Garth Ancier
| Garth Ancier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 3, 1957 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Media executive |
Garth Ancier (born September 3, 1957 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) is a media executive best known for being one of only two people (the other being Fred Silverman) to have programmed three of the five US broadcast television networks (Founding Programmer at Fox, Founding Programmer at The WB (now The CW), and NBC Entertainment).
Ancier is also well known for being the NBC executive to cancel the beloved 1999 teen drama-comedy Freaks and Geeks.
Ancier graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1975 and Princeton University in 1979.
He began his broadcasting career as a high school in 1972, working as a reporter for NBC radio affiliates WBUD-AM and WBJH-FM in Trenton, New Jersey. In radio, he created American Focus, a weekly national interview program carried by over 200 radio stations in the U.S., including New York's WNBC. Ancier served as executive producer and host of over 250 episodes through 1979, each featuring a full-length career retrospective interview with guests ranging from Ayn Rand to Henry Fonda to David Brinkley. The show continued production for 17 years, and many of the programs are part of the permanent collection of the Paley Center for Media.
Ancier's network television career began in 1979 when NBC Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff hired him as a program associate. He rose through the ranks and supervised production of the network's top comedies including The Cosby Show, Cheers, Family Ties and Golden Girls.
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