Elaine Bauer-Brooks has been named senior vice president of programming and
development at Twentieth Television, said Robb Dalton, president of Twentieth's
programming and development, to whom Bauer-Brooks reports.
In her new position, she will be responsible for development of all first-run
programming. She will also oversee programming for Twentieth's existing
first-run shows, including Divorce Court, Texas Justice, Good
Day Live, The Rob Nelson Show and test strip Ex-Treme Dating.
Prior to joining Twentieth, Bauer-Brooks was VP of development
and current programming at Imagine Television. There she developed such shows as
Fox's 24 and The WB Television Network's Felicity.
Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for nearly 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for entertainment marketing association Promax. She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997-September 2002.
