Ancier Focuses on Fresh Content; Goals Include Seeking Out Quality Talent...

TelevisionWeek;  January 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Special to TelevisionWeek Garth Ancier returned to The WB as chairman in 2003 and found...To stay competitive, Mr. Ancier said, The WB will buy the scripts that are...divisions: NBC, Fox and The WB. Mr. Ancier, who started his network career...

Putting, pinot among Ancier's passions.(Garth Ancier)

Daily Variety;  January 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......chief decisionmaker--Ancier has watched the WB, the net that he and...broadcast network, for Ancier (and Kellner), the WB actually repped the...ever-keen eye as the WB goes through the ups and downs of adolescence. Ancier says the original grouping...

The WB's shopping spree: scrapping its afternoon kids block, the network...

Broadcasting & Cable;  June 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ......own success, says The WB Chairman Garth Ancier. For stations, tight government...the shopping spree by Ancier and WB Entertainment President...the campaign to get The WB out of kids programming on weekdays. Ideally, Ancier would like to schedule...

WB's founding programming chief declines to renew contract

AP Online;  December 8, 1998 ;     357 words ......Entertainment President Garth Ancier, who helped launch WB in January 1995, will...consultant. Susanne Daniels WB's executive vice president...programing, replaces Ancier and has signed a five-ye...president in June. Ancier would have become WB's network president...

WB exec may go to NBC

Charleston Gazette;  December 9, 1998 ;     350 words ......replaced Monday. Garth Ancier left his job as entertainment president of the WB after failing to negotiate...which expires in May. Ancier, 41, was the entertainment...Fox in 1986, and the WB in 1993, where he...ratings than a year ago. Ancier, now an executive consultant for WB, is ...

Kellner: forever young and soon gone from WB.

Broadcasting & Cable;  October 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......points? says Garth Ancier, The WB's new co-chairman...change much at The WB, the executives say...Levin calls it. (Ancier left briefly for NBC...his shoulders, says Ancier, who served as Kellner...and came back to The WB right after Kellner...

Ancier's leaving Atlanta, though not Turner. (Close-up).(Garth Ancier and...

Broadcasting & Cable;  March 17, 2003 ;     383 words ......of the old guard. Ancier followed Jamie Kellner, his old WB boss and former...Even though The WB is now under the...Kellner's sole charge--Ancier will be able to...Turner and Kent. Ancier had successful runs...programming Fox and The WB, where he developed...

WB moving up.

The Boston Herald;  January 20, 1998 ;     442 words ...WB entertainment president Garth Ancier keeps a large gong in the network...Fox and ABC within four years, Ancier believes WB is poised to make serious inroads...Research. If those ratings continue, WB expects to beat UPN. Ancier attributes the network's relative...

WB revisits glory days.(The WB Television Network)

Daily Variety;  June 30, 2006 ;     686 words ......series required outgoing WB supremo Garth Ancier and the net's remaining...come from outside the WB's Warner Bros. parent, Ancier and company had to...usual license fee; the WB was required only to...was great about it, Ancier said. No one was making...

WB Adjusting to Change in Execs; Janollari Getting Up to Speed; Levin...

TelevisionWeek;  June 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......be changing at The WB, but the direction...not. Chairman Garth Ancier, who now has sole oversight of The WB, said the network...the network with Mr. Ancier, left The WB rather than accept...much of the '90s. The WB has always prided...executives, but Mr. Ancier said the ...

Ancier: WB and turner will remain separate. (Programming).(Brief Article)

Multichannel News;  February 11, 2002 ;     582 words ......that's not something The WB has expertise in, Ancier said. The broadcast...earlier in the week. The WB has yet say which shows would be repeated. Ancier said the new block...owned New Line Cinema Ancier wouldn't say whether The WB or the Turner networks...

Ancier to Head TBS Programming.

Multichannel News;  March 26, 2001 ;     491 words ......programming among The WB and other Turner networks. Ancier also backed Kellner...with actual news. Ancier said he'll look for...programming between The WB and the Turner cable...Before Kellner and Ancier teamed up at The WB, where Ancier was programming chief...

WB isn't aiming just for young crowd anymore.

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  July 15, 2004 ;     626 words ......they're selling, says WB Chairman Garth Ancier, but would we welcome...new sitcom on The WB is about the early...reality programming, Ancier says, we were late...in Everwood. After Ancier stumbled over a question...Older viewers do watch WB shows _ even if their...

WB isn't aiming just for young crowd anymore.(The Hartford Courant)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 16, 2004 ;     626 words ......they're selling, says WB Chairman Garth Ancier, but would we welcome...new sitcom on The WB is about the early...reality programming, Ancier says, we were late...in Everwood. After Ancier stumbled over a question...Older viewers do watch WB shows _ even if their...

WB NETWORK LOSES CO-TOP EXEC LEVIN.(Business)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  June 15, 2004 ;     356 words ......and ``Reba,'' the WB had been run equally by Levin and Ancier, who split executive...business executive.'' Ancier will now have sole oversight of the WB and will bring in...great success the WB has already achieved,'' Ancier said. Meyer's called...