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EXCLUSIVE: During its 2nd annual “How Inclusion, Representation, and Diversity Drive Innovation” event, the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) has unveiled its first-ever Diversity Guide which will further progress for marginalized communities in the industry. The HRTS Diversity and Inclusion Resource Guide…

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society has a new board of directors. HRTS today announced its newly-elected board is made up of leaders from across the industry, who will serve three-year terms starting this month. The board includes Kate Adler, EVP, Comedy Development, CBS Television Studios; Charlie Andrews…

As part of their Newsmaker Luncheon series, the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) hosted The Hitmakers panel which featured an A-list roster of TV producers that have, as the panel suggests, created hit series that have stood out in the evolving landscape of TV. Alan Yang (Master of None), Bruce Miller (The…

Veteran show business journalist and producer Melissa Grego has been named to the newly created position of CEO of HRTS, becoming the first woman to lead the group in its 70-year history. Starting October 30, she will replace Executive Director Dave Ferrara, who is retiring after 18 years with the group formerly known…

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society has appointed four new board members to its information and networking forum. Dan Erlij of UTA, Pearlena Igbokwe of Universal TV, Chris Selak of Lionsgate and Chris von Goetz of ICM Partners will serve through 2017-2019. The announcement came from organization president Eric…

The Hollywood Radio & Television Society has unveiled a new Associate membership arm geared towards industry professionals who have matriculated beyond the assistant and coordinator ranks. This level benefits members who exist in the gap between the group’s early career Junior HRTS members and senior-level…

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society has set its new board of directors to take the networking group through 2017. Five newbies are joining the board: Christina Davis, EVP Drama Series Development at CBS Entertainment; Matt Cherniss, President and General Manager of WGN America & Tribune Studios; Philippe…

"The studios are not in brand conversations. It's not a filmmaker's medium anymore. We're in the brand play business," HBO Programming President Michael Lombardo said today during the Hollywood Radio And Television Society Cable Chiefs lunch in Beverly Hills. Brands and binge viewing were the primary topics of…

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society will present “The State of Broadcast: Inside the Changing World of Network Television” as part of its Newsmaker Luncheon Series on November 28 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Panelists will include Kevin Reilly, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company…

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society announced today it has appointed four new board members. They are Bela Bajaria, EVP, Universal Television; Thom Beers, CEO, FremantleMedia, North America; Ivy Kagan Bierman, Partner, Loeb & Loeb; and Tom Frank, CEO, Pink Zulu Labs. Bajaria oversees creative programming at…

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA coverage: As the first session on the TCA agenda Friday morning in Pasadena, Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa were a little grumpy appearing before the assembled critics to promote their new WEtv reality series “Joan Knows Best.” Or maybe that was…

The always refreshingly blunt Peter Tolan delivered another memorable performance at a HRTS luncheon today, moderating the Hollywood Radio and Television Society’s annual showrunner panel. It is safe to assume that Tolan will probably not get a Golden Globe nomination after his tirade, in which he called the Hollywood…