When Preston Beckman moved from New York to LA in 1991 to run scheduling for NBC, he asked himself, "What did I do?" He had inherited a mess. He also reflects on less successful lineups, like in 1997 ...

Beckman will provide his expertise and strategic insight in scheduling, programming and research across all entertainment divisions. By Lacey Rose Writer-At-Large At the season’s end, long-time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The duo, whose offices were next to each other, played a winning hand by strategically deploying and marketing the network’s wares ...

Preston Beckman, Fox Broadcasting Company's Executive Vice President of strategic program planning and research, will transition into a new role as Senior Strategist for Fox Networks Group, it was ...

Editors note: On October 10, Deadline posted a story summarizing a Medium column written by Jim McKairnes, a former SVP Planning for CBS who’s spent the past 13 years teaching TV history at the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuesday night my wife and I were enjoying one last dinner with our son before flying back to La La from NYC when suddenly the “Bat ...