By Josef Adalian The passing of Ed McMahon has prompted a flood of tributes to the TV icon, who’s being hailed as one of the greatest sidekicks in showbiz history. Indeed, while McMahon had plenty of roles outside of the…
Name: Noah Oppenheim Title: Head of unscripted development for Reveille Just this March, 30-year-old Noah Oppenheim was promoted to Reveille’s head of unscripted development less than one year after joining the production company, and he already has a high-profile project…
Name: Scott Lonker Title: VP of nonfiction and alternative programming for A&E and Bio Working in reality television, a lot of the shows that get pitched seem the same. So Scott Lonker, VP of nonfiction and alternative programming for A&E…
Name: Rosalyn Durant Title: VP-general manager, ESPNU Barely 10 years out of college, Rosalyn Durant is now running ESPNU, a network that recently expanded its distribution with DirecTV and Comcast, growing to 46 million subscribers. Ms. Durant joined ESPN as…
Name: Ross Cox Title: Senior director of entertainment products for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim New Media Adult Swim’s iPhone game “Amateur Surgeon” is in the top 10 list at the Apple App Store, but Ross Cox has not yet conquered all…
Name: Brian Brushwood Title: Magician, Web host, live performer If you have ever wanted to eat fire or hammer a nail in your nose—or, really, just learn how those tricks are performed—Brian Brushwood is your man. Last year, Mr. Brushwood,…
Name: Aziz Ansari Title: Actor/writer/standup comedian, “Parks and Recreation” and “Human Giant” Last season, actor Aziz Ansaristarted off playing a slacker intern on ABC’s “Scrubs,” but the gig got cut short. It wasn’t that it was a bad experience. “I…
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….
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…
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…