ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee has finalized a new multi-year deal to remain at the helm of the broadcast network and its sibling ABC Studios. With ABC News president Ben Sherwood recently tapped to succeed Anne Sweeney as co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC Television Group, ABC is heading into next month’s upfronts with a top executive team in place for the next several years.
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Great!
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What an unpleasant surprise.
ReplyDeleteWhat I wanted to read:
ReplyDeleteABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee has finalized a new
multi-year RESTRAINING ORDER TO STAY 1,000ft AWAY of the broadcast network and its sibling
ABC Studios. With ABC News president Ben Sherwood recently tapped to succeed
Anne Sweeney as co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC
Television Group, ABC ENTRETAINMENT GRUP IS ONLY LOOKING FOR A NEW PRESIDET to head into next
month’s upfronts with a top executive team in place for the next several years.
My god, ABC is truly the dumb network. The only thing that still works is Scandal and Shark Tank! Everything else is going downhills and he is like "meh, it's fine"
ReplyDeleteSo um. There's only one way to fix this... does anyone know where I can hire a hitman?
ReplyDeleteThen they only have themselves to blame.
ReplyDeleteA network president has to love all a network's shows. That's their job. The renewing or cancellation of shows will all come down to business, not personal preference.
ReplyDeleteStuff like scheduling and promotion can come down to preference though. For example Fox didn't treat The Goodwin Games as well as New Girl or their other comedies. Same this year with Enlisted. A couple of years ago Body of Proof was scheduled for Fridays but Paul Lee decided to change the schedule to hold it to mid season to really promote it well. So sometimes presidents do make decisions based on whether they like the show more than others.
ReplyDeleteABC is likely to finish the 2014-2015 season in 4th place among broadcast networks and Paul Lee gets a new deal? Too bad this isn't an April Fool's joke 2 weeks too late.
ReplyDeleteThey say ABC stands for Already Been Cancelled. That may soon apply not just to certain shows but to the whole network.
ReplyDeleteAs long as ABC keeps AoS and orders Agent Carter I don't care much who is in charge.
ReplyDeleteso pitting Revenge against largely rated television events is "loving a show"
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't seem to love Revenge. It gets like 0 promotion.
ReplyDeleteI admit that was stupid last season when he put Revenge up against all those award shows and football games but I still do believe that he loves the show despite this. It was stupid yes but they did the same thing with Desperate Housewives and it held up well, Paul Lee might have thought Revenge would do the same, which obviously it didn't. I'm not justifying his actions just saying that to him he probably saw it that way.
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