Animal Planet Ups Charlie Foley, Adds Duo To Development Team

COMMENTS (4)

• Wow. When “development” executives are multiplying within the corridors of THE ANIMAL PLANET, there is really something wrong with this business.

  WGA members don’t need or want “creative” execs or “development” execs to water down and homogenize our work and ideas. We don’t need 100 producers and executive chefs meddling in our kitchens. We are sick of development, which is ruining this business.

  These legions of execs should at least be made to take a standardized reading comprehension exam.

  All it takes right now to become a development executive in TV or features is the willingness to work for peanuts for a while and answer phones, then you somehow are qualified for a job working with writers and developing written material?

  The system is so, so broken.

  Comment by Wow — Thursday March 22, 2012 @ 8:34am PDT  Reply to this post

  • You have no idea what you are talking about.

    Comment by alinardo — Thursday March 29, 2012 @ 1:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

• andy berg is the most even and thoughtful executive out there–I wondered where he was…!

  Comment by scripted — Thursday March 22, 2012 @ 9:55am PDT  Reply to this post

• Not sure I agree with the rage against the machine comment–all three of these guys appear to have Emmy recognition as writers/producers.

  Comment by josh — Monday March 26, 2012 @ 6:17pm PDT  Reply to this post