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Eileen O’Neill

Title: Pres/GM, TLC
Age: Younger than my twin
Education: BA, Bowling Green
Social Media Quotient: 2

Why Her? After successfully launching Planet Green, O’Neill returned to TLC in mid-2008 to get the net back on track. Since then, she has more than fulfilled her mission. In Q3 alone, TLC increased ratings 33% among women 25-54. O’Neill’s immense talent hardly is in question, and it’s fitting that Discovery brass call upon her whenever they have a tough job to fill. These days, O’Neill keeps it real (literally) with plenty of reality fare on TLC. And all while managing the antics of Jon & Kate, or just Kate, or just Jon, or… we lost track actually.

Favorite Food: Cake from the Cake Boss

Last Book Read: True Compass by Ted Kennedy

Childhood Hero: Larry Bird

Twitter is…: Silly.

Favorite TV Show not on TLC: Nurse Jackie

Worst Part of My Job: The redeye from LAX to Dulles

The Daily

Thursday–May 13

Weekly Ratings

Last week was INSP’s second week of “Duke Days of May,” which included films starring John Wayne. The success showed up in Nielsen’s weekly ratings rundown with INSP edging out ESPN to rank as the sixth most-watched network in total day, averaging 455,000 viewers to ESPN’s 438,000. INSP also placed as a top 10 network […]

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