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Zoneboy · 12-06-2010, 09:41 PM

Former Viacom topper Tom Freston, thesps Diahann Carroll and Cloris Leachman and scribe Susan Harris are among this year's inductees into the TV Academy Hall of Fame.

Composer Earle Hagen, longtime ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and gameshow maven Bill Todman will be posthumous additions.

The 20th annual Hall of Fame ceremony will be held Jan. 20 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The seven selections for 2011 will join more than 100 small screen notables who have been inducted into the Hall since it was founded in 1984.

WME's Mark Itkin headed the selection committee comprised of Fox alternative prexy Mike Darnell, NBC Universal's Bonnie Hammer, Warner Bros. TV prexy Peter Roth, composer Ray Colcord and industry vet Fred Silverman.

"This year's honorees are an outstanding group of creative individuals who have all made a significant impact and sparked amazing changes in the television industry," Itkin said. "They are rightfully deserving of this honor."

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118028551

Zoneboy · 12-06-2010, 09:42 PM

They would have to ruin things by adding that idiot Tom Freston to the hall.

12-06-2010, 09:41 PM	#1
Zoneboy Moderator Forum Veteran R.I.P. STEVE FORREST 1925-2013 Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: Carthage, NC Posts: 22,567	TV Hall of Fame Honors Bill Todman, Diahann Carroll, Peter Jennings & Cloris Leachman Former Viacom topper Tom Freston, thesps Diahann Carroll and Cloris Leachman and scribe Susan Harris are among this year's inductees into the TV Academy Hall of Fame. Composer Earle Hagen, longtime ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and gameshow maven Bill Todman will be posthumous additions. The 20th annual Hall of Fame ceremony will be held Jan. 20 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The seven selections for 2011 will join more than 100 small screen notables who have been inducted into the Hall since it was founded in 1984. WME's Mark Itkin headed the selection committee comprised of Fox alternative prexy Mike Darnell, NBC Universal's Bonnie Hammer, Warner Bros. TV prexy Peter Roth, composer Ray Colcord and industry vet Fred Silverman. "This year's honorees are an outstanding group of creative individuals who have all made a significant impact and sparked amazing changes in the television industry," Itkin said. "They are rightfully deserving of this honor." http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118028551 __________________ *"It's the way things are. A big tree falls and a new one grows right out of the same ground. Old animals die and young ones take their places. Even people step aside when it's time."* (R.G. Armstrong as the Contractor in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark")

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12-06-2010, 09:42 PM	#2
Zoneboy Moderator Forum Veteran R.I.P. STEVE FORREST 1925-2013 Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: Carthage, NC Posts: 22,567	They would have to ruin things by adding that idiot Tom Freston to the hall.