2007. Who Knew?: Mr. Bouttier did the interview for this piece from Cedars-Sinai two days after he…

Hot List: Omid Ashtari

Name: Omid Ashtari Title: Agent Age: 32 Big break: Being hired at CAA in 2000 Who knew? He is learning to play the piano. There are agents and then there are agents. Creative Artists Agency’s Omid Ashtari is the latter….

NBC, CBS Have Conflicting Visions of Broadcast Future

You’d think the nation’s two oldest broadcast TV networks would agree where the future of the industry lies. You’d be wrong. NBC and CBS are at odds about how best to proceed at a time when the future of the…

Simon Cowell on Susan Boyle: Could Have Been Handled Better

In a lengthy first-person piece for Britain’s Daily Mail, Simon Cowell admitted that “I’ve made mistakes,” adding, “I didn’t get into showbusiness to make little children cry or upset a nice lady like Susan Boyle.” He said he’s most upset…