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Nancy Tellem

Nancy Tellem was promoted to the position of President, CBS Television Studios Entertainment Group (formerly Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group) in September 2004. She reports directly to Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation.

In her position, Tellem is responsible for all entertainment operations at the CBS Television Network and the CBS Television Studios production studio -- including development, programming, production, legal and business affairs.  Both divisions are tops in their field with CBS continuing to reign as America's most watched network and CBS Paramount Network Television ranking as the number one supplier of prime time programming for the 2007-2008 season.

She is also spearheading the company's efforts to expand its content into new media and across all emerging platforms, including the development and production of original content for CBS.com, the new CBS Audience Network and wireless.  Tellem has overseen CBS's entry into the wireless arena, securing licensing agreements with Verizon's V-Cast, AT&T and Sprint as well as an agreement with MediaFLO USA where full episodes of CBS programming are delivered over their new mobile network.

She has also led the company's recent launch of CBS Records, a new music label -- reporting to Tellem -- that utilizes CBS's television and digital platforms to market and distribute new music.  CBS Consumer Products, a newly formed licensing and merchandising unit, also reports to Tellem.

Additionally, Tellem oversees CBS's interests in The CW, the fifth broadcast network which is a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment. 

Prior to assuming this position, Tellem served as President, CBS Entertainment since 1998, overseeing all of CBS Entertainment's programming operations for prime time, daytime, late night and Saturday morning, as well as CBS.com, the official website of the CBS Television Network.  She also oversaw CBS Productions, the Network's in-house production unit, and supervised its integration into CBS Paramount Network Television. 

Under Tellem's leadership, CBS became America's most-watched network by introducing an impressive slate of hit programs including CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, television's most-watched drama, the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning reality series THE AMAZING RACE, CSI: MIAMI, CSI: NY, WITHOUT A TRACE, TWO AND A HALF MEN, COLD CASE, CRIMINAL MINDS, GHOST WHISPERER and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. 

Tellem was a key part of the development of the phenomenally successful dramality series SURVIVOR.

Tellem joined CBS in July of 1997 as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs for CBS Entertainment, and Executive Vice President of CBS Productions.  As head of Business Affairs, she was responsible for all of CBS Entertainment's business and financial matters.  

Prior to CBS, Tellem was Executive Vice President, Business and Financial Affairs, Warner Bros. Television where, as the second highest-ranking executive, she played an instrumental role in maintaining Warner Bros.' dominance as the industry's leading supplier of series to the networks.  Under her business guidance, Warner Bros. produced many of television's top-rated programs including "ER," "Friends," "Suddenly Susan," "The Drew Carey Show," "Murphy Brown" and others.

Tellem served in the Warner Bros. business affairs department since 1987 (then Lorimar Television), beginning as Director, Business Affairs.  During her tenure and eventual rise to head of the department, she was directly involved in negotiations on nearly all series, television movies and mini-series produced by Lorimar/Warner Bros.  

In January of 2008, Tellem was a recipient of NATPE's Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award, which recognizes television professionals who exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming.