Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is looking to shore up its struggling TV operations with the hire of Geoffrey Darby as General Manager of the company’s TV division. Darby, 25-year TV veteran who recently served as Evp of programming for The Weather Channel and president of production for Oxygen Media, will oversee production and television operations, reporting to recently appointed Mslo president and COO Lisa Gersh. Additionally, Michael Morrison, who will report to Darby, has been named executive producer of The Martha Stewart Show, which launches its seventh season on Hallmark Channel on Sept. 26. Morrison previously served as a programming consultant and executive producer at A&E. When Mslo tapped Gersh in May as COO to become CEO within 12-20 months, the company also announced that it has retained advisory firm Blackstone Advisory Partners, sparking speculation that it is considering a sale.
- 9/6/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Starting Friday, October 30, The Weather Channel begins airing movies as part of a new block of programming called The Weather Channel Presents. The first film is The Perfect Storm, Wolfgang Petersen's dramatization of the loss of the fishing vessel Andrea Gail during the infamous 1991 Atlantic storm season.
Network meteorologist Jen Carfagno will introduce each film and then add commentary about the factual elements of the storm or weather related event at the heart of each movie. "From the Nor’easter in The Perfect Storm to the tornado that takes Dorothy to Oz, weather has a long history as a film star," remarked Geoffrey Darby, the executive vice president of programming for The Weather Channel. "Adding films to our Friday night lineup is a great way for us to further demonstrate how weather is an all-encompassing part of our lives that entertains and inspires us."
The week after The Perfect Storm...
Network meteorologist Jen Carfagno will introduce each film and then add commentary about the factual elements of the storm or weather related event at the heart of each movie. "From the Nor’easter in The Perfect Storm to the tornado that takes Dorothy to Oz, weather has a long history as a film star," remarked Geoffrey Darby, the executive vice president of programming for The Weather Channel. "Adding films to our Friday night lineup is a great way for us to further demonstrate how weather is an all-encompassing part of our lives that entertains and inspires us."
The week after The Perfect Storm...
- 10/21/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
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