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Age: 30 Current assignment: Morning show reporter for Belo-owned independent station KTVK-TV in Phoenix Background: Ms. Fierro was hired to report for and occasionally anchor the four-hour “Good Morning Arizona,” the market’s dominant morning show, in January. She started her…
They may not win as many ratings gold medals as NBC, but broadcast competitors are making plans to counterprogram more than two weeks of Olympics coverage from Athens, Greece, with a special eye toward viewers who quickly tire of all…
Within a two-week period in July, Warner-owned TNT greenlighted upcoming series “The Line,” Viacom-owned Showtime added a second season of “!Huff” months before the series even debuted, and Fox-owned FX premiered the critically acclaimed series “Rescue Me.” Sony Pictures Television’s…
Last year’s Hot List members have continued achieving in their areas of the television business. Here’s an update on their moves in the past year. BRANDON BURGESS led the planning and execution of NBC’s acquisition of Vivendi Universal. He is…
Cut and print it. and Santa Monica, Calif.-based Palisades Media Group can look forward to more drama in the business of buying TV advertising time now that they have Miramax Films back as a client. Just before the start of…
Bob Bakish last week was named executive VP, operations, at Viacom as part of a reorganization of operations reporting to Tom Freston, co-president and co-chief operating officer. Mr. Bakish was formerly executive VP and COO, MTV Networks Advertising Sales. As…
It was early but expected. The announcement in June that Billy Bush would take the co-anchor position on NBC Universal’s newsmagazine “Access Hollywood” surprised few in industry circles as the onetime correspondent steps up to the center ring. From here…
They are all 35 or younger. Some are on the air and others toil behind the scenes. They are not yet among the highest-profile players in television, but the dozen men and women on the 2004 TelevisionWeek Hot List are…
The first thing you notice when you walk into Damon Lindelof’s office is a book on the coffee table titled “How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter, and Self-Preservation That Makes Starvation in the…
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