Granada shops Goddard
Granada Entertainment USA is shopping UK talk-show host Trisha Goddard to
U.S. production and distribution partners, Granada said Thursday.
Her show, Trisha, is the top-performing daytime show in the UK, with
more than one-third of viewers watching television at that time routinely tuning
in, Granada says.
"Once in a great while a talent emerges with the unique ability to connect
with viewers in a manner that builds audience loyalty," says Paul Jackson,
director of international formats and entertainment for Granada.
Goddard comes to the UK from Australia, where she worked as a TV reporter on
Australian news show 7.30Report.
There she became Australia's first black anchorwoman.
Goddard has had her share of personal heartache, with two broken marriages
and a sister who committed suicide.
After she suffered a nervous breakdown and recovered, she threw herself into
helping others with mental health problems and taking care of her two daughters.
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Today, she is living in London and happily married to Peter Gian-Francesco,
director of the UK's largest mental health charity.
Her work in counseling has led her to write a book, The Family Survival
Guide, which is being published in June.
Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.