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Brent Zacky has joined Logo as SVP Original Programming and Development. He will oversee all aspects of original programming and manage the network’s bi-coastal development team, reporting to Lisa Sherman, Logo’s EVP and General Manager. Zacky comes from TLC, where he was VP Development and Programming and developed such series as Cake Boss, Outrageous Kid Parties, Freaky Eaters, Homecoming, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, Niecy Nash’s Wedding Bash and the upcoming All-American Muslim. He also oversaw all live coverage of the Royal Wedding on TLC. Before that, he spent five years at E!, rising to VP Development.
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Brent is awesome. Congrats!
Brent is a smart and creative guy. One of the good ones. The thing I find strange is that LOGO went out of their way not to hire a gay exec. not sure I understand that…
Smart choice for Lisa and Logo. Brent is an intelligent, well-liked executive who will bring a new perspective to a bigger, broader Logo.
Best of luck, Lisa and Brent.
Hope this won’t mean more icky reality nightmares from LOGO. Am hoping to see some original dramas and comedies. Maybe a game show? Sports? Talk that’s not just a snarky bitchfest? News? Intelligence? Something/Anything?
I got it – DRAG QUEENS!
I think “more icky reality nightmares” are exactly what’ll be in the works from this TLC and E! veteran. They’re not exactly known for weekly 1-hour episodics or movies of the week at those B list channels. Poor clueless neglected LOGO. The Rupaul franchises are the only thing putting them on the map. I would have been ok with a network built around more “gay MTV” style programming like that. For him to be straight can only mean one thing– the “lesbian aka girl-on-girl action” programming will be picking up steam now. I kidd!… sorta. But even that’s a vast improvement over the current hodge-podge. Which consists of hauling out Buffy the Vampire Slayer and MTV-borrowed straight teen fare like “True Life” and “If You Really Knew Me”. Yes, straight teen angst is just what gay guys want to see more of. Apart from being a total demographic enigma, this MTV rerun graveyard does little to drive ad revenues. Now I can look forward to countless hours of “The Kept-Boys of New Jersey’s Cake Shop”.