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Broadcasting & Cable, May, 2007 by Albiniak, Paige
By Paige Albiniak
NBC's Pope tinkers with shows and makes them better
The genetic mutants on NBC's freshman hit Heroes have all sorts of super powers: They can fly, light things on fire, read minds, and travel through time and space. But none of them have the super power that is Katherine Pope's: the ability to protect a creator's vision while wrangling him through an intricate network bureaucracy.
Her latest victory is working with Heroes ' creator Tim Kring, with whom she also worked on Crossing Jordan .
Pope, executive VP of NBC Entertainment, has some insight into the producer's mind: she started her own career as a writer and producer for VH1's Behind the Music in May 1999. She also wrote and produced documentaries for...
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