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Garth Ancier is an American media executive who has held executive positions at several major television networks, including Fox, NBC, The WB, and BBC America. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Ancier began his career in the entertainment industry in 1979, when he joined the programming department at ABC. He then moved to Fox in 1989, where he served as the network's first president of entertainment. During his tenure at Fox, Ancier was responsible for launching such hit shows as The Simpsons, Beverly Hills 90210, and The X-Files.
In 1995, Ancier moved to NBC, where he served as the network's president of entertainment. During his time at NBC, Ancier was responsible for launching such hit shows as Friends, ER, and Will & Grace.
In 1999, Ancier moved to The WB, where he served as the network's president and CEO. During his tenure at The WB, Ancier was responsible for launching such hit shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson's Creek, and Smallville.
In 2006, Ancier moved to BBC America, where he served as the network's president and CEO. During his tenure at BBC America, Ancier was responsible for launching such hit shows as Top Gear, Doctor Who, and Torchwood.
As of 2021, Garth Ancier's net worth is estimated to be roughly $50 million.
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67 years old |
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3 September, 1957 |
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3 September |
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Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
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United States |
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Timeline
In April 2013, Ancier formed Zeus Media Partners, Inc. as a retro cable network company to provide four decade focused channels (1960s-1990s), later called The Quad.
He served as first president of BBC Worldwide America from February 2007-March 2010, where he launched Top Gear, Torchwood, and DC produced BBC World News America (BBC's first US produced daily newscast) on BBC America. Ancier also moved BBC's iconic Doctor Who series from the Syfy network to BBC America and prepared CBeebies for a US launch. Ancier was able to increase by 78% BBC Worldwide America's profit and was to continue to hold a director's seat on its board after his departure from management was planned for March 2010.
Ancier returned to The WB as Co-Chairman in September 2003, then became the Chairman of the WB Television Network from May 2004 until its merger with UPN to form The CW in September 2006, during which Supernatural and One Tree Hill were launched. He was transferred to run In2TV, the Warners/AOL broadband television network. Through the Garth Ancier Company, he was developing a talk show at the pilot stage while negotiating a potential network, cable and first-run syndicated shows deal with Telepictures and Warner Horizon as of October 2006.
Ancier returned to what had become AOL Time Warner in 2001 as EVP, Programming for Turner Broadcasting (including the WB) and programmed CNN, TBS, TNT, etc., where he launched CNN's American Morning and its signature 10PM newscast with Anderson Cooper, as well as expanded Adult Swim on Cartoon Network by acquiring the then-cancelled Family Guy series from 20th Century Fox.
Beginning in May 1999, Ancier served as president of NBC Entertainment, where he helped put The West Wing and Law & Order: SVU on the air, while conversely being the one who cancelled the 1999 teen drama-comedy series Freaks and Geeks, a move over which in 2014 he wrote that it was "an awful decision that has haunted me forever". Ancier was forced out from NBC in November 2000.
In 1994, Ancier re-teamed with Fox colleague Jamie Kellner and Warner Bros. CEO Barry Meyer to launch The WB as its chief programmer from 1994 to 1999, where he helped put 7th Heaven, Dawson's Creek, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Steve Harvey Show and The Jamie Foxx Show on the air.
Also in late 1992, Ancier co-created and executive produced Ricki Lake with former Donahue producer Gail Steinberg. The tabloid talk show aired for 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004.
From October 1991 through July 1992, Ancier served as the television consultant to the Democratic National Committee, specifically to advise on the television presentation of the Democratic Convention in New York City and reporting to DNC Chairman Ron Brown. In that role, Ancier introduced political convention format innovations, such as a 56-screen "videowall" integrated into the convention podium and program, to such forums for the first time.
Ancier went from Fox (resigning March 1, 1989) to Disney as president of network television for Walt Disney Studios on April 18, 1989. He developed Home Improvement and oversaw Disney's signature franchise The Magical World of Disney, hosted by Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
In 1986, Barry Diller, Jamie Kellner and Rupert Murdoch tapped the then 28-year-old Ancier to be the founding entertainment president for the new Fox Broadcasting Company, where he put 21 Jump Street, Married... with Children, The Simpsons and In Living Color on the air.
Ancier's network television career began in 1979 when NBC Entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff hired him as a program associate. He rose through the ranks and supervised production of the network's top comedies including The Cosby Show, Cheers, Family Ties and Golden Girls.
Ancier graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1975 and Princeton University in 1979.
He began his broadcasting career as a high school sophomore in 1972, working as a reporter for NBC radio affiliates WBUD-AM and WBJH-FM in Trenton, New Jersey. In radio, he created American Focus, a weekly national interview program carried by over 300 radio stations in the U.S., including New York's WNBC, under the non-profit Focus on Youth. Ancier served as executive producer and host of over 250 episodes through 1979, each featuring a full-length career retrospective interview with guests ranging from Ayn Rand to Henry Fonda to David Brinkley. The show continued production for 17 years. Other guests included presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford, George H.W. Bush, and Caspar W. Weinberger, Lucille Ball, Howard Cosell, Henry Fonda, Tom Wolfe and Pete Rose. Five hundred of its programs were given to what is now known as the Paley Center for Media in 1984.
Garth Ancier (born September 3, 1957 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) is an American television producer media executive. He is best known for cancelling cult favorite Freaks and Geeks after its debut season.