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Hollywood Radio and Television Society has revealed the lineup for The Network Chiefs, part of its upcoming Newsmaker Luncheon Series. Karey Burke, President ABC Entertainment; Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment; Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, Fox Entertainment; and Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta…

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) announced today that they have elected industry leaders from WME, Universal Television, Lionsgate, and City National Bank as their new officers for a two-year voluntary term which will begin in January 2018. WME'S Marc Korman has been elected President with Universal…

Entertainment attorneys gathered at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel tonight for a Hollywood Radio & Television Society (HRTS)-hosted panel discussion on "How to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Production." But the subtext was preventing and minimizing corporate liability in the event of lawsuits. "We deal with these kind of…

 "We don't plan on releasing our metrics," Netflix‘s Ted Sarandos said today. “There's no benefit to showing we're beating said network — we don't need to," the streaming service's chief content officer added during the Hollywood Radio and Television Society's annual programmers luncheon in Beverly Hills. “We're…

“I'll do it as long as I possibly can. I think that there will be a day when I'll look at it and say I don't have the edge I used to," said Lorne Michaels today about his future at Saturday Night Live. A seasoned and cool operator, the late night executive producer of course did not say when that day might be and if…

"A lot of us have our head up our asses," Fox's Kevin Reilly said today about TV executives during the Hollywood Radio & Television Society's “The State of Broadcast” luncheon. The Fox Entertainment chairman also admitted during the panel discussion featuring Chernin Entertainment TV president Katherine Pope, UTA…

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TV coverage. Peter Tolan delivered another R-rated hosting performance as the moderator of today's Hollywood Radio and Television Society’s Hitmakers luncheon featuring showrunners Graham Yost (Justified), Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) Michael Patrick King (2 Broke…

For those in attendance at the Hollywood Radio & Television Society’s network chiefs panel earlier this month, this is not new news. But for those who weren’t there: HRTS will present “A Conversation With … Leslie Moonves” on Thursday, November 17 at the Beverly Hilton as part of the group’s Newsmaker Luncheon Series…

We are at the tail end of a TV selling season that saw more bidding wars and production and put pilot commitments than I can remember, and that isn’t lost on the broadcast entertainment presidents. Survivor‘s Jeff Probst opened the discussion at the annual Hollywood Radio & Television Society network chiefs luncheon…

The Hollywood Radio & Television Society's board of directors has elected WME partner Sean Perry as the new president of HRTS for the 2011-13 term. He will succeed Lionsgate TV president Kevin Beggs, who headed the organization for the past three years. Perry, who is co-head of WME's non-scripted television…