Nina Tassler - TVNewser http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser And Now the News...About TV News Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:24:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Disney-ABC Television President Anne Sweeney Tops THR‘s Women in Entertainment Power 100 List The Hollywood Reporter is out with its annual Women in Entertainment Power 100. For the third straight year, Anne Sweeney, co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney/ABC Television, tops the list.

Sweeney says her proudest moment this year was ABC’s Day of Giving across all the network and syndicated programming. The network raised $19 million for the Red Cross for victims of Hurricane Sandy. “She has a unique combination of professionalism and warmth,” Katie Couric — who also makes the list this year — says of Sweeney.

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment chairman Bonnie Hammer, CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler, OWN CEO Oprah Winfrey and PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger also made the list.

Other fun facts from the THR list: Tina Fey gets starstruck by local New York City anchors and Couric’s ringtone is “I’m Sexy and I Know It,” by LMFAO. “It’s a joke,” the “Katie” host says.

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]]> Merrill Knox http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/disney-abc-television-president-anne-sweeney-tops-thrs-women-in-entertainment-power-100-list_b157677#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/disney-abc-television-president-anne-sweeney-tops-thrs-women-in-entertainment-power-100-list_b157677 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/?p=157677 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:16:25 +0000 High Praise For ‘CBS This Morning’ At CBS Upfront CBS held its upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall yesterday, and while most of the show was focused on primetime, there was also high praise about “CBS This Morning” from both CBS CEO Les Moonves and CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler.

“CBS This Morning” Co-anchors Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Erica Hill were all in attendance (see picture right).

In his introductory speech, Moonves said, “At CBS News there is a true renaissance going on under the leadership of [CBS News chairman] Jeff Fager and [CBS news president] David Rhodes, and we are thrilled with the results. The new “CBS This Morning” is the best broadcast we have ever had in the morning.”

Tassler, in giving an overview of current programming, said “It is a distinctive broadcast that is getting our day off to its best start in decades.”

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]]> Alex Weprin http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/high-praise-for-cbs-this-morning-at-cbs-upfront_b128466#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/high-praise-for-cbs-this-morning-at-cbs-upfront_b128466 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/?p=128466 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:16:06 +0000 TV Execs Sweep the ’100 Most Powerful Women in the Entertainment Industry 2010′ List CBS News anchor Katie Couric was the keynote address speaker yesterday in Beverly Hills at the 19th annual event honoring the 100 most powerful women in the entertainment industry, sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter and presented by Lifetime Television.

Couric joked yesterday that she loves the smell of estrogen in the morning. She then, switching tones, paid tribute to her sister Emily, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2001.

Disney/ABC Television Group President and Disney Media Networks Co-Chair Anne Sweeney made it to the #1 spot on the list for the second consecutive year. She shared the honor in 2009 with Sony’s Amy Pascal.

Other notable women in TV on the list were Oprah Winfrey, President of CBS Entertainment Nina Tassler, president of NBC Universal Cable Bonnie Hammer, chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Television Dana Walden, president and CEO of A&E Television Networks Abbe Raven, and chairman and CEO of MTV Networks Judy McGrath.

Dame Helen Mirren received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, presented by Halle Berry.

Video from the event with Mirren and Couric is after the jump…
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]]> Molly Stark Dean http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/tv-execs-sweep-the-100-most-powerful-women-in-the-entertainment-industry-2010-list_b42886#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/tv-execs-sweep-the-100-most-powerful-women-in-the-entertainment-industry-2010-list_b42886 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/?p=42886 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:52:16 +0000 New CBS Daytime Show Will be Called ‘The Talk’ chen2_7-21.jpg We already mentioned the new, very “View”-like CBS daytime talk show coming this Fall.

Now, according to reports coming out of the CBS session at the 2010 TCA Summer Press Tour, the program has a name: “The Talk.”

Hosted by Julie Chen, the CBS “Early Show” anchor, “Big Brother” host and wife to CBS CEO Les Moonves, the program will feature a panel of moms talking about things important to women and news of the day.

See? Totally different than “The View.”

&bull Variety has more from CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler:

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]]> Alex Weprin http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/new-cbs-daytime-show-will-be-called-the-talk_b23753#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/new-cbs-daytime-show-will-be-called-the-talk_b23753 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/new-cbs-daytime-show-will-be-called-the-talk_b23753 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:46:38 +0000