McNamara heads up ABC's drama

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Julie Pinchuk McNamara has been promoted to vice president of drama
programming at ABC Entertainment, in charge of drama development for the
network's prime time slate.

McNamara oversaw the development of upcoming prime time series Push,
Nevada and That Was Then. She also developed ABC's hit Alias
and the critically acclaimed but now canceled Gideon's Crossing.

McNamara has been executive director of drama series at ABC Entertainment
since 2000. She joined ABC in 1997 as an assistant in the drama-series
department.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

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.