Longtime Fox Broadcasting Co. skedding topper Preston Beckman, the reigning dean of network program planning execs, will transition to a new role as senior strategist for Fox Networks Group. Starting ...

Beckman will provide his expertise and strategic insight in scheduling, programming and research across all entertainment divisions. By Lacey Rose Writer-At-Large At the season’s end, long-time ...

When Preston Beckman moved from New York to LA in 1991 to run scheduling for NBC, he asked himself, "What did I do?" He had inherited a mess. He also reflects on less successful lineups, like in 1997 ...

Today kicks off Upfront week, when all the focus in TV land is on the bevy of new shows the networks are ordering (and the old ones getting the hook). But true TV obsessives won’t just be looking at ...

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One of the long-serving TV scheduling executives, Fox's Preston Beckman, is stepping down from active duty to take on an advisory role for Fox Networks Group, which includes Fox as well as cable ...

Preston Beckman, Fox Broadcasting Company's Executive Vice President of strategic program planning and research, will transition into a new role as Senior Strategist for Fox Networks Group, it was ...

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Editors note: On October 10, Deadline posted a story summarizing a Medium column written by Jim McKairnes, a former SVP Planning for CBS who’s spent the past 13 years teaching TV history at the ...

Longtime Fox Broadcasting Co. skedding topper Preston Beckman, the reigning dean of network program planning execs, will transition to a new role as senior strategist for Fox Networks Group. Starting ...