Several weeks ago (Animation Flash 9/28/99) Oxygen Media, Geraldine Laybourne's company founded to
provide content for women, announced its online production team. Now Oxygen
Media has named seven executive producers for its original cable television
line-up. CARSEY WERNER MANDABACH will oversee seven hours of original
programming each day on the 24-hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week cable network. The
new appointments are: LINDA CORRADINA (former Senior Vice President,
Programming and Production, VH1) will join Giselle Benetar as Executive
Producer of Oxygen's teen block; RONI SELIG (former Executive Producer of
THE ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW) will executive produce PURE OXYGEN, Oxygen's
2-hour, primetime, live signature program which features the latest
information, insight and opinions on parenting, business, health, style,
home and entertainment that will be integrated with Oxygen's online
content; LYDIA STEPHANS (former Vice President of Programming for ABC
Sports) will serve as Executive Producer of Oxygen's sports programming,
titled WE SWEAT; SCOTT CARTER (former Executive Producer of POLITICALLY
INCORRECT) and NIKKI DONEN (formerly of HBO) will co-executive produce
EXHALE, Candice Bergen's conversations with newsmakers; VIRGINIA KUPPEK
(former Supervising Producer for Discovery Pictures) and DIANNE GALLIGAN
(former producer of CNN's YOUR MONEY) will co-executive produce KA-CHING,
Oxygen's look at money from a woman's point of view; MARK FARRELL (producer
of more than 200 hours of comedy programming on HBO, Showtime and Comedy
Central) will executive produce OXYGEN.COMEDY, as well as a weekly comedy
sketch show; KATIE PUCKRIK (BBC, UK Channel 4, UK ITV, VH-1) and TODD YASUI
(former Supervising Producer of USA Network's HAPPY HOUR) will co-executive
produce and host the variety show, PAJAMA PARTY. As previously announced,
MACHI TANTILLO, former Director of Animation at MTV, will executive produce
X-CHROMOSOME, an animated primetime series specifically targeting women.