Tellem tops CBS Entertainment.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 1998 by Stroud, Michael

Moonves stays in-house for successor, tapping CBS Productions veteran Ever since Leslie Moonves was named CBS Television president last April, a key question has been whether he would appoint another executive to replace him or put a group of executives at the top of the CBS programming arm.

Last week Moonves answered the question, appointing longtime colleague and CBS Productions President Nancy Tellem to his former post as president of CBS Entertainment. The appointment of Tellem, who also worked with Moonves when he was president of Warner Bros., ensures that the CBS TV president will remain closely involved in programming even as he spends more time in his new duties overseeing sports and news, affiliate relations, sales and marketing. "It...

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