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In a NATPE panel session titled “Brand Integration,” reality show producer Mark Burnett said he was breaking new product placement ground in scripted series by writing characters that serve the plot while promoting advertisers. For his upcoming NBC series, “Eden,”…
UPN Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff rose to her biggest challenge last year, successfully filling “Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s” shoes and shoring up Tuesday night with the network’s first successful reality show, “America’s Next Top Model.” Four of UPN’s five new…
Pamela Thomas-Graham raised CNBC’s prime-time profile last year with the premiere of “Topic A With Tina Brown” and the development of upcoming talk shows for Dennis Miller and John McEnroe. She also oversaw the creation of two original documentaries dealing…
UTA talent agent Ruthanne Secunda packaged “The Big House,” which premieres on ABC in March, starring her client Kevin Hart. She also completed deals for next season for clients Andy Richter, who is co-writing a sitcom for NBC, and Kathy…
As the president of Fox Television Network who had recently added a new title-CEO of the Fox Networks Group-to his portfolio, Tony Vinciquerra spent much of 2003 integrating the Fox networks’ finances into a more streamlined operation. In the process,…
Touchstone Television President Steve McPherson was excited about the new season last September, until John Ritter, star of the studio’s “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter” died suddenly from a heart attack. Mr. McPherson quickly became an emotional…
Don’t Blink! Jane Pauley has not been cloned. That is Ms. Pauley, 53, with her older sister Ann Pauley, at NATPE, where the two drew frequent double-takes and the odd comparison to the Olsen twins. Ann, who’s working with Jane…
Martin Scorsese to Oversee USA’s ‘Frankenstein’ Director Martin Scorsese will executive produce an adaptation of “Frankenstein” for USA, the network announced Friday. Pre-production has begun in Los Angeles on the two-hour pilot for a limited series. Other executive producers on…
Shock Jock Stern Gets Prime-Time ABC Special Syndicated radio shock jock and self-declared “king of all media” Howard Stern has an order for a prime-time special on ABC. According to an ABC spokesman, the hour will feature Mr. Stern, “not…
Liberty Increases Stake in News Corp. John Malone’s Liberty Media became the largest shareholder in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Wednesday, purchasing an additional 9.15 percent stake in the media company with a combination of cash and share swaps. Englewood, Colo.-based…