Schwimmer, Hancock sail into Dark Harbor

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC Studios’ Larry Hancock is teaming up with Friends’ David Schwimmer
to open their own production shingle, called Dark Harbor Productions, at
NBC.

"I’m looking forward to some terrific new television programs to spring from
their team," NBC Entertainment president Jeff Zucker said.

For the past year, Hancock has been an independent producer at NBC Studios
and now will head up comedy, drama and reality development for Dark Harbor. He
also served as vice president of comedy development for NBC Studios from
2000-02.

NBC announced in April that it had signed a two-year development deal with
Schwimmer.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). 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.