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Nissa Diederich Named 20th Television Exec VP of Production, Jim Sharp to Depart Elaine Low, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Nissa Diederich, most recently the executive vice president of production for Touchstone Television (formerly Fox 21 Television Studios), has been named head of production at 20th Television in the wake of the consolidation of the Walt Disney Company’s TV studios. Longtime production executive Jim Sharp, who had served as 20th’s production head and spent decades at the company previously known as 20th Century Fox, will depart the studio at the end of the year afte...

People always argue about that. it's the greatest tv show to have black people on it ever. >> what's the highest compliment someone could pay you about the show? >> he didn't lie. that would be it. he didn't cheat. >> good night, stars. >> good night, stars. >> good night po-pos. >> good night, po-pos. >> at the time, hbo was in about 33 million homes. fx was going to 110 million homes. that's a lot of people who would like programming like this who do not have hbo. and then we just said, there's got to be a different version of tony soprano. that ultimately was found in the script with vic ma...

Vic mackey is secretly in bed and making lots of money and you're introduced to terry, this undercover cop, who was sent to bring him down. you think, oh, that's the show. i've seen that show before. i've seen that movie before. >> we're talking about making the case that puts mack behind bars for a long time. >> then we get to the pilot and vic shoots terry in the face. >> there was some thought that hbo shows did well because they had no commercials. so when a basic cable show like "the shield" that did have commercials found an audience, all of a sudden it just opened the door, and other or...

Hbo shows did well because they had no commercials. so when a basic cable show like "the shield" that did have commercials found an audience, all of a sudden it just opened the door, and other original programming sprung up like "nip/tuck." >> when you stop striving for perfection, you might as well be dead. >> and "rescue me." >> you son of a bitch. >> and it was a whole new playing field. >> tommy!

Fx was going to 110 million homes. that's a lot of people who would like programming like this who do not have hbo. and then we just said, there's got to be a different version of tony soprano. that ultimately was found in the script with vic mackey, who was a cop. >> i'm a different kind of cop. >> the pilot of "the shield" is fascinating because you think that the show is being set up as a cat and mouse game. vic mackey is making lots of money and you're introduced to terry crowley, this undercover cop, who has been sent to bring him down. you think, oh, that's the show. i've seen that show ...