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This not unexpected axing happened this morning while I was out (so sorry, tipsters). Variety got it first. The Fox TV and ABC TV vet will be replaced as GM by 17-year Discovery vet Eileen O'Neill, who most recently launched Discovery's Planet Green channel. O'Neill also oversaw TLC during an interim period in 2007 prior to Shapiro-Mathes' arrival over a year ago. I'm told Discovery Communications' David Zaslav have been underwhelmed by TLC's ratings, which still stink even after an earlier restructure. (Discovery is hoping for better things from Oprah's higher profile OWN network.) Earlier this year, TLC's SVP of programming Brant Pinvidic quietly departed. Funny thing: Shapiro-Mathes kept shooting down the recent rumors of her exit, saying "I'm not going anywhere."
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I hate TLC. “The Learning Channel”. The only thing I learn about are drawfs, 2 headed babies and 200 pound tumors. I don’t watch the “Green Channel” either. Maybe if they did a show about a 2 headed drawf with a 200 pound tumor who recycles, I might watch it.
I worked under Shapiro at TLC and i must say, she does not know what the hell she is doing when it comes to getting ratings. I don’t think she has ever created or approved a hit show. Its pathetic that all she has under her contribution to TLC is Miss America. as a TLC employee not even i found the show entertaining. We were PRAYING for a million viewers. Miss America is horribly boring! i think TLC is better off under Eileen O’Neill
I worked under Angela Shapiro at one of the many jobs she was fired from, too. How does this dunce keep getting jobs? She is, without a doubt, the single stupidest person I have ever met in the entertainment industry. And she carries a pair of cold-blooded vipers with her everywhere she goes. Holly the snake and Regina the python. A trio of no-talents.