Until this week, Jamie McDermott seemed to be on a straight and clear path toward becoming the programming chief of a major television network.

Washington Post article in which the programming chief at ABC discusses why the show was canceled and why it got as far as it did.

Jamie Kellner, the network's programming chief, said he was doing so largely in response to Nickelodeon's having grabbed audiences away from the broadcast networks.

But the programming chief knew Barrett would call.

Warren Littlefield, NBC's programming chief, has one, though NBC won't say what it is.

Two players play competitively against the computer, each taking the role of the programming chief for a major television network.

Brandon Tartikoff (1949-1997; class of 1966), former NBC programming chief.

In "The Big Time," the programming chief (Dylan Baker) is called the Colonel.

DuMont personally hired a Jewish programming chief, Ted Bergmann, at a time when the major ad agencies were restricted in their hiring.

Joseph S. Capobianco, 52, the programming chief at Sirius, also endured the nomadic career of a radio consultant.