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Discovery Veteran Rita Mullin To Aid OWN In Programming And Development

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 10:55am PSTTags: Lisa Erspamer, Oprah Winfrey, OWN
Nellie Andreeva

Oprah Insider Lisa Erspamer Out At OWN

In light of the sudden departure of OWN’s EVP of production and development Lisa Erspamer, the struggling cable network, a co-venture between Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo and Discovery Communications, has enlisted the help of 16-year Discovery Communications veteran Rita Mullin. On an interim basis, Mullin, currently SVP of Content Strategy for Discovery Fit & Health, will work with OWN’s team on programming and development while continuing in her role at Discovery Fit & Health. OWN’s programming is being overseen by network president Sheri Salata and Winfrey. Mullin brings to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network what the network’s brass had been lacking: extensive series and cable network experience. Before joining Discovery Fit & Health, Mullin was head of TLC’s East Coast development team and responsible for developing several of the network’s top-rated series, including Jon & Kate Plus 8, 19 Kids And Counting, The Little Couple, Four Weddings and Sister Wives. This marks a homecoming for Mullin who, before her stint at TLC, served as VP of development for the Discovery Health Channel, which was replaced by OWN. READ MORE »

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Oprah Insider Lisa Erspamer Out At OWN

By NIKKI FINKE AND NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 25, 2012 @ 10:45pm PSTTags: Lisa Erspamer, Oprah Winfrey, OWN Network

EXCLUSIVE: The revolving door at the struggling OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network continues without slowing, and even without warning or public announcement. This time it has claimed one of Winfrey’s closest and most trusted executives, Lisa Erspamer. We’ve learned that Erspamer, EVP … Read More »

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Sundance: Oprah’s OWN Acquires Docu ‘Crime After Crime’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 1:40pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Josh Braun, Lisa Erspamer, Movies, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Sundance Film Deals, Sundance Film Festival, TV
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Oprah Winfrey’s upstart cable network OWN continued its aggressive buying at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival by acquiring North American rights to Crime After Crime, the Yoav Potash-directed documentary. I’m told the deal was six figures, and that OWN … Read More »

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OWN Greenlights Sarah Ferguson Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 10, 2010 @ 9:42am PDTTags: Cable TV, Lisa Erspamer, Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN, Suze Orman
Nellie Andreeva

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network this morning announced the long-rumored series with troubled Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson. The six-part documentary Finding Sarah will feature Ferguson’s “personal struggle to rebuild her life,” said OWN’s chief creative officer Lisa Erspamer. “With the help of experts Dr. Phil McGraw, Suze Orman, Martha … Read More »

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OWN Greenlights Documentaries with Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 26, 2010 @ 10:41am PDTTags: Documentaries, Lisa Erspamer, Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN, OWN Documentaries, OWN Documentary Film Club
Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES, July 26 — OWN: THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK is producing five OWN original two-hour documentaries with Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway, OWN announced today.

The films will be presented as part of OWN’s monthly documentary film club, along with the original acquisitions LIFE 2.0 and SONS OF PERDITION.  The documentary club will spotlight these films and the previously announced FAMILY AFFAIR, focusing on cinematic documentaries that encourage emerging creative voices to bring their stories to a mainstream television audience on OWN.

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