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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  Shelley Ross Named Executive Producer of �Primetime Thursday� Wed Apr 14 2004 18:22:44 ET Shelley Ross has been named the Executive Producer of Primetime Thursday, David Westin, president of ABC News, announced today. �I am pleased to be able to announce that Shelley Ross has accepted a new position at Primetime Thursday. Shelley is without question one of the most talented, creative and dynamic producers working in news today. For some time I have been asking Shelley to identify her next challenge now that she has successfully revamped and fully re-energized the Good Morning America franchise. Shelley has been absolutely central to the success of �Good Morning America� and we are confident that with her trademark energy and intelligence she can help make ABC News� �Primetime Thursday stronger as well in the years to come. Shelley changed the landscape of morning news, vaulting �Good Morning America� to its current competitive position and we expect that she will have similar success with Primetime.� � �Good Morning America� has been a thrilling and rewarding experience these past five years,� said Ms. Ross. �I am extremely proud of what we accomplished and look forward to continuing to work with Charlie and Diane in primetime. I am fortunate to have led a team of extremely hardworking and talented people at GMA who always gave far more than 100 percent to ensure that GMA was the best morning news program on the air. I am looking forward to returning to �Primetime� - where I spent many years - to work with the talented producers and correspondents who make that broadcast so important.� �Shelley Ross is absolutely one of the powerhouses of television news,� said GMA and Primetime co-anchor Diane Sawyer. �She�s bold and creative. She�s also a true believer in the power of original reporting, strong facts, and fresh ideas. Shelley woke up morning TV with her phenomenal energy and curiosity about the world. She created one of the finest on and off air teams in the business. And now all of us who love newsmagazines and long form reporting are lucky to have her bring that originality and passion to Thursday night.� ABC News anchor Charles Gibson said: �Shelley Ross has had a great five years plus at Good Morning America. When she assumed leadership for the broadcast there were many who questioned if the program had a future. She put those questions to rest. She has been an indomitable force in turning this program around. With a fierce passion and inexhaustible energy she simply would not allow anyone on the staff to accept second best. I and everyone else at Good Morning America owe Shelley a tremendous debt of gratitude.� During her stewardship, �Good Morning America� has won many awards for medical and consumer reporting, human interest stories, and political analysis. The broadcast won the coveted Peabody award as part of ABC News� 9/11 coverage. �Good Morning America� is also noted for its coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In November 2001, it was the first television program ever to broadcast live from an aircraft carrier, with a two-hour special edition on the homecoming of the U.S.S. Enterprise. On September 9th, 2002, �Good Morning America� broadcast a two-hour special edition, live from the Pentagon, commemorating the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. GMA was the first morning show to broadcast live from the Pentagon during wartime and marked the anniversary of John Paul II�s papacy with a special edition live from the Vatican. Before �Good Morning America,� Ms. Ross was executive producer of special projects, West Coast, and a senior producer with �PrimeTime Live� and �20/20.� She joined ABC News in 1989. At �PrimeTime Live,� she worked on many award-winning reports, including �Murder in Beverly Hills,� the in-depth reporting of the Menendez murders; �Mothers on a Mission,� which covered Elizabeth Glaser�s last year of life and her fight against pediatric AIDS; and �Tracey�s Story,� a video diary of actress Tracey Gold�s 14-month battle with eating disorders. Ms. Ross has covered many breaking news stories for ABC News magazine programs, including the teen shootings in Pearl, Mississippi and Jonesboro, Arkansas. Her newsmaker interviews include British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Paula Corbin Jones, who granted her first television interview to �PrimeTime Live� in 1994. Ms. Ross has produced a variety of crime and justice stories for ABC News, including the newsmaking �20/20� report advancing the JonBenet Ramsey story. From June 1994 through 1995, Ms. Ross headed the network�s magazine show coverage of the O.J. Simpson case. Her unit was responsible for many exclusive stories, including Diane Sawyer�s interviews with Mark Fuhrman and the Brown family, Barbara Walters� interviews with the Goldman family, and a Sam Donaldson expos� of the Los Angeles coroner�s office. END |
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