Wendell Foster has been named to the new position of vp multiplatform program planning and scheduling at ABC Entertainment, serving as the primary liaison between scheduling and numerous departments -- including digital media, current programming, affiliate relations, sales, news, ESPN and research -- for all multiplatform and nonprimetime scheduling of all ABC primetime series. He also will work with the departments to develop future programming and windowing strategies for the network's primetime programming. "Wendell's new position will allow us to address the unique challenges of the multiplatform world and to seek out new opportunities for growth and development in this rapidly evolving area," ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson said. Foster, who was vp research at ABC Inc., will report to ABC Entertainment executive vp Jeffrey Bader.
NEW YORK -- ABC newsmagazine Primetime will get its first shot of the season on the regular schedule next week, when it begins a five-episode run for a limited series it calls Basic Instinct.
Primetime: Basic Instinct features five hourlong reports using hidden cameras and how people react to such situations as dealing with a prejudiced cab driver, unruly children running amok and a loud person talking on his cell phone at a restaurant. Basic Instinct will at 10 p.m. for five consecutive Wednesdays in the slot formerly occupied by The Nine.
Primetime wasn't on the fall schedule when ABC announced it in May. But to ABC News' relief, the network gave the newsmagazine a 48-episode order for the new season, but no definite time of when it would return. The last time Primetime aired regularly was at 10 p.m. Thursdays in mid-September, though there have been two specials since then.
"We asked (ABC News) if they could do like what we do with scripted series, if they could have a series that would be ready to go if we needed to fix a time period, even temporarily," said Jeffrey Bader, executive vp ABC Entertainment.
Primetime: Basic Instinct features five hourlong reports using hidden cameras and how people react to such situations as dealing with a prejudiced cab driver, unruly children running amok and a loud person talking on his cell phone at a restaurant. Basic Instinct will at 10 p.m. for five consecutive Wednesdays in the slot formerly occupied by The Nine.
Primetime wasn't on the fall schedule when ABC announced it in May. But to ABC News' relief, the network gave the newsmagazine a 48-episode order for the new season, but no definite time of when it would return. The last time Primetime aired regularly was at 10 p.m. Thursdays in mid-September, though there have been two specials since then.
"We asked (ABC News) if they could do like what we do with scripted series, if they could have a series that would be ready to go if we needed to fix a time period, even temporarily," said Jeffrey Bader, executive vp ABC Entertainment.
- 11/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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