Playing to win
One year into his job as programming chief at NBC, Jeff Zucker prides himself on returning the Peacock Network to its winning ways in the key adults 18 to 49 demographic and for adding a handful of new series that…
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James McNamara
Most significant professional accomplishment: “The turnaround at Telemundo, closely followed by the Multimedia acquisition Greg Meidel and I did when we were at Universal.”What he watches on television: “I confess, I am watching a lot of novelas these days. My…
Jeff Zucker
Most significantprofessional accomplishment: “Surviving 15 years at NBC … and spending my whole career at NBC.”What he watches on television: “I religiously watch `Law & Order,’ wherever it is on anybody’s network,” he said in reference to the three incarnations…
Michael Powell
Most significant professional accomplishment: “The honor of being selected by President Bush to head the FCC at this challenging time.”What he watches on television: “I watch a lot of TV. I especially watch a lot with my children. At present…
Lana Corbi
Most significant professional accomplishment: Her new position. “There is no roadmap for what we’re doing. We are a major brand in television, and yet we don’t have the profile of other major brands.”What she watches on TV: “Mostly news in…
A careful hand on FCC throttle
For Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell, 2002 appears to be turning into a year of study and reflection. Who would have thought it?When President Bush named Mr. Powell to head the FCC last January, the sky was the deregulatory…
Boosting buyers
Bill Cella proposes nothing less than to “rebalance” the business of buying and selling television advertising, and as the chairman of Magna Global USA, he’s one of the few people in a position to do it single-handedly.In the new post-consolidation…
Denis, you wanna piece a me?
Well now, let’s see … on “Late Show With David Letterman,” a big fat bald guy, playing me in a sketch, sat in a chair demanding to be fed Mrs. Paul’s fish sticks. On that Craig T. Nelson’s creepy cop…
Plugging Hallmark into cable market
Building a network is like building a house, says Lana Corbi, who became president and CEO of the Hallmark Channel U.S. in October. She should know. She and her architect husband have been building their dream home on a “difficult…
Distributors wheel last-minute deals
For the first time, the conclusion of the National Association of Television Program Executives convention may leave industry pundits with more questions than answers.Will hotel rooms work for distributors exiting the convention floor? How will NATPE adapt or change to…