Rose Catherine Pinkney

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Rose Catherine Pinkney
Born
M.B.A.
OccupationTelevision executive
Years active198?–present

Rose Catherine Pinkney (born 1964)

TV One.[3] She most recently served as the head of the television arm of Laurence Fishburne's production company, Cinema Gypsy.[4] Among Pinkney's accolades are Network Journal's 25 Most Influential Black Women in Business, Cable World's Top 50 Women in Cable and Black Enterprise's Top 50 Entertainment Executives.[3]

Early life and academic career

Pinkney was born and raised in

UCLA's Anderson School of Management with a concentration in marketing and entertainment management.[5][6] Pinkney is a graduate of Princeton and a lifetime member of its Association of Black Princeton Alumni.[7] She graduated from the Anderson School in 1988 and as of 2011 served on its Alumni Advisory Board.[8]

Professional career

While director of programming at Twentieth Century Fox, she developed series such as

Alien Nation.[6][9]

Subsequently, she served as Upton Entertainment's vice president and head of television. Here she supervised the creation of New York Undercover.[9]

Next, she was senior vice president of comedy development at Paramount Network Television, where over the course of nearly ten years she developed more than 30

Girlfriends.[9] She joined Paramount in 1995 as vice president of comedy development and was promoted to senior vice president and department head in 2002.[6] During her time at Paramount other shows she developed included Becker, One on One and Andy Richter Controls the Universe.[6] As department head, her responsibilities included identifying writers, directors, talent and ideas for comedy series for television.[6]

She was hired at TV One, which is the second-oldest and second-largest black television network behind

African-American-themed sitcoms that Pinkney had developed while at Paramount were short-lived.[12] Pinkney has been one of the more outspoken executives on the issue of portrayal of race relations on air.[13]

In December 2008, Cinema Gypsy, which is

cable networks.[3]

In 2012, Pinkney became VP Development and Original Programming at TV Land, assuming responsibility for TV Land’s existing original series and the development of new ones. Pinkney reports to the EVP Development and Original Programming Keith Cox.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b The Freshman Herald: Class of 1986. Student Employment Office and Student Agencies. 1982.
  2. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (March 19, 2012). "Rose Catherine Pinkney Joins TV Land As VP Development". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Alvarez, Jaime Winne (February 1, 2011). "Entertainment industry exec visits Newhouse for 10th annual 'Conversation on Race and Entertainment Media'". Inside SU. Syracuse University. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Schneider, Michael (December 15, 2008). "Laurence Fishburne expands to TV: New 'CSI' star inks first-look deal with CBS". Variety. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e "25 Influential Black Women Class of 2008: Rose Catherine Pinkney". The Network Journal. 2008. Archived from the original on January 9, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  6. ^
    TV One. December 12, 2005. Archived from the original
    on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  7. ^ "Lifetime Members". Association of Black Princeton Alumni. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  8. ^ "Alumni Board". UC Regents. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  9. ^ a b c d e Umstead, R. Thomas (December 12, 2005). "TV One names Rose Catherine Pinkney EVP of programming, development". Target Market News Inc. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  10. ^ Lee, Felicia R. (December 11, 2007). "A Network for Blacks With Sense of Mission". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  11. ^ Umstead, R. Thomas and Linda Moss (September 17, 2006). "Five Questions for Rose C. Pinkney". Multichannel News. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  12. Baltimore Sun
    . Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  13. ^ Braxton, Greg (August 29, 2007). "Buddy system: They're wise, loyal and often sassy. Black Best Friends help white heroines, but do they limit black actresses?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

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