NEW YORK -- A former executive producer at Discovery Channel has been named executive producer of ESPN Classic. Judy Plavnick was named executive producer of the sports-classics network, which in recent years has gone from telecasts of classic games to more original programming such as Who's #1 and Top Five Reasons You Can't Blame. Plavnick will be in charge of production at the Bristol, Conn.-based channel as well as other ESPN programming, the network said. Plavnick, a two-time Emmy winner who has been a producer at NBC News and NFL Films, was senior executive producer at Discovery Communications. While at Discovery, she had a key role in the development of American Chopper, American Hot Rod and Myth Busters.
- 1/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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